Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov says Moscow has established direct contacts with the ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham group in Syria, and hopes to maintain its military bases in the Arab country.

A senior White House official says American military forces will be staying in Syria after Assad's fall.

The Arab League has denounced Israel’s “illegal actions” in Syria, where the usurping regime is taking advantage of the chaotic situation to expand its occupation of the Arab country.

Israeli military forces have taken over two towns in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, and are heading towards areas in the neighboring Dara’a province.

Foreign-backed militants, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ransacked the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after the government of President Bashar al-Assad fell.

The foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq, and Syria have met in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to discuss the latest developments in Syria. 

Israeli fighter jets have reportedly bombed two border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border.