Evening recap
Our live coverage from Syria will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning. Here are the day's key developments:
- US officials have discussed the merits of removing a $10m bounty on Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, a senior Arab official briefed by the Americans told Middle East Eye.
- Two teams arrived about an hour ago from the five specialised teams sent to Syria's notorious Sednaya prison, Raed al-Saleh, director of the Syria Civil Defence said in a tweet.
-The US Army’s Central Command (Centcom) has announced that it conducted “dozens of precision airstrikes” on the Islamic State group's camps and operatives in central Syria.
-US President Joe Biden, on Sunday, called Bashar al-Assad's fall from power a "moment of historic opportunity" for Syria, and stated that the US will support the country's neighbours during the period of democratic transition
-Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Sunday the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria showed that Russia and its allies can be defeated, as Poland's neighbour Ukraine battles Moscow's forces.
-The Palestinian Authority said that the State of Palestine and its people stand by the Syrian people, respecting their will and political choices, in a way that guarantees their security and stability and preserves their achievements, the Wafa news agency reported.
-Syria's deposed president, Bashar al-Assad, and his family have arrived in Moscow, Sky News reported, citing Russian state media Tass.
-More than 900 people, including 138 civilians, have been killed since Syrian rebels launched a major offensive 11 days ago, culminating in their control of Damascus, a war monitor said on Sunday.