Live Blog Update| Syria War
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Morning Update

12 December 2024 06:06 GMT

Good morning Middle East Eye readers welcome to our live coverage of the ongoing developments in Syria following the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad.

These are some of the key developments in Syria unfolding: 

  • Israeli forces continue to pound Syria, attacking the port of Latakia and a missile warehouse in Tartus, causing the weapons to explode, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 

  • As Syrians around the world continue to celebrate al-Assad’s fall, residents of Damascus say they are struggling to make ends meet amid worsening economic conditions

  • Syria's new interim prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir pledged to protect minority rights ahead of US Secretary of Defense Antony Blinken's visit to the region on Thursday to urge an "inclusive" transition

  • Seeking safety from SNA factions seizing territory throughout the Aleppo governorate, more than 100,000 people fled to areas in the Kurdish-controlled Northeast of Syria and are facing dire conditions due to the lack of adequate shelter, water, food, and health care, according to Human Rights Watch 

  •  Millions of psychostimulant Captagon (fenethylline) pills have been found at a military division in Damascus commanded by former president Bashar al-Assad's brother