The return of the Hajj file to Damascus marks the latest yet crucial development in cementing the Syrian government’s legitimacy and international recognition after years of isolation.

The US military is dispatching 2,500 service members for deployment in the West Asian region, as its proxy forces in Syria’s northeast and al-Tanf areas seek potential alliances with Takfiri terrorists in the northwestern Idlib province.

Washington has reacted to a visit by the UAE Foreign Minister to Damascus, threatening that any attempt to normalize ties with the Assad government will prove costly to them.

At least a dozen Syrian government forces have been reportedly killed and more than a dozen others injured in a missile attack in the northwestern province of Aleppo.