Latest Updates on Syria, 8 December 2021 (Map Update)
ISWNews Analysis Group: A military convoy of the American forces was targeted by two roadside bombs in the Yarubia area of Hasakah province near the Iraqi border.
1- Aleppo:
On December 6, the 81st joint Russian-Turkish military patrol took place in the eastern suburbs of Ain al-Arab in northern Syria.
2- Idlib:
– On December 6, Syrian Army artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Barah town.
– On December 7, Syrian Army artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Benin village.
– On December 7, Syrian Army artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the villages of Falifel and Safouhin.
3- Daraa
– On December 6, a former rebel was assassinated by unknown gunmen in al-Harrak.
– On December 7, one of the Syrian security forces was killed by unknown gunmen in Daraa province.
4- Diral Ezzor:
– On December 7, Russian fighter jets targeted ISIS hideouts on the outskirts of Shola.
– On December 7, the US-led coalition and the SDF held a joint military exercise in the desert area near the town of Abu Khashab.
– On December 7, the SDF arrested several ISIS-linked individuals in eastern Deir Ezzor.
5- Raqqa:
On December 7, SDF forces claimed that two Turkish-backed militants had been killed in clashes east of Ain Issa.
6- Hasakah:
– On December 6, a Turkish spy drone was spotted flying over the outskirts of Qamishli.
– On December 6, a military convoy of the American forces was targeted by two roadside bombs near the Yarubia crossing.
7- Latakia:
On December 7, at around 1:23 a.m. Israeli warplanes fired several missiles from the Mediterranean Sea into the container area of the commercial port of Latakia, setting the area on fire.
8- On December 5, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad headed a high-level delegation arrived in Tehran at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
9- On December 8, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 10 times: 5 in Idlib province, 1 in Hama province, 4 in Aleppo province.
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