Israeli forces have abducted five young Syrian men during an incursion in the country’s southwestern province of Quneitra.

Gunmen linked to Syria’s ruling HTS regime have abducted prominent American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem following his criticism of the country's new rulers.

Intense fighting has erupted in Syria’s southern province of Sweida between members of a Druze group and armed elements affiliated with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies, leaving several individuals wounded, report say.

Lebanon's parliament speaker has criticizing repeated remarks by US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack against the Lebanese nation.

A US-based war monitor says the Israeli military has carried out more than 600 attacks on Syria since Assad's fall and the seizure of power by the HTS last year.

At least three civilians have been shot and injured after Israeli forces carried out a new ground incursion into the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria.

The head of the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council in Syria and Diaspora has called for a general strike in protest at the religious persecution.