According to X user @__Inty__, Syria's General Intelligence Directorate arrested Ali Kayali as he attempted to flee across the border. Kayali, also known as Mihraj Ural, is the head of the pro-Assad militia the "Syrian Resistance" and a prime suspect in the 2013 massacres in Baniyas and the village of Bayda, which killed at least 458 civilians, including around 92 children.
According to Clash Report, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko explicitly stated that Russia refuses to extradite former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad was previously sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court in August this year on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and Russia has now decided to grant him political asylum.
The U.S. Department of State has announced the formal removal of Syria and the Nusra Front from the relevant lists of terrorism and terrorist organizations, paving the way for prosperity for the Syrian people.
Israel has been confirmed to have launched eight airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria; the U.S. envoy expressed concern, and Syria strongly condemned the act.
The Fourth Criminal Court of Damascus in Syria has sentenced the ousted former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad to death in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
During the NATO summit, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed Shara, stating that the U.S. might remove Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.