Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Dec. 16, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel as fighting continues to rage on.• Developments in Syria following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.• The gradual implementation of the cease-fire in Lebanon as the Lebanese Army begins its deployment south of the Litani River. Friday celebrations lead amid return to normalcy in Syria: Thousands of people joined Friday prayers at Damascus’ Umayyad Mosque, answering Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s (also known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani) call to take to the streets in celebration “of the victory of the revolution.” By yesterday, schools reopened, though with an attendance rate not exceeding 30 percent, a...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Dec. 16, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel as fighting continues to rage on.• Developments in Syria following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.• The gradual implementation of the cease-fire in Lebanon as the Lebanese Army begins its deployment south of the Litani River. Friday celebrations lead amid return to normalcy in Syria: Thousands of people joined Friday prayers at Damascus’ Umayyad Mosque, answering Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s (also known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani) call to take to the streets in celebration “of the victory of the revolution.” By yesterday, schools reopened, though with an attendance rate not exceeding...