Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The cease-fire monitoring committee will meet in Naqoura today, where yesterday the Israeli army fired artillery shells and machine guns, and has this week demolished homes.• Further developments in Syria as foreign governments establish contact and restore relations with Syria's new interim government.• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza as mediation progress described as "positive." Syrian armed groups to be integrated into the national military, HTS says: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmad al-Sharaa (alias Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) said armed rebel factions would be disbanded and their fighters “trained to join the ranks of the defense ministry.” The same day, AP photos...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The cease-fire monitoring committee will meet in Naqoura today, where yesterday the Israeli army fired artillery shells and machine guns, and has this week demolished homes.• Further developments in Syria as foreign governments establish contact and restore relations with Syria's new interim government.• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza as mediation progress described as "positive." Syrian armed groups to be integrated into the national military, HTS says: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chief Ahmad al-Sharaa (alias Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) said armed rebel factions would be disbanded and their fighters “trained to join the ranks of the defense ministry.” The same day,...