Iran has begun to outline its foreign and domestic policy for the coming year after the "setbacks" it suffered in 2024, especially after the fall of its ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria and the heavy losses suffered by Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in light of the tense economic and social situation at the domestic level in the country.

CNN confirmed that the weeks following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria witnessed Russia operating several flights to an air base in the Libyan desert, as part of what it considered a Russian plan to provide an alternative supply line for its military presence in Africa and maintain a foothold in the Mediterranean.

Thousands of files, written in elegant fountain pens or printed in classical Arabic, illustrate how the regime has infiltrated protest groups and dissidents since the revolution erupted in 2011.

The official Syrian news agency "SANA" revealed, on Sunday, the discovery of a mass grave, dating back to a massacre previously committed by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the vicinity of the village of al-Qabu in the Homs Governorate in central Syria.

The Military Operations Department in Syria continues its security campaign against groups, officers and former members of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad in the cities of Homs, Tartous, Hama and Aleppo, and said that it was able to arrest a number of prominent figures accused of involvement in war crimes against humanity and sectarian incitement.

Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Oraloglu said on Tuesday that his country aims to reach an agreement with Syria on the demarcation of maritime borders after the formation of a permanent government in Damascus.