Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

In joint press conference with Qatari PM, Ahmed Al-Sharaa says Damascus will welcome presence of UN peacekeepers in demilitarized area between countries

Qatar says the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday. This will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

Syria’s new government has strongly condemned Israel’s incursions into a U.N.-monitored buffer zone, urging the international community to pressure Israel into withdrawing

Iranians and Israelis have been banned from flying to Syria, which is under new leadership since last month's overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an airport source said.International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on January 7,

The U.S. has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood, however the Israeli government opposes that plan.

Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.

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Israel’s continued military operations in Syria, which it said on Sunday are intended to “strengthen the defense of Israel’s citizens,” have drawn accusations from the United Nations and some member states that Israel is violating a decades-long cease-fire by sending its troops within and beyond a buffer zone between the countries.

An Israeli air strike hit a military target belonging to Syria's new Islamist-led authorities for the first time on Wednesday, killing three people, a war monitor and a medical source said.

Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of Hamas’s military wing. It has also degraded the Iran-backed proxy network that helps sustain the militant group.

"I acknowledge the fact that we are not dealing successfully enough with our advocacy," Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar told Newsweek in Jerusalem.