Syria grapples with unrest as government faces old and new threats
Damascus shaken by twin blasts during Macron’s visit, marking heightened threats to Syria’s fragile stability

Damascus shaken by twin blasts during Macron’s visit, marking heightened threats to Syria’s fragile stability










Millions of people have attended funeral prayers in Tehran for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Medical sources on the Red Sea coast report 16 dead from pro-government forces and 22 wounded.
Separatist Tuareg-led group and regional al-Qaeda affiliate have claimed responsibility for attacks on army positions.
Indonesian troops have recovered the body of American pilot Nicholas Goselin from the restive Papua region.

Dmitry Medvedev says Iran’s ability to disrupt traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is equivalent to possession of a nuclear.
Kyiv’s drones disrupt St Petersburg internet and flights as Russian strikes halt a gas facility in central Ukraine.
Tuareg-led armed group says it attacked northern town where Malian troops and Russian fighters are based.
Threats escalate after Houthis block Saudi warplanes, allowing Iranian plane to land in Sanaa for first time in decade.
Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday’s attack in Damascus.
Several heads of state and other government officials will gather in Tehran for supreme leader’s state funeral.