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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 27 that Türkiye has emerged "with a clean face" on its handling of Syrian refugees, amid the backdrop of the recent ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain, has sent its first batch of food aid to Syria, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today.

The foremost priorities for Syria's reconstruction in the post-Assad era are the restoration of national unity and the attraction of investments to rejuvenate the economy, the newly-appointed Damascus governor has said.

Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and strengthen its power infrastructure, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted on Friday as saying, adding that Ankara may also work with Syria's new leadership on oil and natural gas.

A delegation from the Turkish parliament will visit the notorious Saydnaya prison in Syria on Dec. 30, following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government.

Syria's security forces launched an operation on Thursday against pro-Assad "militias" in the western province of Tartus a day after deadly clashes with gunmen affiliated with the former government.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a stern message to Kurdish fighters in Syria, urging them to either lay down their arms or be buried alongside them.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down their weapons or "be buried," amid hostilities between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and the militants since the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month.

Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed regional defense and security issues, especially Syria, in a phone call on Tuesday, Türkiye's Defense Ministry said on X.

Güler and Austin also discussed bilateral ties during the call, the ministry added.

Soldiers and security personnel of the ousted regime in Syria have responded to calls by the interim government to lay down their arms and register with the authorities, with scores of former members of the armed forces waiting at the centers every day.