Ankara: Syria's Sharaa to Visit Türkiye on Tuesday

02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
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Ankara: Syria's Sharaa to Visit Türkiye on Tuesday

02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa

Syria's newly appointed transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, will visit Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Presidency said on Monday.
Erdogan and al-Sharaa will discuss the latest developments in Syria, as well as possible joint measures to rebuild the country's economy and achieve lasting stability and security, the presidency's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said on X.
Altun added the two will also discuss the support Türkiye could provide Syria's transitional government and its people on multilateral platforms.

Al-Sharaa, along with his delegation, concluded his visit to Riyadh on Monday.
He was seen off at King Khalid International Airport by Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and several other officials.

During his visit to Riyadh, he met with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman.



Israel Strikes Kill Five People in Gaza, Local Medics Say

Men and children stand next to a destroyed car amidst debris and rubble by a collapsed building at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City on January 14, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Men and children stand next to a destroyed car amidst debris and rubble by a collapsed building at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City on January 14, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Israel Strikes Kill Five People in Gaza, Local Medics Say

Men and children stand next to a destroyed car amidst debris and rubble by a collapsed building at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City on January 14, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Men and children stand next to a destroyed car amidst debris and rubble by a collapsed building at the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City on January 14, 2025 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza on Monday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

In the latest bloodshed to underline the fragility of the Gaza war's three-stage truce, the three, all from the same family, had left their homes in central Gaza to collect the wood for cooking.

That has become a daily task for many Gazans as Israel has continued to ban fuel, food, and medical goods from entering Gaza for over two weeks, residents said.

The Israeli military said in a statement it struck "terrorists" operating near their forces and attempting to plant a bomb, Reuters reported.

At Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza's Deir Al-Balah, relatives rushed to pay farewell to the three white-shrouded bodies.

"They were targeted - and when their cousins and others in the area came to rescue them, the drone targeted them with bombs," said Jabr Abou Hajeer, the father of one of the victims.

Later on Monday, medics said an Israeli air strike killed a father and his son inside a school sheltering displaced families in Bureij camp, near the site of the earlier strikes, raising the day's death toll to five. There was no immediate Israeli comment.

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, said Israel's "violations" could "undermine all efforts for de-escalation".

He put the number of Palestinians killed since the January ceasefire at 150.

Israel's military says it has repeatedly thwarted attempts by Palestinians to plant bombs or otherwise threaten their forces.

Israel's suspension of goods entering Gaza for 16 days has increased pressure on Gaza's 2.3 million people, most of whom have been made homeless by the war. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring Hamas in ceasefire talks, applies to food, medicine, and fuel imports.