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Blinken Set to Visit Ankara to Discuss Situation in Syria

Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Türkiye, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Türkiye, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Türkiye, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Türkiye, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Blinken Set to Visit Ankara to Discuss Situation in Syria

Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Türkiye, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Türkiye, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Türkiye, at the Oncupinar border gate, near the town of Kilis, southern Türkiye, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Ankara on Friday to discuss the situation in Syria after the ouster of its President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive by opposition factions.
Blinken is set to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, a Turkish official said.
On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that Syria should be governed by its people, following the ousting of Assad's regime, the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported.
The Turkish president made these remarks during a phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, a press release from the Turkish presidency's communications office said.
Erdogan emphasized during the call that "Türkiye will do its utmost to contribute to building a Syria free from terrorism”. He added that Türkiye has defended Syria's territorial integrity and stability since the beginning of the civil war in 2011," German news agency DPA said.

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Israeli Strikes Kill 9 in Gaza as War Grinds Into the New Year

A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Israeli Strikes Kill 9 in Gaza as War Grinds Into the New Year

A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian child wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receives treatment at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes killed at least nine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year with no end in sight.

One strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory, where Israel has been waging a major operation since early October, The Associated Press reported.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says seven people were killed, including a woman and four children, and that at least a dozen other people were wounded.
Another strike overnight into Wednesday in the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed a woman and a child, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies.
Israel’s air and ground offensive has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The war has caused widespread destruction and displaced some 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million, many of them multiple times.
Hundreds of thousands are living in tents on the coast as winter brings frequent rainstorms and temperatures drop below 10 degrees Celsius at night. At least four infants have died of hypothermia.