Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military.

France’s defense ministry says its warplanes bombed Islamic State positions in central Syria on Sunday. The French attacks follow several U.S. strikes on IS positions following the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad in early December.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hoped providing help to Syria would be beneficial to restoring stability in Ukraine.

Ukraine severed ties with Syria in 2022, following former President Bashar Al-Assad’s recognition of Moscow’s partial occupation of two eastern regions. Assad became a staunch Russian ally, with Syria hosting strategically important Russian military bases.

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha is currently in Syria and has met with the de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa. Source: Syrian television; Al Arabiya, a Saudi state-owned international Arabic news television channel Details: Reports indicate that the high-level Ukrainian delegation,