The first plane with humanitarian aid from Egypt arrived in Damascus, Al Watan newspaper reported. On board are 15 tons of medicine donated to the Syrian people by the Egyptian Red Crescent Society.
At the end of November 2024, armed opposition groups launched a large-scale offensive against the positions of the Syrian army. On December 8 of the same year, they entered Damascus, Bashar Assad resigned as president of Syria and left the country. On December 10, Mohammed al-Bashir, who headed the so-called salvation government in Idlib province, announced his appointment as head of the Syrian transitional cabinet, which will last until March 1, 2025.