Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants have launched a crackdown on a minority group in Homs after recent protests against Syria's new rulers who seized power after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad.

A Syrian fact-checking group has identified the man escorted out of a Damascus prison by a CNN news team, saying he was held for serious crimes like theft and extortion.

At least six people have been killed when Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against several border crossings between Syria and Lebanon.

A Syrian military source says at least two civilians have been injured in an Israeli strike that targeted the area near the main border crossing with Lebanon.

Israeli airstrikes have targeted the Jusiyah border crossing between Syria and Lebanon border, causing significant damage to the facility.

Israeli warplanes have carried out another act of aggression against Syria, targeting positions in the countryside of the central province of Homs.

Israeli warplanes have struck the industrial zone of the Syrian city of al-Qusayr, near the Lebanese border, SANA reports.