Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces open fire on large-scale protests led by the country’s Alawite minority in the coastal regions in another act of sectarian violence.

Tensions have grown between Syria’s new military and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as the US-sponsored Kurdish-led militant group says the HTS-led regime is facilitating attacks by the Daesh terrorist group.

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the head of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led regime in Syria, says his association with al-Qaeda terrorist group was “a matter of the past” and was not discussed in his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump.

As many as nine people, including a Shia Muslim and four Alawites, are killed across Syria as violence keeps plaguing the country.

Netanyahu is set to convene a meeting to discuss a potential “security agreement” with the Syrian HTS-led regime, amid reports that the US is pressing Israel to soften its stance and announce a breakthrough at the UN General Assembly summit in New York this week.

A report says Israel and Syria will sign a “security agreement” under the auspices of the United States next September, amid intensified Israeli acts of aggression against the Arab country.

Israel has grabbed more Syrian land through the establishment of a new military base in Quneitra, a report says.