Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday she ordered the firing of more than 100 intelligence officers who allegedly engaged in sexually explicit conversations in the National Security Agency internal chat rooms.
In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people safety and said she will not intervene in political issues in the future.
Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and special presidential envoy Alexander Lavrentyev during a high-profile visit to Damascus in January.
Talks have been ongoing about the future of Russian military bases in Syria's Latakia and Tartous cities with signs that Moscow could maintain a presence.