Of Syria’s 17 million people, 5.5 million are living as refugees in the region, mostly in Turkey, and a further six million are uprooted within their own country.
Officials from Syria and Russia, whose military support since 2015 helped Damascus reverse gains by Islamists and other rebels.
Russia turned the tide for Assad and with the regime now facing its gravest challenges, Moscow is in a better position than any other time to further squeeze Assad,
"An aircraft belonging to the Israeli enemy fired this evening a number of missiles towards the T4 air base and our air defences intercepted most of them," SANA said citing a military source.
The EU has repeatedly called on Ankara to halt its energy exploration off Cyprus, arguing that the drilling is illegal because it infringes on the island's exclusive economic zone.
"A car bomb exploded at a roundabout leading to the entrance of the Bab al-Salam border post," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes in Syria since the start of its civil war, targeting government troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Hezbollah.