The ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, along with his family, is reportedly given asylum by Russia following the militants’ takeover of the capital and fall of the government.

Iranian Foreign Minister has vowed that Tehran will continue to support for Syria and the resistance front to counter Israeli atrocities in the region.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reiterated Tehran will definitely respond to the last week attack by Israel targeting the consular section of the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Damascus.

The official Syrian news agency, SANA, reported that Assad's participation in the Arab Summit comes after he received an official invitation from the Saudi King, Salman Bin Abdulaziz.

Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, afternoon, where he was welcomed at the airport by Syria's Minister of Presidency Affairs, Mansour Azzam. He then reportedly met with Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, but no details of their meeting have yet been revealed.

In the message, al-Sudani also stressed that Iraq will continue to support the efforts of the Syrian government with all its capabilities in order to alleviate the repercussions of the earthquake on the Syrians.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has condemned the double standard by Western states over the critical situation in his country following powerful quake that hit Syria and Turkey on Monday.

Mevlut Cavusoglu rejects rumors of possible meeting between President Erdogan, Bashar al-Assad at SCO summit in September

The Syrian leader called on "countries defending their sovereignty" to build "strong relations with each other in order to help to strengthen their own positions and realize the interests of their peoples"