Israel hits Syrian coastal region with 'heaviest strikes' in a decade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The United Nations intends to offer all kinds of help to the Syrian people, UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen told Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and caretaker prime minister Mohammad al-Bashir during a meeting in Damascus, according to a statement released by the UN envoy's office on Monday.
50% : The EU is sending a senior diplomat to Damascus to make contacts with Syria's new Islamist-led leaders, in a further sign of western engagement after the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.
48% : Elsewhere, at least 12 Palestinians were killed, including children, in an Israeli air strike on a shelter for the displaced in Gaza's Khan Younis school on Sunday, the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he had a "very friendly, warm and important discussion" with Donald Trump over the weekend about his plans in Syria and efforts to secure the release of hostages in Gaza.

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