India’s struggles in the Border Gavaskar Trophy continued at the Gabba, with Australia posting a formidable first-innings total. Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali attributed India’s woes to a disconnect between captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir, citing inconsistent selection choices. India’s bowling, heavily reliant on Jasprit Bumrah’s six-wicket haul, faltered against Travis Head and Steve Smith’s centuries.

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The Israeli army advanced inside Syria and was spotted 15 kilometres from the Damascus-Beirut highway, as per the Lebanese Al Maydeen news outlet. According to the report, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had taken control of the all-important sweet water source in southern Syria.Al Mayadeen also reported on Dec. 15 that “Israel wiped out Syria’s air defence systems.”Early on Dec. 16, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Israeli strikes had targeted military sites in the country’s coastal Tartus region. It is “the heaviest strikes” in the area in more than a decade, said the UK-based war monitor said”Israeli warplanes launched strikes” targeting a series of sites including air defence units and “surface-to-surface missile depots”, SOHR added. It said that the air attacks were “the heaviest to have hit Syria’s coastal region since the start of strikes in 2012″Unverified footage on social media appeared to show a large fireball caused by IDF strikes in Tartus. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:30 “NO INTEREST IN CONFRONTING SYRIA”5:38 ARAB NATIONS DENOUNCE ISRAEL’S GOLAN PLAN7:08 IDF OFFICERS HOLD FIRST TALKS WITH SYRIAN LEADERS IN GOLAN