The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority received a report of an attack on a ship 60 nautical miles northwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah in the Red Sea, according to Sky News Arabia.

The authority said in a warning note that an unidentified ship reported being attacked by three boats from the port side, and gunfire took place, adding that there were no injuries among the crew members.
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon

Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad and a number of presidents of Arab and friendly foreign countries exchanged on Sunday cables of congratulation on the occasion of the New Year.

The exchanged congratulatory cables included wishes for continued success, more goodness, progress, and strengthening relations between Syria and other countries.

President al-Assad received the congratulation cables from the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, the Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania and the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio.

His Excellency also received a congratulation cables from Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency