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Autonomous Trucks Market Size, Share, Trends & Analysis by 2035 12-16-2024 11:32 PM CET | Logistics & Transport Press release from: ABNewswire Autonomous Trucks Market Autonomous Trucks Market by LoA (L1, L2/ L3, L4 & L5), Vehicle Type, Propulsion (Diesel, Electric, Hybrid), ADAS Features, Vehicle Class, Application, Sensor Type and Region - Global Forecast to 2035 The global Autonomous trucks market [ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/semi-autonomous-bus-market-87328844.html?utm_source=abnewswire.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=semi-autonomous-bus-market ] size is projected to grow from USD 40.7 billion in 2024 to USD 179.9 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of 14.4%. The Autonomous trucks market is witnessing robust growth driven by increasing demand for autonomous vehicles and innovation around advance driving technologies may drive the market for autonomous trucks. Electric segment is expected to be the fastest in the Autonomous trucks market The electric segment is expected to be the fastest one during the forecast period. The rising demand for passenger safety and efficient bus transit operations would boost the demand for the electric segment for the advanced autonomous bus market during the forecast period. Favorable government regulations for better road safety would positively impact the autonomous bus market. Features such as AEB and BSD are expected to be compulsory for all vehicles, including buses. In December 2023, Davao Metro Shuttle Corporation (Philippines) launched a self-driving shuttle and its first electric bus, which includes AEB and ACC features. Shuttle segment is estimated to exhibit the fastest growth in Autonomous trucks market The shuttles segment is expected to be the fastest market in the autonomous trucks market, as they are commercialized. Navya (US), Easilmile (France), and Local Motors (US) have developed self-driving shuttles. Successful pilot programs of autonomous shuttles worldwide indicate that shuttles could be a practical solution to the gaps in traditional public transport. In January 2023, EasyMile(France) partnered with Keolis (France) on an autonomous shuttle project underway at France's National Sports Shooting. Such partnerships highlight the growth of the shuttles segment in the market. Download PDF Brochure @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=87328844 [ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=87328844&utm_source=abnewswire.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=semi-autonomous-bus-market ] US to lead the Autonomous trucks market in North America The US is expected to have the largest market share in terms of value in the North American autonomous trucks market due to strict safety regulations imposed by the NHTSA that have compelled OEMs to provide safety features. Road safety is very critical for efficient transportation. Autonomous trucks can help to improve safety, which, in turn, would boost the market in the region. Major OEMs in the region are forming supply contracts for products like sensors, LiDAR that would further enhance their vehicles performance. For instance, in January 2024, Daimler Truck AG (Germany) and TORC Robotics (US) selected Aeva Technologies (US) to Supply advanced 4D LiDAR technology for series-production of autonomous trucks. Key Players The Autonomous trucks market is dominated by global players such as Daimler Truck AG (Germany), AB Volvo (Sweden), Iveco S.p.A. (Netherlands), NVIDIA Corporation (US), Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany), Continental AG (Germany), among others. These companies adopted new product development strategies, expansion, partnerships & collaborations, and mergers & acquisitions to gain traction in the market. Request Free Sample Report @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/requestsampleNew.asp?id=87328844 [ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/requestsampleNew.asp?id=87328844%20&utm_source=abnewswire.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=semi-autonomous-bus-market ] Media Contact Company Name: MarketsandMarkets Trademark Research Private Ltd. Contact Person: Mr. Rohan Salgarkar Email:Send Email [ https://www.abnewswire.com/email_contact_us.php?pr=autonomous-trucks-market-size-share-trends-analysis-by-2035 ] Phone: 18886006441 Address:1615 South Congress Ave. Suite 103, Delray Beach, FL 33445 City: Florida State: Florida Country: United States Website: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/semi-autonomous-bus-market-87328844.html This release was published on openPR.Published 5:30 pm Sunday, December 8, 2024 By Scooter Hobbs LSU won’t have to travel far for its bowl game and the Tigers will find a familiar face when they get to Houston. LSU was placed in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl for the New Year’s Eve game at NRG Stadium against Baylor. It will kick off at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Bears (8-4) are coached by Dave Aranda, who was LSU’s defensive coordinator for the Tigers’ 2019 national championship team. He took the Baylor job shortly after LSU completed that season unbeaten. Aranda and Baylor won the Big 12 championship in 2021, but he was very much on the hot seat after going 3-9 last year and starting this season 2-4 before Baylor finished on a six-game winning streak. The Tigers, also 8-4, at one point were ranked No. 8 in the country, but fell down the bowl season’s pecking order with a three-game losing streak. They recovered, however, to win their final two games against Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. As always in the current climate, bowl opt-outs could play a factor in the game. LSU has had several non-starters announce they will enter the transfer portal, which opens Monday. Two others, left tackle Will Campbell and tight end Mason Taylor, have declared they’ll enter the NFL draft early. But neither has indicated whether they will play in the bowl game. Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has not yet made a decision on the NFL, but said after the win over Oklahoma that he would play in the bowl game regardless. It will be LSU’s third trip to the Texas Bowl — with very different results thus far. Opt-outs were a major factor the last time LSU played in the Texas bowl following the 2021 season. The Tigers had an interim head coach in Brad Davis after the firing of Ed Orgeron and only 38 scholarship players available in a 42-20 loss to Kansas State. LSU used a converted backup wide receiver, Jontre Kirklin, at quarterback. LSU’s other Texas Bowl appearance was following the 2016 season when the Tigers won a very entertaining game, 56-27, over a Texas Tech team led by Patrick Mahomes. It was shortly after that game that LSU then under Les Miles, lost defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, which brought Aranda to Baton Rouge from Wisconsin. LSU leads the all-time series with Baylor 8-3, but two of the Tigers’ losses came in the only two bowl matchups between the schools. Baylor beat LSU 21-7 in the 1985 Liberty Bowl in Memphis and 14-7 in the 1963 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston. Previous to the Liberty Bowl, the last meeting was a 31-10 LSU victory in Baton Rouge.

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — R.J. Greene's 18 points helped Wagner defeat Maryland-Eastern Shore 63-61 on Sunday. Greene added five rebounds for the Seahawks (5-4). Javier Esquerra Trelles scored 13 points, going 4 of 11 from the floor, including 3 for 7 from 3-point range, and 2 for 3 from the line. Keyontae Lewis shot 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 11 points, while adding seven rebounds. The Hawks (1-11) were led in scoring by Ketron Shaw, who finished with 19 points, six rebounds and four steals. Evan Johnson added 19 points and five assists for Maryland-Eastern Shore. Chris Flippin also had six points. The loss is the seventh straight for the Hawks. These two teams both play Saturday. Wagner visits NJIT and Maryland-Eastern Shore hosts Bryn Athyn College. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Trump nominees work to win over senators on Capitol Hill

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Rarely does a college basketball game provide such stark contrast between the sport's haves and have-nots as when Jackson State faces No. 9 Kentucky on Friday in Lexington, Ky. While Kentucky claims eight NCAA Tournament crowns and the most wins in college basketball history, Jackson State has never won an NCAA Tournament game and enters the matchup looking for its first win of the season. Impressive tradition and current record aside, Kentucky (4-0) returned no scholarship players from last season's team that was knocked off by Oakland in the NCAA Tournament. New coach Mark Pope and his essentially all-new Wildcats are off to a promising start. Through four games, Kentucky is averaging 94.3 points per game, and with 11.5 3-pointers made per game, the team is on pace to set a school record from long distance. The Wildcats boast six double-figure scorers with transfer guards Otega Oweh (from Oklahoma, 15.0 ppg) and Koby Brea (from Dayton, 14.5 ppg) leading the team. The Wildcats defeated Duke 77-72 on Nov. 12 but showed few signs of an emotional letdown in Tuesday's 97-68 win over a Lipscomb team picked to win the Atlantic Sun Conference in the preseason. Kentucky drained a dozen 3-pointers while outrebounding their visitors 43-28. Guard Jaxson Robinson, held to a single point by Duke, dropped 20 points to lead the Kentucky attack. Afterward, Pope praised his team's focus, saying, "The last game was over and it was kind of on to, ‘How do we get better?' That's the only thing we talk about." Lipscomb coach Lennie Acuff also delivered a ringing endorsement, calling Kentucky "the best offensive Power Four team we've played in my six years at Lipscomb." Jackson State (0-5) and third-year coach Mo Williams are looking for something positive to build upon. Not only are the Tigers winless, but they have lost each game by nine or more points. Sophomore guard Jayme Mitchell Jr. (13.8 ppg) is the leading scorer, but the team shoots just 35.8 percent while allowing opponents to shoot 52.3 percent. The Tigers played on Wednesday at Western Kentucky, where they lost 79-62. Reserve Tamarion Hoover had a breakout game with 18 points to lead Jackson State, but the host Hilltoppers canned 14 3-point shots and outrebounded the Tigers 42-35 to grab the win. Earlier, Williams, who played against Kentucky while a student at Alabama, admitted the difficulties of a challenging nonconference schedule for his team. "Our goal is not to win 13 nonconference games," Williams said. "We're already at a disadvantage in that regard. We use these games to get us ready for conference play and for March Madness." Jackson State has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Tigers had a perfect regular-season record (11-0) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2020-21 but lost in the league tournament. Kentucky has never played Jackson State before, but the game is being billed as part of a Unity Series of matchups in which Kentucky hosts members of the SWAC to raise awareness of Historical Black Colleges and Universities and provide funds for those schools. Past Unity Series opponents have been Southern in December 2021 and Florida A&M in December 2022. --Field Level MediaPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller sat for a long interview with the NCAA as it looked into concerns about unusual gambling activity, his lawyer said Friday amid reports a federal probe is now under way. “Hysier Miller fully cooperated with the NCAA’s investigation. He sat for a five-hour interview and answered every question the NCAA asked. He also produced every document the NCAA requested,” lawyer Jason Bologna said in a statement. “Hysier did these things because he wanted to play basketball this season, and he is devastated that he cannot.” Miller, a three-year starter from South Philadelphia, transferred to Virginia Tech this spring. However, the Hokies released him last month due to what the program called “circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech.” Bologna declined to confirm that a federal investigation had been opened, as did spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that authorities were investigating whether Miller bet on games he played in at Temple, and whether he adjusted his performance accordingly. “Hysier Miller has overcome more adversity in his 22 years than most people face in their lifetime. He will meet and overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead," Bologna said. Miller scored eight points — about half his season average of 15.9 — in a 100-72 loss to UAB on March 7 that was later flagged for unusual betting activity. Temple said it has been aware of those allegations since they became public in March, and has been cooperative. “We have been fully responsive and cooperative with the NCAA since the moment we learned of the investigation,” Temple President John Fry said in a letter Thursday to the school community. However, Fry said Temple had not received any requests for information from state or federal law enforcement agencies. He vowed to cooperate fully if they did. “Coaches, student-athletes and staff members receive mandatory training on NCAA rules and regulations, including prohibitions on involvement in sports wagering," Fry said in the letter. The same week the Temple-UAB game raised concerns, Loyola (Maryland) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violation. Temple played UAB again on March 17, losing 85-69 in the finals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. League spokesman Tom Fenstermaker also declined comment on Friday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

Tigers recruit Terrell May has opened up on his “shock” exit from the Roosters, revealing he’s yet to receive any explanation beyond a two minute phone call with Trent Robinson. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer > During Samoa’s tour of England, the 25-year-old received a shock phone call informing him he was free to leave the Tricolours club who wanted to “go in a different direction”. That was despite signing a fresh two-year extension in April, with May emerging as one of the best front rowers in the game off the bench for the Roosters in 2024. Speaking on James Graham’s The Bye Round podcast, May explained that he was completely blindsided by the Tricolours’ decision and the phone call left him with more questions than answers. “Nothing was even said or mentioned throughout the whole year, and then getting a phone call two days before our second game in England,” May said. “Getting that phone call from Robbo, I was thinking of all the good things. I must be getting a call saying ‘I’m so happy for you’ all that stuff or that ‘you did us proud’. “But to get that call it was just a 180 of what I thought the original call was going to be, I was just in shock. I didn’t digest it all until like a week later. “I was just thinking the worst of the worst, what did I do wrong? Was there something I did wrong? After that call I was trying to text everyone because it was 3:30am in Australia. “So none of my family or manager or anyone was awake, so I had to digest that all by myself. I was just like ‘what just happened? Did I just lose my contract?’.” Following the breaking news May had been given permission to depart the Roosters, rumours swirled as to the reason he was handed his marching orders. However, as rugby league fans scrambled to answer the big question, May was doing the same and he still doesn’t fully understand the decision. “I wanted to know the reason why this was happening, and the reasoning why didn’t add up to me. I see people saying ‘he must have done this, he must have done that’,” he said. “The honest truth is I honestly don’t know why I got released... it was just ‘we don’t see you as the future of the club, we are going to go in a different direction’. “That was my explanation, it was a two minute phone call. That was the whole reason I got told to find another club, and I couldn’t digest it, I was thinking the worst of the worst. “Everything I had done for the club, I didn’t even get a farewell. I didn’t get an end-of-year ‘we are going to move you on’,” “I just got that two minute phone call and nothing from that day still, it’s a strange one.” MORE NRL NEWS ‘SURREAL’: Inside Cook’s unlikely Dragons comeback and the Red V signing coup ‘REACHED MY POTENTIAL’: May torches Roosters reasons for ‘jaw dropping’ release ‘COPPED SOME STICK’: Madge delays Reynolds’ Broncos captaincy call May’s fresh deal at the Roosters came at a time when clubs could have signed him for 2025, and a host of rivals were circling the Samoan international. However, with big-name players like Stefano Utoikamanu decided on their futures mid-season, by the time May came to finding a new club his options were limited. By the end of the 2024 season, club powerbrokers have already largely filled their top 30s for the 2025 campaign leaving May with limited landing spots for next season. “When I first came on the market before I re-signed, I think there was 11 clubs keen as,” May explained. “I wanted to stay in Sydney, so I had to choose out of the Dogs, Roosters... It was mainly out of them two and I ended up re-signing because I wanted to stay loyal. “I wanted to be a one club man, but when you come into the market at the back-end, teams have already filled their top 30, their cap space. So there’s not many clubs chasing you. “That’s also why I was a bit dirty, you could have told me this ages ago when there was heaps of clubs still chasing me that had money and cap space. “But to do it at the deadline was a bit strange, I felt like it was a bit of a strategy so I don’t go to certain clubs, like the Panthers, Melbourne. “I felt like it was a strategy to make me not go to the top clubs, but I’m happy that I’m at the Tigers now and be that alpha. Whatever club I was going to I was going to be the alpha.” May eventually signed a three-year deal with the Tigers, hoping to help Benji Marshall lift the merger club off the bottom of the ladder. In doing so, the rising star is also hoping to make his Origin debut this season under newly-unveiled coach Laurie Daley. “My motivation this year is crazy, all that stuff that happened off the field I am ready to take on the comp and prove to everyone I deserve to be in a rep jersey,” May said. “I deserve to be in that top five props, I want to be the best prop. I don’t want to settle for anything less so that’s my mindset going into this year. “I feel like if I play at my best I will definitely get a call-up, I was close last year so if I put my head down and just want to win that will come with it.”Brown will race a Red Bulland NextGen-supported Toyota FT-60 in three rounds of theforthcoming 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional OceaniaChampionship, fulfilling a long-held desire to compete inthe series. All three appearances will be at TripleEight Race Engineering shareholder Tony Quinn’s NewZealand tracks. That means Brown will be in action in thefirst two rounds at Taupo International Motorsport Park andHampton Downs before racing in the season finale, the 69thNew Zealand Grand Prix at Highlands MotorsportPark. Although comparison to Shane van Gisbergen’sfamous win as the reigning Supercars champion in a RedBull-backed car in the 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix will beinevitable, Brown says his surprise inclusion in thechampionship is more about exploring his own abilities as aracing driver. “Single seaters are a bit of an itchI want to scratch and there’s no better place to do itthan in this championship,” he said. “I was watchingFormula 2 and Formula 3 races earlier this year and thoughtit would be great to race in a competitive field of singleseaters once again.” Brown wanted to compete in thechampionship as far back as 2017 but couldn’t quite pullthe right deal together. That all changed thisyear. “When Tony’s organisation took over thepromotion of the major New Zealand championships, the desireto have another go started to look like a much morerealistic possibility. I’m delighted to be part of thosethree weekends and am looking forward to some excellentracing. “I’m not coming to take part, I’m comingto New Zealand to win. It’s no different to why I havewanted to try NASCAR and TCR. As a racing driver I want totest myself against the best and I know this championshiphas a fantastic record of helping produce some world classdrivers.” Brown will join GilesMotorsport for his three big weekends – one of the fourteams who run all of the drivers during the championship’sfive weekends. He’ll be in good hands. Team principalStephen Giles was chief engineer to Mika Häkkinen in histwo F1 world championship winning seasons of 1998 and1999. Like the vast majority of top single seaterracers around the world, Brown followed the ‘classic’route in motorsport, competing in karts from the age of 13before switching to circuit racing and winning theAustralian Formula Ford Championship and the Formula 4Championship in 2016. He won theAustralian Toyota 86 Championship the same year and thatproved a turning point as he headed down the tin top routeon a trajectory to Supercars. But despite his phenomenalsuccess in Australia’s main game, he’s never lost theappetite for driving fast open-wheeled racingcars. His last appearance in single seaters was in theAustralian S5000 series in 2019 where he took on the likesof Rubens Barrichello, but Brown says he’ll be ready tofight at the front. “Hopefully I’ll be able to getsome testing in a single seater at some stage, but I knowTaupo well from Supercars, I’ve done some laps at HamptonDowns in a Toyota 86 and I’ve done a few laps at Highlandsas well, so the tracks will not be new to me.” Round 01: 10 - 12 January 2025, TaupoInternational Motorsport Park Round 02: 17 - 19 January2025, Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park Round03: 24 - 26 January 2025, Manfeild, Circuit ChrisAmon Round 04: 31 January – 2 February 2025, TeretongaPark, Invercargill Round 05: 7 - 9 February 2025,Highlands Motorsport Park, :

Article content Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Recommended Videos Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, D.C./New York political, media and corporate nexus. But that is precisely the point — to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent and weaponized government who are not part of it. Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, is already drawing severe criticism. His furious enemies cannot go after his resume, since he has spent a lifetime in private, congressional and executive billets, both in investigations and intelligence. Instead, they claim he is too vindictive and does not reflect the ethos of the FBI. But what will Patel not do as the new director? He will not serially lie under oath to federal investigators as did interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a current Patel critic. He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon and agency lawyer Kevin Clinesmith. He will not claim amnesia 245 times under congressional oath to evade embarrassing admissions as did former director James Comey. He will not partner with a foreign national to collect dirt and subvert a presidential campaign as the FBI did with Christopher Steele in 2016. He will not use the FBI to draft social media to suppress news unfavourable to a presidential candidate on the eve of an election. He would not have suppressed FBI knowledge that Hunter Biden’s laptop was genuine — to allow the lie to spread that it was “Russian disinformation” on the eve of the 2020 election. He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, surveil Catholics, monitor parents at school board meetings or go after pro-life peaceful protesters. Decorated combat veteran Pete Hegseth is another controversial nominee for secretary of defence. What will Hegseth likely not do? Go AWOL without notifying the president of a serious medical procedure as did current Secretary Lloyd Austin? Install race and gender criteria for promotion and mandate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training? Insinuate falsely that cabals of white supremacists had infiltrated the military? Oversee the scramble from Kabul that saw $50 billion in U.S. military equipment abandoned to Taliban terrorists? Watch passively as a Chinese spy balloon traversed the continental United States for a week? Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. may earn the most Democratic hits, given his former liberal credentials. But what will RFK also not do as HHS secretary? Oversee his agencies circumventing U.S. law by transferring money to communist China to help it produce lethal gain-of-function viruses of the COVID-19 sort — in the manner of Dr. Fauci? Organize scientists to go after critics of mandatory masking and defame them? Give pharmaceutical companies near-lifetime exemptions from legal jeopardy for rushing into production mRNA vaccines not traditionally vetted and tested? Leave office to monetize his HHS expertise and thus make millions from the pharmaceutical companies? Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, former congressional representative and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard will soon be defamed in congressional hearings. But what has Gabbard not done? Joined “51 former intelligence authorities” to lie on the eve of the 2020 election that Hunter Biden’s laptop “had all the hallmarks” of a Russian information/disinformation operation” — to swing the election to incumbent Joe Biden? Lied under congressional oath like former DNI James Clapper, who claimed he only gave the “least untruthful answer” in congressional testimony? Encourage the FBI to monitor a presidential campaign in efforts to discredit it — like former CIA Director John Brennan, who lied not once but twice under oath? Fail to foresee the American meltdown in Kabul, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel or the Houthis’ takeover of the Red Sea? We are going to hear some outrageous things in the upcoming congressional confirmation hearings. However, one thing we will not hear about is the crimes, deceptions, and utter incompetence of prior and current government grandees. The current crew prompted the sick and tired American people to demand different people. Voters want novel approaches to reform a government they not only no longer trust but also now deeply fear.Across the Middle East and beyond, the fall of Syria’s authoritarian government at the hands of jihadi militants set off waves of jubilation, trepidation and alarm. Expatriate Syrians and many residents across the Middle East exulted at the overthrow of a leader who led his country through 14 years of civil strife that left half a million Syrians dead and displaced millions to countries around the world. Others worried about still more instability rocking a region in turmoil. Governments — whether allies or opponents of Assad — scrambled to absorb the sudden, stunning development and assess the implications for the Middle East and the world. In Lebanon, thousands of Syrians headed for the Masnaa border crossing to return to their home country, despite the uncertainty. “Anything is better than Bashar,” said Sami Abdel-Latif, a refugee from Hama who was heading back to join his wife and four children. “This is a feeling we’ve been waiting 14 years for,” said Malak Matar, who was preparing to return to the capital Damascus. Now, he said, “Syrians have to create a state that is well organized and take care of their country.” Many citizens in Syria's neighboring countries reacted with joy to news Assad was gone. In Jordan’s capital, Amman, resident Muhab al-Majali said his fall marked the end of “unjust and tyrannical rule.” “I believe that the future is beautiful and prosperous for the Syrians,” he said. Others were not so sure, in a region that saw the energy of the 2011 Arab Spring democracy movement collapse into conflict and authoritarian rule. Saeed Sawy, an engineer in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, predicted that Syria’s rebel groups would descend into infighting over the country’s future. “We saw this happen before,” he said. “We saw this in Libya, in Tunisia, in Yemen and Sudan. People rejoice over the fall of tyrants, then they disagree and fight, and a civil war starts.” Syria’s neighbors stepped up security along their borders. Lebanon said it was closing all but one of its land border crossings with Syria. Jordan also closed a border crossing. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had — temporarily, he said — seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement, after Syrian troops abandoned their positions. Airstrikes were reported on a military airport near Damascus, which has previously been targeted by Israel, and on other Syrian military sites. Iran, a key ally of Assad, said the Syrian people should decide their country’s future “without destructive, coercive foreign intervention.” The Foreign Ministry in Tehran said Iran supports Syria’s unity and national sovereignty, and hopes to see “the end of military conflicts, the prevention of terrorist activities and the start of a national dialogue” with the participation of all groups. The Iraqi government, which is close to Iran, said it “supports all international and regional efforts seeking to open a dialogue” for Syria. Egypt’s foreign ministry urged a “comprehensive political process” to establish a new era of peace in the war-torn county. The head of Yemen’s internationally recognized government welcomed the fall of Assad as “a historic moment.” Yemen’s government is at war with the Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran. Turkey has backed anti-Assad militant groups in Syria, and could play a key role in what happens next. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the fall of Assad brought “hope.” He called on the world to help “unite and reconstruct” Syria. Fidan, who met in Qatar on Saturday with diplomats from Russia and Iran, the main backers of the Assad regime, said regional and global powers should try “to act with prudence and calm.” The war sent millions of Syrians fleeing to Europe and expatriates took to the streets in celebration in cities including Paris, London, Stockholm, Helsinki and Athens. Many European governments welcomed Assad’s departure while urging a rapid return to stability. “The end of Assad’s dictatorship is a positive and long-awaited development,” said Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s newly appointed foreign policy chief, in a post on X. “Our priority is to ensure security in the region. I will work with all the constructive partners, in Syria and the region.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement that the end of Assad’s rule was “good news,” adding that “what matters now is that law and order are quickly restored in Syria.” France’s foreign ministry welcomed the fall of Assad, saying “the Syrian people have suffered too much.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also welcomed the end of Assad’s "barbaric regime.” “We call on all sides to protect civilians and minorities and ensure essential aid can reach the most vulnerable in the coming hours and days,” he said. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also called for calm and urged work to ensure an “orderly political transition to renewed institutions.” Russia, which backed Assad with troops and warplanes, said it has been following the “dramatic events” in Syria “with extreme concern.” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, wrote on X that the ousted Syrian leader had suffered the fate of “all dictators who bet on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. He always betrays those who rely on him.” In Washington, President Joe Biden was meeting with his national security team Sunday for an update on the situation in Syria. President-elect Donald Trump said in a social media post Saturday, before Assad’s fall was confirmed: “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!” The U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria, including U.S. forces working with Kurdish allies in the opposition-held northeast to prevent any resurgence of the Islamic State group.