The sixth round of Syrian Constitutional Committee talks ended in total disappointment as the delegations could not agree on a consensus and as no new date was set for the next meeting.
The U.S. kills a senior al-Qaeda figure in Syria, Assad diverts funds from international humanitarian aid, and China condemns the Damascus bus attack. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Analysts predict that next year’s 2022 budget deficit will be much higher than expected, and might be covered by printing money, according to Baladi News.
The EU has condemned the execution by the Syrian regime of 24 people convicted of arson in coastal Syria, according to Levant News.
All health centers in Syria will be able to provide citizens with the Covid vaccine, in an attempt to fight the surge of the virus, SANA reports.
The ambassador of Iran to Syria has claimed that his country supports Syria in its ongoing war against terrorism, according to al-Watan.
The U.S. military said on Friday that it has killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in the countryside of Raqqa through a drone strike, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
Muslim al-Shishani threatened to wage war on Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) if it attacks its headquarters in rural Lattakia, according to al-Souria Net.
Shelling by the Syrian Assad regime killed 13 people Wednesday in the opposition-held province of Idleb, as a retaliation to a bus attack in Damascus, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
The shadowy Qasioun Brigades rebel group has claimed responsibility for the Damascus bus attack that killed 14 regime soldiers, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
A meeting between the National Defense Militia and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Council failed to ease the tensions between the two regime allies in rural Deir-ez-Zor, according to al-Hal.
The Tanf U.S. military position in southern Syria was attacked on Wednesday, but no injuries were recorded, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
On Wednesday, Syria executed 24 people accused of igniting last year’s wildfires, which left 3 people dead and burnt thousands of hectares of forests, according to Athr Press.
The sixth round of Syrian Constitutional Committee talks will not lead to any major breakthrough, as the regime continues its policy of obstruction, according to Mohamad Sarmini in the Nedaa Post.
The U.S. embassy in Syria has condemned the recent upsurge of violence in the war-torn country, according to North Press.
The U.S. position on Syria has shifted to become more committed to ceasefire and de-escalation, according to al-Hal.
The U.S. has abandoned its allies in Syria after it was defeated there, according to Bassam Abou Abdallah in al-Watan.
