According to UN assessments, roughly 3,000 ISIS fighters remain active across Iraq and Syria, with the majority operating inside Syrian territory.
This month’s forum follows a Syrian-Jordanian economic meeting held in Amman earlier in February, al-Thawra writes.
Macron’s upcoming visit is more than symbolic. It reflects a strategic calculation that early economic engagement, combined with active mediation and a principled stance on accountability, can give France disproportionate influence in shaping Syria’s next phase.
Brian Mast addressed Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa directly, underscoring that while the United States has opened channels of communication, it has not extended endorsement.
Dutch authorities have arrested 15 individuals on suspicion of disseminating propaganda for the Islamic State.
The trial in Koblenz coincides with ongoing operations by security agencies to disrupt modern-day recruitment and militant travel, Ultra Syria writes.
The convergence of Saudi investment and American energy-sector interest suggests a deliberate Syrian strategy to reinsert itself into regional and global economic networks, Syria TV writes.
Al Arabiya TV, citing an Iraqi security source, reported on Thursday that U.S. forces have begun withdrawing from the Al-Shaddadi base in Syria’s Al-Hasakah Governorate, heading toward Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Barrot’s visit comes on the heels of a January 31 phone call between Syrian Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Maliki nonetheless outlined a key condition for any normalization: firm assurances that Syrian territory will not be used as a “headquarters or passage for terrorists” seeking to destabilize Iraq.
Informed sources told Al-Modon that senior officials in the U.S. administration have warned the Israeli government against providing any form of support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), amid rapidly shifting political and security dynamics in Syria—particularly in the country’s north and east.
President Sharaa stated that Syria has succeeded in overcoming numerous obstacles over the past year.
Jeffrey made these remarks in an interview with Voice of America, rejecting characterizations of the partial U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria as a “betrayal of the Kurds.”
Iraq’s prison system is already under severe strain, Daraj writes.
Hassakeh and its surrounding areas have witnessed continuous flights by Coalition drones and warplanes in recent days, Syria TV writes.
Barrack is in no hurry regarding politics. His obsessions are purely security-driven, Mohammad Al-Salloum argues.
Turkish Ambassador to Syria, Nuh Yılmaz, stated that a diplomatic delegation conducted a field inspection at the Damascus airport to monitor the installation phases of the radar system supplied from Turkey, according to SHAAM.
The postponement comes amid heightened tensions in eastern Syria, Syria TV writes.
Sharaa has managed to gain international confidence abroad, a development that matters greatly for reconstruction and Syria’s return to the world
HRW said humanitarian support in Suweida was “severely impeded” after the clashes due to access restrictions and insecurity.
