Astana Framework Meeting on Syria Set for Year-End
AL-BAATH (Pro-government newspaper)
October 17, 2024
“The meeting will definitely take place,” Bogdanov stated, according to al-Baath.
“The meeting will definitely take place,” Bogdanov stated, according to al-Baath.
One particularly devastating strike hit a sawmill near Idlib city, killing 5 people and injuring over 10 workers, some of whom remain in critical condition, Syria TV writes.
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Commenting on the Russian escalation, Rashid Hourani, a military affairs researcher at the Jusoor Center for Studies, stated that the objective is to send warning messages to opposition factions, Enab Baladi reports.
The Russian airstrikes coincided with a visit from a UN delegation to the area, al-Hal Net writes.
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Over the past two years, Israeli incursions into Syrian territory have been frequent, involving the bulldozing of points, sites, and agricultural lands to facilitate road construction, al-Modon writes.
The U.S. occupation forces have bolstered their base in Shaddadi and relocated air defense systems from the Conoco gas field to the Al-Omar oil field in Deir-ez-Zor, al-Watan writes.
Israeli media has reported plans to establish what it calls a “security fence” along the border with Syria, following an incursion by Israeli military forces into Syrian territory in the Quneitra region last week.
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Abu al-Nasr Jamran assured that “there is no Zionist incursion, and life is proceeding as normal.”
In addition to claiming factual errors, the airline asserts that the sanctions violate the general principle of proportionality, Shaam Network writes.
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Erdogan claimed that Israel’s intentions to occupy Damascus after Lebanon could bring Israeli forces to Turkey’s border, Enab Baladi writes.
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Syria TV reported the incursion of Israeli tanks and vehicles that have started constructing a military dirt road in the Golan region of Syrian territory.
Zakharova criticized the routine nature of such actions, al-Watan writes.
A medical source reported to Syria TV that the bodies of the two deceased Iranians were brought to the Hama National Hospital shortly after the strike.
Minister Lavrov remarked that the “Astana format has proven effective as a mechanism for promoting a comprehensive resolution to the Syrian crisis,” acknowledging that “more work is needed.”
Social media platforms were filled with tributes to the victims, among them Dr. Rahaf Abdul Rahim Qamhia, a resident doctor specializing in nephrology at the Damascus Health Directorate.
