Israeli airstrikes targeted positions near the Syrian capital Damascus, according to SANA.
Honor crimes persist in Syria, Mekdad visits Paraguayan diplomat, and ISIS resurges. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
An Iranian general was included in a prisoners exchange in Idleb between the Syrian opposition and pro-regime forces, according to al-Souria Net.
After recent criticism by Damascus of his Steps for Steps approach to end the war in Syria, Pedersen says he’s willing to “explain” it, according to al-Watan.
Clashes between the SDF and ISIS are still ongoing in Hassakeh, despite the SDF claiming that it now controls the Ghweran prison, according to al-Jazeera.
Iran is consolidating its presence in the border area between Syria and Iraq to facilitate the transfer of weapons, at the expense of the regime, the Times of Israel writes.
The Turkish-backed local administration in Afrin redistributed cross-border aid to settlers, according to North Press.
The SDF sent ISIS fighters away from Hassakeh to the regime-controlled Syrian Badia, according to al-Watan.
Sheikh Jawdat Said, the thinker behind the non-violence school of Islam in Syria, has died in exile in Istanbul, according to Syria TV.
Although the SDF emerged victorious from the Ghweran prison assault, ISIS was able to show that it did not say its last word yet.
Syrian Doctor Alaa Moussa, on trial in Germany for torture in the regime’s military hospitals, claimed that he was ‘frightened’ by the military security services, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The permanent representative of Syria to the UN claimed that the U.S. was behind the events in Hassakeh, as it wants to revive ISIS, according to SANA.
UN Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, warned of continued escalation and continued suffering and violence on Syrians, according to Baladi News,
The Syrian Military Public Prosecution stressed Thursday that there is no legal justification for the U.S. presence in Syria, calling it an “occupation”, SANA wrote.
The Jordanian army said Thursday it had killed 27 drug smugglers in a clash as they tried to enter the kingdom from Syria, after Amman announced its intention to confront smugglers, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council regarding the latest developments in northeastern Syria, claiming that the regime is ready for a new round of the constitutional committee, according to Zaitun Agency.
The Lebanese pro-Iranian militia Hezbollah has consolidated its positions in Syria, along with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Militia, according to SY-24.
Syria rejected comments by the EU council, refusing any kind of intervention in its internal affairs, according to al-Watan.
UNICEF is calling for the protection of children, as ISIS is using its 700 “cubs of the caliphate” as human shields in the Ghweran prison in Hassakeh, North Press reports.
In an op-ed to Asharq al-Awsat, Omer Onhon affirmed that the war in Syria is far from over, despite Assad pretending that he is the victor.
