Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad claimed that the rapprochement between Syria and its Arab brethren will help improve the livelihood of Syrians, according to al-Watan.
Young people have completely disappeared from the markets of the eastern city of Deir-ez-Zor, as the regime launches a campaign to capture them and enroll them in the army, according to SY-24.
Syria still isn’t safe for the return of refugees and displaced people, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday in a report, according to North Press.
The regime has demanded that fighters in the Eighth Brigade in the countryside of Daraa hand over their weapons as part of the “settlements agreements”, al-Souria Net reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, regional developments and bilateral relations, according to the Daily Sabah.
In a tripartite meeting held in Amman, the Ministers of Energy of Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon agreed on details of an electricity transfer plan between the three countries, according to al-Araby a-Jadeed.
The Director of Jordanian general intelligence confirmed that Jordan’s relations with Damascus have improved, and now focus on common security and economic challenges, according to al-Watan.
Many medical centers and hospitals in Idleb announced that the humanitarian support they receive from organizations has ceased, according to Baladi News.
Russian airstrikes targeted Turkish-backed armed opposition factions’ sites south of Idleb, northwest Syria, according to North Press.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) handed over a number of children and wives of ISIS members to a German and a Danish delegation, North Press reports,
A Syrian opposition figure said that Interpol granting the regime access to its communications network endangers the lives of millions, Nedaa Post writes.
A third tanker carrying Iranian fuel for distribution in Lebanon has reached Syria, Asharq al-Awsat writes.
Locals in Azaz, Aleppo’s countryside, are resorting to motorbike taxis, as regular means of transport became too onerous, according to Enab Baladi.
An Iranian general was kidnapped by Tel Avivi to be exchanged for information about the whereabouts of a missing Israeli pilot, according to Rai al-Yom.
Large-scale police raids in three German states targeted an Islamic money-laundering network that reportedly funneled millions in ill-gotten gains to Turkey and Syria, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Syrian film “Lost Childhood”, which focuses on the condition of children in Idleb, has won first prize in its category at the DIG Festival in Italy, SY-24 reports.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister claimed that Egypt and Russia converge on the importance of restoring the stability and territorial integrity of Syria, Baladi News reports.
The economic and energy crises in Lebanon are an opportunity for Assad to restore his regime’s regional status, al-Araby al-Jadeed writes.
The Syrian opposition-held Idleb has been witnessing a peak in coronavirus infections for the last few months, reaching a daily rate of 1,000 cases, according to North Press.
The pavilion of Syria at Expo Dubai 2020 has attracted wide interest, 10 years after Syria’s last participation, SANA reports.
