The speaker of the Syrian parliament called the practice of using water as a weapon of war immoral, a war crime, and a violation of all international norms, Syria Times reports
The blast, in the Sumaria suburb of Damascus, had a limited impact, Al-Masdar says
The water cuts are generating serious health risks for the population, particularly in light of the efforts to the face the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Levant News writes
The Parliament wants to ensure that the funds allocated for investment will be spent, contrary to previous years, Baladi News reports
These outposts were the last to be besieged by Assad forces, and Turkey would have now evacuated all the besieged observation points, writes Al-Souria
The Iranian president reiterated his country’s support as a new Syrian ambassador to Tehran was sworn in
The Syrian government reacted angrily to a statement by the British envoy to Syria, state news agency SANA reports
The Syrian presidential election is due to take place next year, but the issue of who will run and how refugees will be able to vote has become a contentious issue writes Al-Modon.
As the coronavirus continues to spread across Syria, Dr. Essam al-Amin has warned that a vaccine is unlikely to reach Syria anytime soon reports Syria Steps.
A Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham fighter was killed by two men who opened fire from a motorcycle at a checkpoint in Idleb’s western countryside reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
An Assad regime-allied militia has bombed a regime headquarters in Daraa in revenge for the arrest of three militiamen, while two regime soldiers were killed in separate incidents reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Syria has been criticized by the OPCW, refugees become Canadian citizens, Turkey launches fresh assault in Raqqa and coronavirus cases continue to rise. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Amid political inaction Khalid al-Mahamid has called for the forming of a new political movement, which it is hoped will unite the south and achieve progress towards a political solution writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Hussein Khattab has been shot dead by unknown assassins as he worked on a video report in al-Bab, making him the latest journalist to be killed in Syria reports Alsouria Net.
The UNHCR have announced that financial and food aid for refugees in Lebanon will end, leaving many wondering how they will survive reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Syria, and efforts are being taken to stem the spread of the virus, but it is feared that it could be too little and too late reports Sowt Al-Asima.
At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Joel Rayburn said that non-Syrians, in addition to more Syrian nationals could be subjected to the Caesar Act reports Al-Monitor.
Ansar al-Islam has conducted a prisoner swap with the Assad regime, trading a member of Assad’s forces who was captured in 2018 for one of their members, who is believed to be Palestinian reports Alsouria Net.
Following Israeli plans to erect wind turbines on occupied land in the Syrian Golan, Syria has issued a strong condemnation, saying that the move is a breach of international law writes SANA.
A Syrian industrialist has said that the country should start farming pigs, which can be exported to other countries and boost the revenues of the regime’s treasury reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
