On Syria, Biden and Trump are Not Very Different
The former US Ambassador to Syria has said that if Joe Biden wins the election on November 3rd, then US policy in Syria is unlikely to change much writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
The former US Ambassador to Syria has said that if Joe Biden wins the election on November 3rd, then US policy in Syria is unlikely to change much writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
Russia is continuing its assault on towns and villages in Idleb, with civilians being hit by artillery shelling reports Nadaa Syria.
Violence continues to escalate in northwestern Syria, as Turkish-back militants fire artillery and rockets at government areas reports Al-Masdar.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has been criticised for a speech he gave at the UN Security Council, where he did not announce the next meeting of the Constitutional Committee writes Al-Watan.
Clashes in the province of Hama, between the Islamic State and regime fighters, have left casualties on both sides reports The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Permanent Representatives of Syria and Russia at the UN have lashed out at the actions of Western states and accused them of protected terrorists in Syria writes SANA.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that planned meetings could be missed, but hoped that they could be rescheduled for November reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Syrian rebels have struck back after a devastating attack which left scores of fighters dead in the troubled northern province of Idleb reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Following the killing of the Mufti of Damascus, the director of a school and a group of other young men were arrested and questioned by Political Security reports Sowt Al-Asima.
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and the National Liberation Front have announced that they killed a number of Russian and regime fighters in attacks against various positions reports Enab Baladi.
Syria and Iraq have discussed enhancing their relationship and working to secure borders between the two countries and eliminate terrorism writes SANA.
The head of a city council in Daraa was gunned down by assassins in Daraa, but it is not know who was responsible reports Al-Masdar.
Adel al-Shaher, a commander in the Hamza Division, was killed fighting alongside Azeri forces in the Karabakh region reports Al-Masdar.
Recent attacks by Turkish backed groups against the town of Ayn Issa and the displacement of residents have been condemned by the co-chair of the Shaddadi Council reports North Press.
The intra-Kurdish talks have come to an end without an agreement between the two sides, with a lack of international sponsorship being blamed in part reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
The regime has continued to withdraw from Ayn Issa, moving 37 military vehicles over the weekend, as the SDF construct fortifications in the area reports Baladi News.
A regime checkpoint in Daraa was attacked and pictures of Assad were burned following the arrest of a young man by the Air Force Intelligence reports Nadaa Syria.
A training camp for the National Liberation Front in Idleb has been hit by Russian airstrikes, killing over 30 fighters and wounding at least 30 more writes Baladi News.
In the face of continued attacks by Turkish-backed forces, the Autonomous Administration has called on Russia and the US to pressure Turkey to stop writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
At an annual meeting of the al-Areen Charitable Foundation, large posters of Asma al-Assad were on display, the first time that the poster of a woman who is affiliated with the regime is raised at an event reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
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