What Happened Over the Weekend
Israeli airstrikes on Hama’s countryside, regime airstrikes in Idleb, Turkish reinforcements sent to the border and Leishmaniasis disease spreads across Raqqa. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Israeli airstrikes on Hama’s countryside, regime airstrikes in Idleb, Turkish reinforcements sent to the border and Leishmaniasis disease spreads across Raqqa. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
While the Islamic State has lost its final piece of territory, there are claims that they are now using the al-Hol refugee camp as a base to organize activities reports Ana Press.
The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria visited Damascus last month and has been trying to make progress on a political solution to the crisis writes SANA.
The Syrian opposition has said that meetings between Russia and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham point to a lack of willingness to attack Idleb writes Al-Quds Al-Araby.
Kurdish groups have condemned the arrest of prominent Kurdish figures, as well as the kidnapping, armed robbery, seizure of property and forceful expulsion of residents in Afrin reports Etihad Press.
Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis has accused Egypt of banning the passage of oil tankers to Syria through the Suez Canal writes Asharq al-Awsat.
Syrian designer, Tamer Turkmani, has embarked on an ambitious project to document the names and pictures of the martyrs of the revolution writes Zaman Al Wasl.
Following a meeting between Russia, the regime and representatives from al-Rukban, families have started to leave, although the fate that awaits them is unclear writes Al-Modon.
Regime attacks in the de-escalation zone have killed 135 civilians and forces over 150,000 people to flee their homes reports Alsouria Net.
Syrian refugees living Lebanon have been subjected to appalling attacks and have faced extreme pressure to return home, despite the prevailing conditions in Syria writes the Syrian National Coalition.
A number of people escaped from the central prison when it was hit by a Russian airstrike, but were promised reduced sentences if they handed themselves in reports Hurriya Press.
Desperate Syrians are still trying to make the dangerous crossing from Turkey to Greece, with many drowning before they reach their destination reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Four Syrian businessmen have made it on to Forbes Middle East Rich List 2019, although the total wealth of the list has dropped five percent from last year reports Alsouria Net.
Syria has described the American declaration to be an attack on Iranian sovereignty and in support of the Israeli occupation writes SANA.
The war in Syria has displaced 13 million people, but the situation and realities on the ground are not helping to facilitate their return writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Women and children were wounded when Russian rockets, fired from warships in the Mediterranean, hit targets in Idleb province reports Hurriya Press.
Arrests in eastern Ghouta, continued suffering at the al-Rukban camp, five dead in Hama and al-Sisi pledges support for a political resolution. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Despite being allies, Iran and Russia are competing to take control of Syria’s state institutions and have made a number of new appointments to ensure their influence writes Al-Modon.
A new report by the National Liberation Movement has highlighted the injustices that Syrian refugees living in Lebanon are subjected to and the illegal practises of the Lebanese security forces writes Zaman Al Wasl.
Despite the area being classified as a de-escalation zone, attacks by the regime and their militias have continued, resulting in the death of dozens of civilians reports Alsouria Net.
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