Iran, Syria Call for Continued Joint Efforts Against Terrorism
SANA (state news agency)
August 3, 2017
Iran’s parliament speaker Hossein Abdollahian meets with Syria’s top diplomat ahead of his visit to Lebanon
Iran’s parliament speaker Hossein Abdollahian meets with Syria’s top diplomat ahead of his visit to Lebanon
Images spread on social media with users purporting the pictured men were Syrians caught while attempting to enter Turkish territory
Turkey labels U.S. envoy’s comments ‘provocative’ amid growing tensions between the two countries over American support for the Kurds
Jamil al-Hassan, who once told Russian media Assad showed too much restraint in ending the war, is kept on as head of Syria’s brutal Air Force Intelligence branch
Reconciliations minister expresses hopes for settlements in Al-Hajar al-Aswad and Yarmouk camp, former ISIS-held areas, government media reports
Eager to start work in his new home, Rachid al-Saied decided to open a supermarket to give back to the community, Iqtissad writes
Turkey-backed group names Sheikh Hassan Sofan as leader after alliance was left weakened by infighting and defections, opposition website reports
Opposition announces decision to label Kurdish party as terror group, pointing to crimes such as the murder and displacement of civilians, Coalition media office reports
Awas al-Mubarak reflects on the first independent council elections held in the liberated Eastern Ghouta city
Opposition attempts to legitimize loyal force as Russian-backed safe zones see the Coalition increasingly sidelined in political decisions
Lebanese official describes plan to exchange eight Hezbollah prisoners for thousands of refugees as ‘forced displacement,’ opposition website reports
Local monitoring group says regime and Russian forces have violated the truce 98 times since it went into force on Saturday, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Police chief says move is in response to the need to care for and inspect women suspects in line with social customs, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Loyalist outlet says recorded instances of rape are at ‘modest’ levels while murders number 70 for the first half of 2017
Rumors of meeting are aimed at delegitimizing the group in the wake of the safe-zones agreement in the south, rebel spokesman tells Zaman al-Wasl
Strikes by the anti-ISIS coalition targeted a number of villages in the eastern countryside of the province, local sources tell SANA
Displaced people and civil defense teams have begun repairing damage in the southern city after the Russian-U.S.-Jordanian cease-fire deal, Alsouria Net writes
Amid the continual bombardment of the ISIS bastion, some residents have chosen to stay in Raqqa while others flee the danger of death, Enab Baladi writes
Bashar al-Jaafari blasts U.N. Middle East envoy during Security Council session for turning a blind eye to Israel’s illegal practices, government media reports
Syrian forces are just kilometers from the provincial capital ahead of push through ISIS lines to reach regime-held districts of Deir-ez-Zor city
