Photos showed Assad relaxed with a smile on his face most of the time during a tour of Aleppo.
An expert told Orient Net that U.S. sanctions continue to dissuade governments and international financial institutions from collaborating with the Assad regime.
Damascus is renewing its campaign to end the sanctions due to the earthquake.
The northern region of Syria is witnessing difficult conditions due to the cold weather, according to Baladi News.
About 1,750,000 Syrians live in cities in southern Turkey, where the earthquake occurred, according to Athr Press.
Makhlouf thanked the brotherly and friendly countries that took the initiative to provide assistance, according to al-Watan.
Syrians in northwest Syria are left to fend for their fate alone at the height of the disaster, according to Syria TV.
Another disaster is unfolding whilst people have lost everything, and many do not have the means to provide basic needs.
The World Health Organization said the chances of finding survivors from the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are diminishing, according to Syria TV.
Mekdad asked European countries to send aid to Syria, according to Athr Press.
Jamous tweeted that countries and international organizations must take urgent and immediate action to help the afflicted, according to Baladi News.
While a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, Ankara has resumed strikes on Tel Rifaat.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the dispatch of more than 300 Russian soldiers, according to Athr Press.
Aid flows from Turkey to northwest Syria have temporarily stopped, according to al-Souria Net.
At least 2,300 people have been killed after two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria.
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Netanyahu said he agreed with Putin to avoid any military confrontation in Syrian airspace, Baladi News says.
“Diplomatic sources” in Ankara told Al-Watan that the U.S. is trying to sabotage Erdogan’s election campaign.
Bashar al-Assad mortgaged the country’s resources to Russia and Iran, according to Orient Net.
Mekdad accused the United States of repeating today in Syria “the same lies they had spread in Iraq 20 years ago”, according to al-Watan.
