Field surveys and citizen testimonies indicate that cylinders are being sold at significantly inflated prices across several areas.
Maznah Dreid, a member of the Syrian Political Feminist Movement, told the UN Security Council in New York on Friday that the movement was forced to relocate its seventh general conference to Beirut after failing to obtain official approval in Damascus.
Acwa, recognized globally as a leader in renewable energy and the world’s largest private water desalination firm, reaffirmed that its operations focus on green hydrogen, clean power, desalinated water, and related infrastructure.
The battered Iranian-made taxis that rattle through the streets remain a visible relic of the so-called era of resistance, Youssef Bezzi writes in Al-Modon.
Syrian women focus their efforts on dismantling discriminatory structures, foremost among them the Personal Status Law—one of the most entrenched instruments of inequality, Rosa Hassan writes for Daraj.
Despite repeated government statements emphasizing limited resources and the difficulty of the current phase, certain practices—such as high-end car convoys and conspicuous security escorts—tell a different story, Shaam writes.
The new banknotes remain scarce in markets and daily transactions, leaving Syrians to navigate a disorderly transition that contrasts sharply with the orderly reform they were promised, Ultra Syria writes.
Collapsing Syria into Damascus, and then collapsing Damascus into its relatively affluent neighborhoods, is a serious distortion, Omar Kaddour writes in al-Modon.
Three years after the devastating earthquake of February 6, 2023, the grave of seven-year-old Islam al-Rifai stands as a quiet rebuke, Daraj writes.
Teaching Kurdish requires qualified and properly trained educational staff capable of implementing the new curricula, Ultra Syria writes.
According to an official statement, discussions centred on redeveloping damaged wells, boosting production capacity, and introducing advanced technologies and expertise, al-Thawra writes.
A visitor praised what he described as a “wide margin of freedom,” pleased that “all intellectual currents are present with their books.”
Syria needs an independent national sociological authority dedicated to producing knowledge about Syrian society, Basem Mahmoud argues in Al-Jumhuriya.net.
The signing ceremony drew notable international attention, including the presence of U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barak.
Roughly 1,100 schools across Idlib city, its countryside, and parts of Aleppo have closed their doors, Ultra Syria writes.
Taken together, the Lattakia circular and similar measures suggest more than isolated incidents, Syria TV writes.
Between 2016 and the fall of the former regime in late 2024, allegations of corruption within Aleppo’s city council deepened the problem, as oversight weakened and enforcement faltered.
The newly formed council comprises 35 members, including religious, social, and cultural figures. It will operate for an initial six-month trial period, subject to extension, under the authority of the President of the Islamic Ulama Council.
Al-Masdar reports that the announcement quickly moved beyond local news, raising broader legal questions: Does a municipal council have the authority to impose hiring conditions on private businesses?
Syria’s property laws form a maze of more than 200 overlapping and often contradictory statutes, Daraj writes.
