Damascus Files: Inside Assad’s Machinery of Surveillance
Technologies that in other nations are deployed to protect citizens or combat organized crime were twisted into instruments of repression.
Technologies that in other nations are deployed to protect citizens or combat organized crime were twisted into instruments of repression.
Noureddine al-Baba stressed that the act was purely criminal in nature and devoid of any sectarian motive, according to Syria TV.
Most of the arrested served as physicians and military judges at the notorious Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus, Shaam writes.
Local sources confirmed to Syria TV that Sheikh al-Matni died under torture while in the custody of Hijri’s National Guard.
Among the most destabilising revelations of the Beit Jinn episode is the growing prominence of new armed formations operating beyond the authority of the state.
Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM’s commander, hailed the operation as “a successful partnership with Syria’s Ministry of Interior that locks in enduring gains against Daesh.”
Both the capital and the SDF face mounting pressure from their respective patrons to reach political settlements that would finally close the eastern file and open the region to the international investment.
Archbishop Julian Yaqoub Murad, head of the Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Homs and surrounding areas, told Al-Modon: “Pope Leo’s first apostolic visit to Lebanon—and to the broader Middle East—is not only for the Lebanese; it embraces us Syrians as well.”
During the visit, the minister and his delegation inspected the scene of a double homicide in the town of Zaidal, Shaam writes.
In an official communiqué, the movement warned that such assertions are deliberate attempts to sow discord and incite hostility against the Palestinian people, Shaam writes.
Amid rising sectarian tensions in post-revolutionary Syria, clashes erupted overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in parts of Lattakia and Homs—two pivotal cities anchoring the country’s western and central heartlands.
he launch of the National Health Charter marks one of the most ambitious social policy initiatives undertaken by the transitional government, Syria Today writes.
For the first time in recorded history, the Orontes River—Syria’s ancient artery of sustenance, known in Arabic as Nahr al-Asi—has shriveled into a parched scar across the western landscape
Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, head of the Supreme Islamic Alawite Council in Syria and the Diaspora, issued a rousing video message on Monday, denouncing the nation’s descent into “an arena for sectarian score-settling”.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Nour al-Din al-Baba insisted that preliminary investigations have uncovered “no material evidence” of sectarian motivation behind the Zaidal crime.
Abdi stressed the need for Druze and Alawite participation in any Damascus negotiations, al-Modon reports.
The Syrian General Authority of Civil Aviation has formally announced the signing of final contracts for the investment, development, construction and operation of Damascus International Airport
Commentators have seized upon this as a paradigm shift, one that equips Sharaa to forge enduring leverage by commandeering the nation’s financial and frontier portals, al-Hal writes.
Ahmed al-Sharaa and the Prospect of Founding a New Chapter in History
The curfew, effective from 5:00 PM Sunday to 5:00 AM Monday, was accompanied by the deployment of heavy military police and internal security contingents.
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