Syria Today – Leaving Syria to Fight in Africa; US Send Reinforcements to Hassakeh
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
July 17, 2024
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The Syrian Observatory said the pro-Assad businessman was financing a Syrian group close to Hezbollah.
The intellectuals and activists of Binnish expressed their discontent with the large-scale security and military presence of the group, Shaam Network reports.
The Syrian electoral law needs of a comprehensive change to ensure a good level of democracy, Abdelahad Stifo argues in Syria TV .
The shooting came two days after an attack on the police command in Suweida , Enab Baladi says.
It is difficult to prove a candidate has a second nationality, Syria TV reports.
This election marks a new chapter in Syria’s history, reflecting the resilience and democratic spirit of its people, al-Baath writes.
Syria said “healthy relations between nations should be based on mutual interests rather than confrontation or hostility”, al-Baath writes.
The regime is attempting to portray elections to its audience as part of an imagined victory narrative, Absi Smaisim writes in Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Activists stress that these elections cannot supplant the legitimate demands of the Syrian people, according to Syria TV.
Abboud, 61, exemplifies what political change means in Assad’s Syria, affecting only marginal figures without political weigh, Walid Barkasiyeh argues in al-Modon.
The opposition denounced a campaign of “rumours and fake news”, Syria TV says.
A source from the center confirmed to Athr Press that the explosion was caused by a homemade device targeting the Russian medical team.
A source in Damascus told Al-Watan that there has been no communication whatsoever with any Turkish political party.
Many in Damascus are convinced that her death was an assassination, but some believe it shows the regime is weak and infiltrated, according to Syria TV.
Syria should not put all political forces in Turkey under one label, Bassam Abdelallah writes in Al Watan.
The regime has traditionally viewed Jaramana as a supportive area, al-Araby al-Jadeed writes.
Turkey assured the factions in the North that it would not abandon them, al-Watan reports.
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The Baath newspaper underlined the importance elections, despite their “unpredictable outcome”.
