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”.
The SDF expressed readiness for dialogue with the opposition, but the latter did not respond, Enab Baladi writes.
Parliamentary Elections are scheduled for the 15th of this month, SANA writes.
Local leaders told Enab Baladi that a number of civilians are stuck in the circle of clashes between two local groups.
Wael Sawah describes the Syrian regime’s lamentable legacy of eliminating adversaries through calculated assassination.
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Sources told Shaam Network that the SDF in Manbij fears that normalization of relations between the Syrian regime and Turkey signals the beginning of their end.
Syria TV says Luna al-Shibl was close with Abu Ali Khoder, a businessman who recently fell from Assad’s grace.
“We will work together to strengthen the Syrian-Iranian strategic relationship”, Assad said.
