Putin did not agree to give up on president Assad in Syria in exchange for greater influence in Ukraine, according to al-Baath.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service accused the U.S. of looting natural resources in Syria and encouraging terrorism there, according to the Syria Times.
Russia calls for the regime to control all of Syria, the Opposition meets Turkey VP, and Covid spreads. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Syrian Observer looks at how major news outlets reacted to the raid by U.S. forces that killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
The International community is giving up on the Syrian opposition, as the Steps-for-Steps approach probably won’t yield any major concessions from the regime, al-Modon reports.
Honor crimes persist in Syria, Mekdad visits Paraguayan diplomat, and ISIS resurges. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
A former advisor to President Obama has claimed that although the U.S. will not remain permanently in Northeast Syria, it has a responsibility to stabilize the area, according to North Press.
Farhad Shami, the media official of the SDF, was reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen near the al-Omar field, according to the Syria Times. The information was later denied by Shami.
No major changes in the position of America in the Middle East are to be expected, according to Robert Ford for Asharq al-Awsat.
The secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has accused the U.S. of practicing daily crimes against the Syrian people, according to SANA.
As Syria prepares to welcome back religious pilgrims from Iran, experts claim that this decision is a highly political one, Asharq al-Awsat reports.
In order to fulfill their separatist dream, leaders of the SDC and the SDF are turning their back on Russia and the Syrian government, preferring to remain under an uncertain U.S. protection, according to al-Watan.
A Syrian citizen and a U.S. diplomat were arrested after Turkish authorities discovered the sale of a forged passport, according to al-Souria Net.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has advised the SDC to engage in dialogue with the Assad regime, warning that U.S. forces won’t stay forever, according to al-Souria Net.
Damascus has called the report by Guterres “subjective” and “unrealistic”, according to al-Watan.
Israel’s former military intelligence chief says the country was involved in the American airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian delegation to Nur-Sultan met with the UN and Russian delegations, within the framework of the seventeenth Astana meeting in the Astana format about Syria, according to the Syria Times.
The energy deal between Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, hides a wide array of geopolitical implications, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The return of Syria to the Arab League is not assured, as the regime delays taking steps expected from it on the internal and external levels, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
An SDC official has claimed that the U.S. administration is working on a mechanism to ease the impact of the Caesar sanctions on civilians in Syria, according to North Press.
