Syria Today – SNA Factions Withdraw from Aleppo; Russia Repatriates 34 Children
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
October 17, 2023
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Mazloum Abdi welcomed the international positions regarding Turkish threats and expressed his hope to see them applied, according to North Press.
France thanked the AANES for cooperating with it and making this operation possible, according to North Press.
An SDC official called on the government to defend the country’s sovereignty and said that it was working to form a “broad Syrian democratic front”, to counter Turkey, North Press reports
The AANES said it could not attend sessions to discuss the political solution in Syria due to the “Turkish veto,” according to North Press.
Nikolas Granger also met the Department of Foreign Relations of the AANES, according to North Press.
The Asayih discovered there were Sharia courts inside the camp to impose penalties, according to North Press.
The PYD said the opposition has become a bargaining tool for Turkey to compromise, according to North Press.
The SDF said it has nothing to do with the arrest of journalists, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The spokesperson for the Future Syria Party said that the future Syrian constitution should recognize the AANES and its armed forces, according to North Press.
The targeting resulted in the killing of two SDF fighters, while the attackers managed to flee, according to North Press.
An AANES official demanded that support is provided to improve the security and humanitarian conditions inside prisons and camps, according to North Press.
The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said this was the second repatriation operation of that kind, according to North Press.
In 2016, the AANES conducted a general census in all areas it held in northeast Syria, according to North Press.
ISIS Sleeper cells attacked an SDF official and other civil servants during Iftar, according to North Press.
The co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, Riyad Dirar, claimed the reshaping of the opposition coalition fits only the interests of Turkey, according to North Press.
Residents in Deir-ez-Zor have to maintain social stability despite the absence of a regular justice system, according to Enab Baladi.
A Swedish delegation met with AANES official, confirmed its support to the Kurdish administration, according to North Press.
The AANES replaced a total lockdown for security reasons by a curfew, 11 days after a jailbreak in Hassakeh, according to North Press.
The AANES ordered a near-total lockdown in the cities and towns of the Deir-ez-Zor governorate for security reasons, North Press reports.
