What Happened Over the Weekend in Syria
China expresses support to Syria, Iran evacuates base fearful of an Israeli attack, and racist attack in Turkey. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
China expresses support to Syria, Iran evacuates base fearful of an Israeli attack, and racist attack in Turkey. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN, Geng Shuang has reiterated his country’s support to Syria in its fight against terrorism and unjust coercive measures, SANA writes.
The U.S. kills a senior al-Qaeda figure in Syria, Assad diverts funds from international humanitarian aid, and China condemns the Damascus bus attack. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Normalization with the Assad regime is accelerating, as the Biden Administration focuses on the far-east, according to Ashraq al-Awsat.
Syria has strongly condemned the unjust European Union (EU) decision to extend the illegitimate unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Center for Scientific Studies and Research, SANA writes.
Salem al-Meslet said that the United States must pressure the Bashar al-Assad regime to accept a political transition in Syria, according to the Daily Sabah.
Just like it ‘secretly withdrew from Afghanistan, the U.S. army might also retreat from Syria, a country where Washington has no vital interests, according to the Daily Sabah.
Syria has reaffirmed its support for the position of China about the U.S. plan to conduct an intelligence investigation about the origins of COVID, according to the Syria Times.
The Prime Minister of China expressed his country’s interest in developing relations with Syria, and helping in the reconstruction process, according to al-Watan.
Armenak Tokmajyan, expert on borders and conflict, Syrian refugees, and local intermediaries in Syria, explains to the Syrian Observer how the position of Jordan on the conflict in Syria evolved.
The Ambassador of China to Syria reaffirmed the strong relations that exist between Damascus and Beijing, in political and economic spheres, according to North Press.
Faisal al-Mekdad reaffirmed the relationship of “deep friendship” and cooperation that bounds Syria and China, during a reception held by the ambassador, according to the Syria Times.
The recent Russian delegation that visited Damascus, by its size and its nature, resembles the landing of a foreign power, according to al-Modon.
Assad and the Chinese Foreign minister discussed means of improving relations, especially when it comes to the Belt and Road initiative, according to SANA.
After a U.N draft resolution called for two border crossings for aid to flow into Syria, a new one calls for just one, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Sources claim that Russia is willing to show some flexibility with regards to border crossings in Northern Syria, in exchange for Washington’s leniency when it comes to sanctions, according to Athr Press.
Syria’s representative to the UN claims that aid meant to regions in Syria should not be politicized, according to SANA.
People in Syria are hoping that the summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin dissuaded the latter from shutting the Bab al-Hawa crossing, Asharq al-Awsat reports.
The Russian president did not make any commitment regarding the renewal of cross-border aid in Syria, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
A Syrian MP attacked the coach of the Syrian National Team after the latter blamed Syria’s loss against China on the sport’s administration, according to Athr Press.
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