The new banknotes remain scarce in markets and daily transactions, leaving Syrians to navigate a disorderly transition that contrasts sharply with the orderly reform they were promised, Ultra Syria writes.
Collapsing Syria into Damascus, and then collapsing Damascus into its relatively affluent neighborhoods, is a serious distortion, Omar Kaddour writes in al-Modon.
The agreement includes the withdrawal of military forces from contact lines and the deployment of Internal Security Forces affiliated with the Ministry of Interior to the centres of the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli.
The Kurdish National Council is preparing to meet Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in the coming days in Damascus, according to a senior Kurdish source who confirmed the information to Syria TV.
Regarding the prisons holding ISIS detainees, a source told al-Thawra that the Syrian state categorically rejects any political manipulation of this file.
If the zero-sum battle continues—the worst-case scenario—the result may resemble what happened in Suweida and the coast: the further isolation of Kurds from Syria, Basheer Amin argues in Daraj.
Under the new arrangements, the legal status of these prisons and detention centers will be restructured within a unified judicial and penal framework overseen by the state and the Ministry of Justice, Syria TV reports.
Abdulbaset Sieda, former President of the Syrian National Council, announced that Kurdish political parties and forces are set to convene an urgent meeting in Qamishli to assess the deteriorating situation, Ultra Syria Reports.
Abdi stressed that the SDF has not been defeated and will continue to protect its areas of control, Shaam writes.
HRW said humanitarian support in Suweida was “severely impeded” after the clashes due to access restrictions and insecurity.
Agriculture and livestock, long central to Syria’s food security, also sustained massive losses that will take years to recover, Zohair Hawari writes inAl-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Eli Nakouzi, Director-General of Shams said he had agreed to conduct the interview in hopes of “preventing further bloodshed” and sending “a reassuring message to the Kurds”.
The seizure order confirms that Nizam’s network extends beyond business partners to include his immediate family.
The recycling scheme turns the remnants of destroyed buildings into construction materials, according to al-Modon.
The SDF’s General Command says the two neighbourhoods have been under a “complete siege” by government-aligned factions, according to Ultra Syria.
The ministry said the networks it targeted operated under the supervision of officers from the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, and that the total number of detainees suspected of crimes against Syrians reached 6,331.
The Internal Security Command in Latakia announced on Sunday, October 19, the opening of a new complaints office in the city.
The moral test of any new political order lies not in how it treats the majority, but in how it engages those with the least demographic weight, Wael Sawah writes for Daraj.
Local sources confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that clashes broke out between the Syrian Army and fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday night
What emerges is a stark and damning portrait: a ruler who, from the very seat of power, expressed open contempt, disgust, and crude scorn for entire regions of his own country and for the people he governed.
