A French court has sentenced Rifaat al-Assad to four years in prison for acquiring ‘fraudulent assets’, according to Syria TV.
French MEP Thierry Mariani claimed that his country’s position towards Syria was wrong, and harmed its national interests, according to al-Watan.
The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban after the American retreat, and the establishment of an Islamic Emirate there, had strong echoes in Syria, where there is a significant U.S. military presence.
Sources claim that French President Emmanuel Macron conditioned his presence in the Baghdad regional summit on Assad not attending it, Baladi News reports.
The Spanish authorities seized 20 tons of drugs hidden on a ship coming from Lebanon with a Syrian crew on board, according to Sowt al-Asima.
A group of experts from Syria and Russia will conduct a joint mission to rehabilitate archeological ruins in Syria damaged by the war, SANA writes.
A source in the foreign ministry of Syria has condemned declarations by France about the situation in the southern region of Daraa, according to al-Watan.
Leaks reveal that the UK government transferred hundreds of millions of pounds to terrorist groups in Syria, which it labeled as moderate armed groups, SANA writes.
In an interview with the French daily Le Monde, Leila Mustafa, the mayor of Raqqa, claims that international aid to her city is lacking, despite it being destroyed by the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
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.
The Turkish Religious Endowment is planning to build hundreds of concrete houses in northern Syria for refugees, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
The US State Department held a briefing with members of the US administration to discuss Blinken’s upcoming participation in the meeting on Syria, the Defeating ISIS ministerial meeting, and the G20.
Relations with the Kurdistan Workers Party seem to be at the core of the conflict between Iraqi and Syrian Kurds, according to Baladi News.
The Turkish and French presidents discussed the Libyan and Syrian conflicts in a meeting on the sidelines of NATO’s summit in Brussels, Asharq Al-Awsat said.
A delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) met with French MPs to discuss AANES’ role in the political peace process, according to North Press.
The Syrian government strongly condemned the entry of a French and Dutch delegation into Syria, according to SANA.
Iran is doubling its effort to culturally influence Syrian society but is facing strong Russian competition according to the Levant News.
The signatories denounce the regime’s decision to hold an election outside of the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 2254
The Foreign Minister has applauded the broad participation of Syrians living abroad in the presidential elections, writes SANA.
As part of a series of interviews on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising, the Syrian Observer sits down with opposition member and social scientist Burhan Ghalioun to discuss Bashar al-Assad’s legacy in Syria.
