What Happened Over the Weekend
Coronavirus preparedness steps up, Syria and ChIna discuss prevention, Libya warns of foreign fighter infections and migrants rescued off Cypriot coast. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Coronavirus preparedness steps up, Syria and ChIna discuss prevention, Libya warns of foreign fighter infections and migrants rescued off Cypriot coast. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The regime and the Sheikh al-Karama Forces have conducted a prisoner swap, freeing eight loyalist fighters for a senior commander reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
An unknown group attempted to arrest Suhail al-Hammoud, who is well know for his skill with the US-made TOW missile launch platform reports Al-Modon.
The bloody conflict in Syria has entered its tenth year, with much of the population displaced and the country and its economy in ruins writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Local Syrian Baath Party branch formations have been frozen, as those who were nominated were deemed to favour Iran too much reports Al-Modon.
Last month saw a number of airstrikes by Israel that targeted positions and sites used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese Hezbollah militia writes Sowt al-Asima.
Turkish forces attack Syrian forces, Turkey claims to have destroyed a chemical warfare facility, Syria fights back against Turkey in Idleb. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Property across Syria is being bought up by Shia fighters and for the families of Iran-back fighters in Syria, for huge sums of money reports Sowt al-Asima.
The southern province of Daraa has witnessed yet another assassination of former opposition fighters, with residents accusing regime forces reports Baladi News.
Hezbollah commander Jaafar al-Sadek Harb has been buried in southern Lebanon, after being killing in an attack in Idleb reports Zaman al-Wasl.
Following the killing of Qassem Soleimani, questions are now being asked about what it means for Iran in Syria reports Asharq al-Awsat.
Questions are being asked about what role, if any, the Syrian intelligence agency played in the assassination of Soleimani reports Zaman Al Wasl.
With the death of Soleimani, his successor is going to have to decide what type of relationship he wants with the regime and the other parties in Syria.
The Russia-affiliated Fifth Corps has moved towards the Lebanese border, in a response to movements by Hezbollah reports Al-Modon.
As tensions between Iran and the US increase, Deir ez-Zor is bracing itself as a possible arena for a confrontation between the two sides writes Arabi 21.
Following the death of Qassem Soleimani, both sides have been quick to comment on how this will affect Syria and their cause.
Russia moves to prevent Hezbollah drug trade, 90 regime fighters die in Idleb, call for action to prevent a humanitarian crisis and US strikes against Iran-backed groups. Catch up on everything that happened over the holidays.
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act will block companies and individuals from taking part in the reconstruction and profiting from the deaths of innocent Syrians.
Kuwaiti businessmen are stepping into the Syrian economy, setting up construction and real estate companies in regime held areas writes Zaman Al Wasl.
Maher Ibrahim al-Jabawi, who used to lead the Ababil Horan group, has been shot and killed by unknown attackers in the town of Jassem reports Brocar Press.
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