The draft also proposes expanding humanitarian and commercial exemptions to facilitate trade with Syria
The events of the coast and Suweida further eroded U.S. confidence in the transitional government’s ability to uphold basic standards of accountability.
Analysts view Damascus’ outreach as both pragmatic and strategic, Syria TV writes.
An American researcher criticized U.S. policy for backing Sunni insurgents since 2011.
The Syrian transitional authorities have demonstrated a deep disconnect from the foundational ideals of the revolution they claim to represent, Khaled Waleed Sarhan writes The Syrian Observer.
Israeli platform i24 reported that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa participated in at least one high-level meeting with Israeli officials in Baku.
The new ban on Saudi and Egyptian trucks is likely to strain Damascus’s relations with both countries, Syria TV writes.
Gulf sources cited by KAN said that the United Arab Emirates has been actively mediating between Syria and Israel, with Saudi Arabia’s knowledge. But Damascus minimizes the level of diplomatic contacts.
Shadi Martini has long been associated with Syrian businessman Ghassan Aboud, owner of Orient TV, al-Araby al-Jadeed writes.
While some of the detainees have since been released, the fate of others remains unknown, Sawt al-Asima writes.
Syria announced a series of successful security operations across several provinces, resulting in the arrest of numerous high-profile war criminals
Israeli media suggests the Golan issue may no longer be a red line in future negotiations.
The Syrian government has officially denied the existence of any peace negotiations with Israel, asserting that such discussions are “premature” and contingent on specific conditions.
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration has lifted most U.S. sanctions on Syria as a goodwill gesture toward the country’s new president, Ahmad al-Sharaa
In the absence of transparency and decisive action, the telecom sector—like much of Syria’s war economy—risks remaining a fiefdom of recycled elites, Daraj argues.
Trump’s decision marks one of the most dramatic shifts in U.S. Middle East policy.
The announcement came one day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally ending the U.S. sanctions program on Syria, Syria TV writes.
The fragile understandings between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are facing renewed uncertainty, as Damascus abandons its earlier conciliatory tone in
While momentum toward normalization between Syria and Israel appears real, 963 media writes.
While the Biden and Trump administrations issued limited sanctions waivers and Treasury licenses in the wake of Syria’s transition, the Omar-Luna bill marks the first legislative attempt to permanently repeal the underlying authorities.
