During a basketball match in Kazakhstan, opposing the Syrian team to the Kazakh one, the Iranian anthem was played instead of that of Syria, according to al-Watan.
The president of Algeria suggested on Saturday that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is supposed to return to the Arab League during the organization’s next summit, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The U.S. has expanded the authorizations for NGOs to engage in certain transactions and activities in Syria, according to North Press.
Through its secretary-general, the SOC welcomed the designation by Australia of the Lebanese Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, according to the SOC Media department.
Syria’s permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva said that Switzerland has handed over three artifacts from Palmyra to Damascus, according to al-Hal.
Four people were killed by an Israeli strike on central Syria, including two civilians, al-Araby al-Jadeed reports.
Cooperation with the regime in Syria will not necessarily lead to its moderation, Hazem Saghieh writes in an op-ed in Asharq al-Awsat.
Russia has planned to destabilize the northern and eastern parts of Syria in order to expand its influence there, according to al-Hal Net.
Russia successfully pressured Iran to withdraw from the T4 airbase in central Homs, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
As the UAE bets on normalization with Assad to diminish Iranian influence in Syria, it remains unclear whether this strategy will work, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The deputy head of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce regretted that while Turkey controls 30% of the Syrian economy, his country only accounts for 3% of trade, according to Baladi News.
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Iranian militias emptied the T4 military airport in eastern Homs and transported its equipment to another one in the south of the governorate, according to Baladi News.
The presence of Iran in Syria is central to the policies of normalization adopted by Arab countries, according to Ibrahim Hamidi in Asharq al-Awsat.
Shaaban said the world is dealing with Syria in a new way following the defeat of armed groups in various locations in the country, according to Athr Press.
Russia claimed that Israeli airstrikes against Syria are unacceptable, but using power in response to such attacks will be unconstructive, North Press writes.
The President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, Salem al-Meslet, received a delegation from the Italian Foreign Ministry to discuss the recent developments in Syria, according to the SOC media department.
Foreign minister Faisal al-Mekdad has claimed that Syria is doing “tremendous efforts” to guarantee the safe and voluntary return of refugees, according to SANA.
Israel carried out airstrikes on the Syrian capital and drones targetted Iranian positions in Deir-ez-Zor, according to North Press.
The administration of US President Joe Biden has set five priorities in Syria, none of which call for the withdrawal of Iran, in contrast to the previous administration of President Donald Trump, Asharq al-Awsat writes.
