Deir ez-Zor continues to be plagued by assassinations, with the most recent attacks killing seven in a single day reports Baladi News.
It has been speculated that Israel will open a front with Iran in southern Syria, where they have been working to embed themselves report SY 24.
It has been announced that Joel Rayburn has left his post at the US State Department, ahead of the start of the Joe Biden administration reports Enab Baladi.
Women in Deir ez-Zor are being married off to Iraqi from the Iran-back militias for money, with many then taken over the border and into Iraq reports SY 24.
Seven regime fighters killed in ISIS attack, refugees rescued off Albanian coast, Russian warplanes launch attack, US sends reinforcements to Deir ez-Zor. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
With Russian approval, President Assad has been allowed to run in Syria’s next election, but he could be made to make changes to the constitution writes Annahar.
The deputy commander of the Quds Force has insisted that Iran does not interfere in foreign countries and has also spoken of Iran’s close ties with Hezbollah writes Al-Masdar.
Israel have conducted another airstrike killing one, a car bomb killed children in northeastern Syria, calls for US to lift sanctions and ISIS launch attack against Syrian army. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The recent attack by the Islamic State, which left dozens of regime soldiers dead, has shown the strength of the Islamic State and reaffirmed the need to confront them militarily writes Syria TV.
Mohammad Reza Naqdi has confirmed that the number of Iranian fighters killed was suppressed and that the Syrian regime is to blame for Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian militias reports Alsouria Net.
Sergey Lavrov and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held a meeting to discuss issues faced by the region and efforts to secure stability writes Anadolu Agency.
A year after the Caesar Act was signed, the US has reiterated its desire to see the Assad regime seek a political solution to the conflict in Syria writes Baladi News.
During a meeting between Mikdad and Lavrov, the new Foreign Minister insisted that Assad must remain in power and that he has no intention of leaving office reports Annahar.
Bouthaina Shaaban has said that Iran and Hezbollah will not leave Syria and the US has no place making such a suggestion writes Al-Masdar.
Bashar al-Jaafari has lashed out at the UN and demanded that foreign powers end their occupation of Syrian lands and halt support for separatist movements reports Al-Masdar.
As the Biden team begins its work next month, it needs to reassess American policy in Syria, Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador to Damascus writes
The Iranian president reiterated his country’s support as a new Syrian ambassador to Tehran was sworn in
The Syrian presidential election is due to take place next year, but the issue of who will run and how refugees will be able to vote has become a contentious issue writes Al-Modon.
Amid political inaction Khalid al-Mahamid has called for the forming of a new political movement, which it is hoped will unite the south and achieve progress towards a political solution writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Ansar al-Islam has conducted a prisoner swap with the Assad regime, trading a member of Assad’s forces who was captured in 2018 for one of their members, who is believed to be Palestinian reports Alsouria Net.
