Damascus Files: Inside Assad’s Machinery of Surveillance
Technologies that in other nations are deployed to protect citizens or combat organized crime were twisted into instruments of repression.
Technologies that in other nations are deployed to protect citizens or combat organized crime were twisted into instruments of repression.
Hussam Taleb, a political analyst based in Damascus, told 963+ that the Beit Jin assault, and the Israeli aggression that followed—met with local resistance—marks a turning point in the nature of Israel’s military operations.
Dozens of factories have shuttered in the face of cheaper imports, al-Hal writes.
The village of Beit Jinn now bears the latest scars of incursion and confrontation, drawing international attention from Paris to Washington, according to al-Modon.
For Trump, insiders suggest, the ultimate signal of engagement lies not in hosting but in visiting.
The Russian leadership sees an opportunity to support Syria’s calls for calm in the occupied Golan and to contain Israeli actions, Syria TV argues.
What remains of Israel’s leverage is largely rhetorical, Iyad al-Jaafari argues in Syria TV.
The rockets were launched from the Lawan area in Kafr Sousa, on the outskirts of Damascus, Enab Baladi reports.
Rubio’s remarks followed the recent visit to Washington by Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, al-Hal writes.
The statement highlighted Sharaa’s renewed commitment to the fight against ISIS, Ultra Syria writes.
The American establishment media have treated the moment with cautious reflection
The ministry’s statement outlines plans to receive the oil in staggered shipments from December 2025 through March 2026, Al-Hal writes.
Rayburn’s involvement with the Syrian dossier has been shaped through a succession of pivotal roles, Syria TV writes.
Ibrahim Kaban, director of the Geostrategic Studies Network, told 963+ that Saudi and Gulf support is “not rooted in ideological alignment but in shared strategic interests.”
Tom Barrack announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria, framing it not as an act of charity but a strategic decision to catalyse the most significant reconstruction initiative since the Second World War, Syria TV writes.
While Israel sometimes releases detainees a few hours after their arrest, others remain in custody with no information about their condition or location, according to Enab Baladi.
President Sharaa said Syria would seek to “re-adjust its relations” with Russia and underlined the need for stability.
In an effort to curb the chaos, Daraa’s Internal Security Command issued a circular banning the illegal possession of weapons, Ultra Syria writes.
Turning to U.S.-Syria relations, Shibani described the policy of U.S. President Donald Trump after the Assad regime’s collapse as “positive and deserving of the Syrian people’s respect.”
President Sharaa’s historic visit is not merely a diplomatic stopover, but the start of a long-term dialogue in both political and economic spheres, Syria TV argues.
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