After the settlement agreement, the 4th Division and Iranian militias began withdrawing from Daraa al-Balad with their heavy equipment, according to Baladi News.
The U.S. retreat from the region would only benefit tyrants and fascist groups, particularly in Syria where it would allow Assad to eliminate rebels, Sam Hamdan writes for the New Arab.
Qatar on Sunday has condemned the Syrian regime’s “brutal attack” on the southern part of the city of Daraa, saying it led to the displacement of dozens of families, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
Regime forces escalated their attacks on Daraa al-Balad despite a truce agreement signed earlier last week, according to the Daily Sabah.
The recent Israeli attack on Syria and the subsequent Russian reaction showcased the increasingly frigid relations between Israel and Russia, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
After an agreement was reached in Daraa al-Balad, opposition activists are portraying it as a success that allowed them to keep Iran out, according to Baladi News.
The U.S. has expressed its concerns about the continuation of the bombing by Syrian government and Russian forces on Idleb, according to North Press.
As the economic situation there worsens, Lebanon called on the United States for an exemption from the import and export ban through Syria, according to Athr Press.
Iranian media reported that the ship carrying Iranian oil, heading to Lebanon, entered Syrian territorial waters, according to al-Souria Net.
Mouawiya Syasneh, one of the children whose anti-regime graffiti in Daraa ten years ago sparked popular protests in Syria, recalls what happened to him to Asharq al-Awsat.
An official from the AANES has claimed that Iranian actions in Syria aim at increasing divisions between Syrians for Tehran to gain influence, North Press reports.
The fourth Division in Syria is continuing its attempts to take the city of Daraa and crush unrest there, according to al-Etihad Press.
President Assad received the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and his accompanying delegation to Syria, according to SANA.
The Syrian minister of Industry met a delegation from an Iranian firm that wishes to invest in the Barada Metal Industries company, according to Athr Press.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian arrived in Damascus to discuss means to face the economic terrorism exerted on the two countries, SANA writes.
The Syrian Observer sits with Kheder Khaddour, a researcher at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, focusing on local identities in the Levant and particularly in Syria, to discuss decentralization.
Iran and Russia are trying to gain the loyalty of tribes and parties in Syria, in order to exert a larger influence, according to Nedaa Post.
An “unexplained” explosion occurred in an HTS training base around Idleb, killing at least 10, according to al-Souria Net.
Ali Asghar Khaji reiterated to Pedersen his country’s rejection of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the U.S. administration on Syria, according to the Syria Times.
The regime and its allies have launched an attack on Daraa al-Balad, as negotiations to find a solution to the crisis there fail, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
