Iran is seeking to expand its influence over regime-controlled areas, according to Asharq Al-Awsat.
Record numbers of Syrians are food insecure, 12 die in Aleppo bomb blast, and Iran announced a new direct shipping line to Latakia. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Hundreds of Idleb residents have joined protests demanding the right to return to their cities and villages, according to Baladi News.
The Assad regime is obstructing the work of Syrian Negotiations Committee, writes North Press.
Assad has emphasised that the constitutional committee should work without foreign intervention, SANA reports.
Iran and Syria have reaffirmed trade links at a joint chamber of commerce meeting, reports Al-Watan.
Private companies, industrialists, and civil societies have participated in a forum aimed at stimulating Syria’s productive sector, reports The Syria Times.
The UN’s dream for political transition in Syria has turned into a nightmare, writes Burhan Ghalyoun for Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The Prime Minister of Syria and the President of the Joint Syrian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce have agreed on the importance of enhancing economic cooperation, reports the Syria Times.
The Syrian National Coalition has claimed that the Syrian regime and its allies are behind recent bombings in northern regions of Aleppo, according to Baladi News.
Politician claims that Russia has taken over the Syrian peace process, according to North Press.
UN urges repatriation of children, car bomb kills five in Afrin, clashes in Hassakeh, and Assad issues housing law. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
A Syrian opposition member has criticized the lack of agreement over the Constitutional Committee writes North Press.
Assassinations are continuing to plague southern Syria, with members of the Central Committees, who are trying to implement the reconciliation agreements, being targeted reports Enab Baladi.
The fifth round of the Constitutional Committee has failed to make any progress, with disagreements, differences and arguments persisting writes Alsouria Net.
With the start of the Biden administration, decisions must be taken to as to how the US will proceed in Syria and what their next steps will be writes Arab News.
Sergey Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif have met to discuss the crisis in Syria, the need for diplomatic efforts and plans for another meeting of the Astana countries writes The Syria Times.
Iran is continuing to push into Daraa with the Fourth Division, claiming to be searching for Islamists, which is refuted by locals in the area reports Baladi News.
SDC co-chair Riad Darar has called on the Syrian Democratic Forces to join the work of the Constitutional Committee and find a political solution writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
Negotiations between the regime and the Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen apart, although a military confrontation is not anticipated reports Baladi News.
