What Happened Over the Weekend in Syria
Honor crimes persist in Syria, Mekdad visits Paraguayan diplomat, and ISIS resurges. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Honor crimes persist in Syria, Mekdad visits Paraguayan diplomat, and ISIS resurges. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Sheikh Jawdat Said, the thinker behind the non-violence school of Islam in Syria, has died in exile in Istanbul, according to Syria TV.
The permanent representative of Syria to the UN claimed that the U.S. was behind the events in Hassakeh, as it wants to revive ISIS, according to SANA.
UN Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, warned of continued escalation and continued suffering and violence on Syrians, according to Baladi News,
Luna al-Shebel said on Tuesday that the economic embargo against Syria is a form of war that should be resisted, according to the Syria Times.
Healthcare worker killed in the al-Hol camp, Iran calls for lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria, and U.S. convoy expelled from Qamishli village. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Syria and Palestine discussed prospects of cooperation in agriculture, through supporting research and exchanging expertise, SANA writes.
The intensification of Russian activities in Syria is part of the struggle of influence between Iran and Russia, according to al-Hal Net.
Israeli strikes are not effective in reducing the influence of Iran in Syria and Lattakia, which is increasing by the minute, according to al-Hal Net.
A Palestinian official visiting Damascus has announced that President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Syria soon, according to Athr Press.
Jibril Rajoub was received by Faisal al-Mekdad in a rare visit to Damascus, where he congratulated president Assad on Syria’s victory over terrorism, according to SANA.
A delegation from the Palestinian Fatah movement will visit President Assad to deliver a letter from Mahmoud Abbas, according to Athr Press.
The secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has accused the U.S. of practicing daily crimes against the Syrian people, according to SANA.
A cyberattack by Iranian hackers targeted two Israeli news websites on the commemoration of the assassination of Soleimani, according to North Press.
Following the 17th International Meeting on Syria in the Astana format, Russia, Turkey, and Iran reaffirmed their commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria, and rejected unilateral coercive measures, according to SANA.
Israel’s former military intelligence chief says the country was involved in the American airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The energy deal between Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, hides a wide array of geopolitical implications, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
Israeli raid on the Damascus International Airport, a U.S. military convoy intercepted by the army in Syria, and children conscripted by the SDF. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The U.S. Army announced that it shot down a drone within the airspace of the al-Tanf military base, according to North Press.
A Syrian soldier was killed Thursday in an Israeli missile raid from the occupied Golan Heights into southern Syria, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
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