COVID continues to wreak havoc in Syria, the U.S. considering exemptions from the Caesar Act to ensure the flow of energy to Lebanon, and a meeting between German officials and the opposition. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Sweden plans to take action against refugees who live there and hold residency permits, but then go to visit their home country, according to SY-24.
A meeting in Sochi at the end of the month is scheduled between Putin and Erdogan in order to determine the future of Idleb, among other files, according to Baladi News.
Opposition President Salem al-Meslet the international community for its lack of interest in the political solution in Syria, in favor of solely humanitarian issues, according to the Daily Sabah.
Yahya al-Aridi, the spokesman for the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) criticized a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry about the legitimacy of the regime, according to SY-24.
Turkey’s Erdogan is finding itself more and more isolated in Syria, and Russia stresses on the importance of liberating in Idleb, according to al-Watan.
The representative of Syria in the UN has emphasized the need to lift the sanctions on the country immediately, as they harm the state’s effort in the humanitarian and developmental fields, according to the Syria Times.
The minister of Education and the vice-president of the Novosibirsk province discussed increased cooperation between Syria and Russia on higher education and research, according to SANA.
Syria’s representative to the UN called on the Human Rights Council to end practices of the Turkish regime which uses water to achieve political gains, according to SANA.
The summit in Moscow between Assad and Putin dealt with military, political and economic files, according to Sputnik Arabi.
Pedersen discussed with the Syrian opposition the new constitution talks and how to ensure that the political process achieves some progress, according to al-Souria Net.
Government forces entered the town of Muzayrib in the countryside of Daraa, accompanied by Russian military police, according to North Press.
A class of war profiteers, that have become wealthy as a result of the war in Syria, is emerging in SDF-controlled North and East Syria, according to Baladi News.
The recent concessions by Damascus on the new constitution talks are a way for Russia to extract concessions from the U.S., according to Asharq al-Awsat.
As Lebanon prepares to receive much-needed Egyptian gas through Syria, the general impression is that this bargain would allow the regime to rehabilitate itself regionally.
Excerpts from an op-ed by Wael Sawah, in which he calls on the Syrian opposition to suspend the political process and the new constitution talks as the regime continues its violent attacks on civilians.
An agreement was reached with local communities in al-Yadudah, the western countryside of Daraa, to allow regime forces to enter the town, according to Baladi News.
As the situation in Daraa seems to be calming down, the neighboring region of Suweida is witnessing clashes, according to North Press.
The leader of an NGO in Lebanon has warned against abuses towards refugees as a new government is sworn in, according to SY-24.
In Daraa al-Balad, after a truce agreement was reached, some people have returned to destroyed houses or scorched earth, Asharq al-Awsat writes.
