A high-profile Lebanese delegation in Damascus, an Israeli attack on Syria, and a call by activists to save Syria’s Daraa. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham is persisting in its policy of repressing journalists in the areas it controls, according to al-Souria Net.
Officials from the SDF have expressed their concerns about the eventual U.S. withdrawal from Northeast Syria, which prompts them to work for a political solution, according to al-Souria Net.
A meeting between petroleum and energy ministers from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan next Wednesday will be held in Amman to discuss Lebanon’s request for help in transmitting gas and energy from its neighbors, according to SANA.
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.
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.
The Chief of Staff of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army has submitted his resignation, the second one witnessed by the Interim Government this year, according to Athr Press.
The Russian police entered the besieged neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad, to begin the implementation of an agreement reached on Tuesday, according to Syria TV.
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.
The recent extension of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria has proved to be in favor of Russia and the regime, according to Syria TV.
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.
President Assad received the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and his accompanying delegation to Syria, according to SANA.
Figures of the opposition have condemned the recent kidnapping of Syrian activists at the regime’s embassy in Beirut, according to Nedaa Post.
Syrian Journalist Sami al-Saeed was sentenced to 9 years in prison by a German court for documenting a murder committed against a Syrian officer, according to al-Etihad Press.
As tensions in Daraa escalate, both sides are accusing each other of being behind the worsening of the situation, according to Baladi News.
The foreign minister of Algeria claimed that his country supports the return of Syria to the Arab League, a central issue for its next meeting, according to SANA.
Russia is trying to salvage the settlement agreement it sponsored in southern Syria, but the situation in Daraa keeps worsening, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
A group of eight young men from Daraa, exiled by the regime to Northern Syria, have arrived at their destination, according to Syria TV.
The National Conference for the Restoration of Resolution has announced its final statement, in which it calls for the fall of the regime, according to al-Modon.
