If I Were Sharaa, I Wouldn’t Have Chosen Confrontation with the Druze
From Ibrahim Pasha to Shishakli and Bashar al-Assad, every leader who misread the mountain has paid dearly, Wael Sawah argues.
From Ibrahim Pasha to Shishakli and Bashar al-Assad, every leader who misread the mountain has paid dearly, Wael Sawah argues.
A bill by Representative Michael Lawler proposes extending the Caesar Act until a series of sectoral reviews of the Syrian government are completed, according to Syria TV.
According to SNHR, among the dead are 17 women, 11 children, 6 medical personnel, and 2 media workers
Erdoğan stated that Syria has regained control over Suweida and its surroundings, adding that “the Syrian people, across all their communities, have learned from past suffering and reject being drawn into these schemes.”
Hazem al-Ghabra, former advisor at the U.S. State Department, stated that Washington is closely monitoring developments in Syria, according to Syria TV.
According to a statement from the Syrian presidency, the report was submitted in full by the independent committee tasked with uncovering and examining the incidents that occurred in early March in the coastal areas.
A humanitarian aid convoy entered the southern Syrian city of Suweida on Sunday.
Sharaa’s speech came hours after the Syrian government began withdrawing its military and security forces from Suweida.
Photos obtained by Syria TV from the scene reveal the extent of the destruction.
Israeli platform i24 reported that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa participated in at least one high-level meeting with Israeli officials in Baku.
The new ban on Saudi and Egyptian trucks is likely to strain Damascus’s relations with both countries, Syria TV writes.
The Druze group Men of Dignity declared a state of emergency, accusing the government of abandoning its duty to protect civilians and calling for restraint and dialogue
The airstrike follows a spike in violence between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes in southern Syria, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense deployed military reinforcements to the province, announcing its aim to establish “safe corridors for civilians” and swiftly end the violence
Amid ongoing violations of the constitutional declaration, the authority seeks to distract the public with proclamations of “achievements,” saturating public discourse with peripheral matters, Enab Baladi writes.
Gulf sources cited by KAN said that the United Arab Emirates has been actively mediating between Syria and Israel, with Saudi Arabia’s knowledge. But Damascus minimizes the level of diplomatic contacts.
A coalition of political parties and movements in northeast Syria has issued a joint statement denouncing recent remarks by U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack.
According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the agreement was signed during a high-level ceremony in Damascus.
Two days after the controversy erupted, Jihad Abdo, director of the General Organization for Cinema, finally issued a public statement on his social media accounts. He expressed surprise at the decision and confirmed he was not notified through official channels.
EU envoy Unmacht expressed the Union’s readiness to scale up its assistance, 963 writes.
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