The newly formed council comprises 35 members, including religious, social, and cultural figures. It will operate for an initial six-month trial period, subject to extension, under the authority of the President of the Islamic Ulama Council.
Al-Masdar reports that the announcement quickly moved beyond local news, raising broader legal questions: Does a municipal council have the authority to impose hiring conditions on private businesses?
A striking paradox lies in the fact that the PKK—long a military tool of the former regime —now opposes a system that has officially recognized the Kurds as an integral component of society, Abdul Hakim Bashar argues in Al-Thawra.
The U.S. President stressed that Syria’s economic stability forms an essential pillar of stability across the Middle East.
President Sharaa stated that Syria has succeeded in overcoming numerous obstacles over the past year.
Sharaa chose to abolish the post of prime minister and to head the Syrian government himself, even though he has no familiarity with the workings of Syria’s state institutions, according to Malath Al-Zoubi.
Syria must entrench eight essential pillars to attract domestic and foreign investment, according to Osama Al-Qadi in Al-Thawra.
Repeated statements by U.S. officials emphasized support for the new Syrian authority and for a unified Syrian state, Faisal Alloush argues in Ultra Syria.
Jeffrey made these remarks in an interview with Voice of America, rejecting characterizations of the partial U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria as a “betrayal of the Kurds.”
An official Ministry statement described the move as a practical expression of the national orientation toward promoting equal citizenship and safeguarding the cultural and linguistic rights of Kurdish citizens as an integral component of Syrian society.
Iraq’s prison system is already under severe strain, Daraj writes.
The prison administration affiliated with the Autonomous Administration issued a statement noting that a designated section of the prison housed a number of juveniles—some accused of crimes for which official complaints had been filed, and others who were victims of recruitment and exploitation by the Islamic State
Naddaf draws on earlier episodes from Syria’s modern history to reinforce his warning against externally encouraged fragmentation
Debate has intensified in recent weeks across Syrian society and media over what many describe as a “severe shortage” of the newly issued Syrian pound.
Barrack is in no hurry regarding politics. His obsessions are purely security-driven, Mohammad Al-Salloum argues.
The SDF experience stands as a vivid lesson: external power leveraged at the expense of national and social equilibrium is a doomed path, Diaa Kaddour argues in Al-Thawra.
Turkish Ambassador to Syria, Nuh Yılmaz, stated that a diplomatic delegation conducted a field inspection at the Damascus airport to monitor the installation phases of the radar system supplied from Turkey, according to SHAAM.
His name became inseparable from the 1982 Hama massacre, when regime forces crushed an Islamist uprising, al-Thawra writes.
A medical source informed the agency that one fatality and ten injuries, all caused by sniper fire from the organization, had arrived at the National Hospital in the city.
The sociologist Siham Marwan offers a sobering interpretation: many communities still view women’s work as a temporary response to crisis rather than a long-term professional path, 963 writes.
