A ceasefire announced in Idleb, US strike al-Qaeda affiliate, UAE businessmen attend Damascus International Fair and Erdogan demands action on safe zone. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The US Defense Department said the attack targeted leaders of Al-Qaeda north of Idlib in Syria. It did not say what kind of weapon was used or give further details reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Syrian Democratic Council has told Turkey not to build up forces on the northern border and has asked Russia to lead political discussion writes Asharq al-Awsat.
Bouthaina Shaaban has warned Syrians against working with the Americans, saying that the army will liberate every region of Syria reports Al-Watan.
Turkish backed factions have forced people in Afrin to attend a march in support of the Turkish president, or face a fine or possible expulsion reports Etihad Press.
Following the capture of Khan Sheikhoun, the regime is continuing to advance, laying siege to the town of Taman’a reports Alsouria Net.
Despite repeated warnings from the US, a large delegation of businessmen from the UAE is attending the Damascus International Fair reports Syria TV.
Bashar al-Assad has ordered for an investigation into the business practices of his supporter Rami Makhlouf and companies owned by him writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
The UN Special Envoy to Syria has announced that the formation of the constitutional committee is close to being completed reports Alsouria Net.
As the Damascus International Fair gets underway, there is a notable decline in the number of participants when compared with last year writes Brocar Press.
Following a meeting between the presidents of Turkey and Russia, Turkish soldiers have started patrols along the Aleppo-Lattakia highway reports Al-Modon.
At a meeting in Moscow, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed international developments and attended the International Aviation and Space Salon report Anadolu News Agency.
Regime officials have been quick to descend onto Khan Sheikhoun and congratulate the army and militias of their capture of the city, while homes and shops are looted writes Al-Modon.
Displaced people, fleeing the violence in northern Hama and southern Idleb, have complained about the extortionate fees they are being charged to secure shelter writes Iqtissad.
With the Damascus International Fair days away, the US is warning business not to take part or risk being hit with sanctions writes SANA.
Bouthaina Shaaban visited Khan Sheikhoun to congratulate the army and promise that every inch of Syrian land will be liberated writes Al-Watan.
Syrian and Russian forces are continuing to exhume bodies at the cemetery in Yarmouk Camp, in search of the remains of Israeli soldiers writes Brocar Press.
Lawyers in Idleb have been banned from attending court by the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Salvation Government reports Zaman Al Wasl.
After being deported from Istanbul, a transgender woman was sent back to Idleb, arrested by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and never seen again reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
A new initiative in the battered province of Idleb is working to help those who have been displaced from their homes by the violence writes Brocar Press.
