Syrian Foreign Minister’s Moscow Visit Signals Shift in Damascus-Moscow Relations
SYRIA TV
August 1, 2025
Analysts view Damascus’ outreach as both pragmatic and strategic, Syria TV writes.
Analysts view Damascus’ outreach as both pragmatic and strategic, Syria TV writes.
An American researcher criticized U.S. policy for backing Sunni insurgents since 2011.
This visit represents the most significant development in ties between the new Syrian administration and Russia, the principal backer of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, Syria TV writes.
The Syrian transitional authorities have demonstrated a deep disconnect from the foundational ideals of the revolution they claim to represent, Khaled Waleed Sarhan writes The Syrian Observer.
In the absence of transparency and decisive action, the telecom sector—like much of Syria’s war economy—risks remaining a fiefdom of recycled elites, Daraj argues.
Syria’s Christians do not need pity. They need laws that protect all citizens equally, Abdulnasir Alkadri writes in Syria TV.
For many Syrians, Wassim’s name is synonymous with a particular strain of corruption: theatrical, unapologetic, and drenched in violence.
Shaheen underscored the importance of sustained diplomatic engagement, expressing her readiness to work closely with U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barak, according to 963.
Judge Koller condemned the defendant’s actions as “serious human rights violations” and underlined that the ruling sends a clear message: “the victims’ suffering has not been forgotten.”
UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen offered a cautious welcome to the formation of the electoral committee but refrained from endorsing the structure of the process itself, Syria TV notes.
ISIS has ramped up its operations, targeting territories held by both the SDF and the transitional government, Ultra Syria writes.
This economic outreach comes amid an expanding Emirati footprint in Syria’s port infrastructure, 963 writes.
Political researcher Sarkis Qassarjian sees U.S. policy in Syria as part of a wider effort to deconflict regional rivalries and create space for long-term economic projects, Ultra Syria writes.
The Dutch government’s report does not offer policy recommendations but presents a clear-eyed assessment of Syria’s volatile new reality
Authorities imposed an immediate curfew on the towns of Daliyah and Beit Ana.
Western policy towards Syria’s new regime blends incentives with discipline—a “diplomacy of conditionalities.”
Sanctions played a decisive role in the collapse of the Assad regime, Ernest Khoury, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Some Russian analysts suggest the attack may have been aimed not at Moscow, but at Syria’s new president, Syria TV writes.
While recognizing Trump’s move as a step in the right direction, Hof emphasized to al-Majalla the enormity of the task ahead: rebuilding a country devastated by over a decade of war, and reconstituting its political and economic institutions under international scrutiny.
President Sharaa issued a direct invitation to international and regional investors to enter the Syrian market and participate in reconstruction, heralding a phase of broad economic openness, al-Modon writes.
