What Happened Over the Weekend in Syria
Russian universities to potentially open branches in Syria, airstrikes on Idleb, and a high-profile SDC delegation visits Scandinavian countries. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Russian universities to potentially open branches in Syria, airstrikes on Idleb, and a high-profile SDC delegation visits Scandinavian countries. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
On Thursday, two ISIS militants were killed in a Russian airstrike in the Deir-ez-Zor Governorate, only two days after the last raid, according to North Press.
Unidentified gunmen assassinated a former Free Syrian Army member in the Daraa governorate, despite the absence of personal animosity between the victim and residents, according to the Syrian News Agency.
The government in Syria has “condemned” the use of chemical weapons, despite being accused of such attacks and refusing to cooperate with OPCW inspectors, North Press reports.
The Syrian opposition coalition met with 18 envoys from countries sympathetic to the Syrian people and their uprising, according to the SOC Media Department.
The U.S. House of Representatives requested the Biden administration to announce its strategy for Syria and disclose the sources of the wealth of Assad and his inner circle, Asharq al-Awsat writes.
A checkpoint by the Syrian Arab Army intercepted a military convoy of the U.S. occupation forces in the Hassakeh countryside, the Syria Times writes.
The EU is trying to halt normalization with Damascus for as long as a political solution has not been agreed on, according to al-Hal Net.
Israel targeted a shipment of Iranian weapons transiting through the port of Lattakia without Assad’s knowledge, according to SYRIA TV.
A Syrian regime education official has claimed that the number of drop-outs in Syria over the past ten years exceeds 1.1 million students, according to Sawt al-Asima.
Once self-sufficient, Syria will now import a million tons of wheat from Russia financed through a loan, according to North Press.
The U.S. eliminated a Qaeda leader and renews the training of Kurdish-led group, an attack against a Russian convoy, and arbitrary arrests continue. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend in Syria.
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Syrian private airline Cham Wings, for facilitating the crossing of migrants to Belarus and then to the Polish borders, according to al-Souria Net.
The Syrian Foreign Minister will be in Iran for two days to discuss bilateral relations, according to North Press.
Moscow is helping Damascus regain control of the northeastern regions of Syria through dialogue with the SDF, according to al-Watan.
The SDC has expressed its readiness to participate in a “genuine, constructive dialogue process” with the Damascus government, according to al-Watan.
The SDF has to choose between Washington, Damascus, and Moscow, according to al-Watan.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has released its monthly report on the number of extrajudicial killings in Syria, according to Enab Baladi.
During the G77 ministerial meeting, Faisal al-Mekdad has reaffirmed the determination of Syria to face the terrorist and economic war waged against it, according to al-Watan.
As the Russian rapprochement with Israel gets more and more apparent, the influence of Iran in Syria is undermined, according to al-Hal Net.
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