What Happened Over the Weekend in Syria
Covid continues to spread in Syria, settlement continues in regime-held Deir-ez-Zor, and U.S. convoy intercepted in Qamishli. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Covid continues to spread in Syria, settlement continues in regime-held Deir-ez-Zor, and U.S. convoy intercepted in Qamishli. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Iranian groups in Syria have brought in reinforcements into southern Syria, as protests in Suweida continue, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
Government sends reinforcements to Suweida as protests continue, North Press Agency writes
After the removal of subsidies, renewed protests swept as Suweida, in southern Syria, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
As the deadline for the payment of the ransom to the kidnappers of young Fawaz nears, the boy’s parents are still far behind, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Subsidies were reinstated to Syrians in need after many objected to the decision to lift them, al-Watan writes.
Following the chaotic lifting of subsidies in Syria, angry protests broke in Suweida, according to Baladi News.
The city of as-Suweida has witnessed violent clashes after regime forces arrested civilians in the state’s hospital, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad issued four decrees replacing the four governors of Lattakia, Idleb, Daraa, and as-Suweida, according to Enab Baladi.
The director-general of a hospital in Syria claims that infections with Coronavirus in the country are declining, dismissing the risk of a fourth wave, SANA writes.
The Director-General of the Cardiac Surgery University Hospital in Damascus revealed that his hospital will resume normal activity, according to al-Watan.
In a Suweida public hospital, children have to share their beds, as places become more and more scarce, increasing COVID risks, Snack Syria writes.
The pro-regime National Defense Forces have deployed in the city of Suweida, officially to fight terrorism, without convincing locals, according to North Press.
Syria’s local pharmaceutical industry is booming after a decade of civil war, as local demand is mostly covered and new projects are launched, SANA reports.
In war-torn Syria, seniors are forced to work in order to make ends meet, according to Snack Syrian.
In areas outside regime control, but even in Daraa and Suweida there were protests against the elections held yesterday
Seeking to portray a “civilized” image, the governorate has ordered redoubled trash collection efforts and limited electricity rationing across the country.
Syria’s prime minister has pledged to bolster economic activity by stimulating expatriate investment, reports SANA.
Suweida employees have been forced to attend an event promoting Assad’s presidential election candidacy, writes Etihad Press.
Assad has made efforts to cool tensions in Suweida after a spat involving the head of the Unitarian Druze Community, reports Alsouria Net.
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