On Wednesday, Turkish and pro-Turkish forces targeted journalists Lezgin Muhammad and Shivan Misse, who were covering the effects of Turkish shelling in Ain Issa, North Press reports.
After claims by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Syria categorically denied the existence of any kind of communication with the Turkish regime, especially on terrorism, according to SANA.
Over 358,000 doses of COVID vaccines were delivered cross-border by WHO Turkey into northwest Syria, as the pandemic worsens in the area, according to Relief Web.
Amnesty International reported that returning Syrian refugees have been subject to torture and abuse by regime forces, Asharq al-Awsat writes.
Turkish media reported that a ‘historic meeting’ will be held between the heads of the secret services in Turkey and Syria, according to Baladi News.
The recent events in Afghanistan reshuffled the cards in Syria, as the U.S. and Russia prepare for a new round of talks, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The Chief of Staff of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army has submitted his resignation, the second one witnessed by the Interim Government this year, according to Athr Press.
Just like it ‘secretly withdrew from Afghanistan, the U.S. army might also retreat from Syria, a country where Washington has no vital interests, according to the Daily Sabah.
On Tuesday, a Russian warplane launched several airstrikes on the Afrin, for the first time since it fell under the control of the National Army, according to al-Souria Net.
As the Euphrates keeps getting dryer in Syria as a result of climate and geopolitics, the livelihood of many is threatened, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
COVID spreads in Syria while shelling in the North intensifies. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Events in Northern Syria show that there exists secret complicity between Russia and Turkey, a military spokesman of the SDF said, according to North Press.
The Syrian Observer sits with Kheder Khaddour, a researcher at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, focusing on local identities in the Levant and particularly in Syria, to discuss decentralization.
The interior minister of Turkey has claimed that unlike illegal migrants from Afghanistan, Syrian refugees who enjoy protected status are not at risk of repatriation, according to al-Souria Net.
The representative of the AANES in Switzerland expressed “regret” at Syria’s condemnation of the opening of an AANES office in Geneva, according to North Press.
Dutch prosecutors sentenced a Syrian refugee to 23 years in prison after he was found to be a close collaborator of al-Nusra’s leader al-Joulani, according to al-Watan.
Syria officially denounced Switzerland’s decision to allow the AANES to open a representative office in Geneva, according to SANA.
Twelve million individuals in Syria and Iraq are threatened by a water crisis and a severe drought, a situation that risks worsening, according to al-Jazeera.
Israeli airstrikes on Damascus and Homs, the SDF conducts business with companies under sanctions and arrests ISIS leaders in al-Hassakeh. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The leader of the Opposition blamed the recent anti-Syrian clashes in Ankara on enemies of the Syrian and Turkish peoples, according to Baladi News.
