What Happened Over the Weekend in Syria
Healthcare worker killed in the al-Hol camp, Iran calls for lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria, and U.S. convoy expelled from Qamishli village. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Healthcare worker killed in the al-Hol camp, Iran calls for lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria, and U.S. convoy expelled from Qamishli village. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
At least six pro-Iran militants, including a Revolutionary Guard commander, were killed, in a snap attack by a suspected ISIS group in the Syrian desert, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
The Foreign minister of Jordan has called Washington for more exemptions from sanctions targeting Syria, to resolve the crisis there, according to al-Watan.
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives has called on Biden to halt Arab normalization with Assad, according to al-Souria Net.
The intensification of Russian activities in Syria is part of the struggle of influence between Iran and Russia, according to al-Hal Net.
A number of SDF gunmen were killed in an attack in the northern countryside of Deir-ez-Zor, according to SANA.
The President of the U.S. Committee for International Religious Freedom has called for her country to pressure Turkey to withdraw from Northeast Syria, according to North Press.
The International Conference of Religions and Beliefs of Mesopotamia was held in Qamishli, to discuss religious coexistence, according to North Press.
The mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Syria ended on Monday, resulting in uncertainty about the future of cross-border aid, according to al-Watan.
The first week of 2022 was a particularly difficult one for Syrians in Idleb, as regime and Russian forces are escalating their bombardment of the region.
A protest was organized in the opposition-held city of Azaz, to demand the truth on the whereabouts of missing people in the Syrian government’s prisons, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The U.S. and the SDF have installed an oil refinery in the Rmelan field, in the countryside of Hassakeh, according to SANA.
An ISIS military leader was arrested in a village of the Hassakeh countryside by the Asayish and the U.S.-led global coalition, according to North Press.
The U.S. military base in the al-Omar field was targeted by missiles again, a frequent occurrence this week, according to al-Watan.
No major changes in the position of America in the Middle East are to be expected, according to Robert Ford for Asharq al-Awsat.
At a memorial ceremony to commemorate the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Shaaban claimed the axis of resistance is fighting a moral war, according to al-Baath.
On Wednesday, a leader of the SDF militia was killed after being ambushed by unknown assailants in the northern countryside of Raqqa, the Zaitun Agency reports.
The U.S. and France have each condemned the escalation in the Idleb governorate by Russia and the Syrian regime, according to al-Souria Net.
Iran is considering building a railway that connects the Port of Khomeini to that of Lattakia, on the Mediterranean, according to Arabi 21.
The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria said Tuesday they had foiled an attack in Deir-ez-Zor, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
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