Syria’s Hidden Fleet: How Assad’s Regime Sold State Ships for One Dollar
Syria’s General Maritime Transport Company sold the vessels to Al-Huda Holding Ltd, a shell company registered in the Seychelles
Syria’s General Maritime Transport Company sold the vessels to Al-Huda Holding Ltd, a shell company registered in the Seychelles
The Kremlin-affiliated newspaper VZ described Aleppo’s fall as the opening of a second war front against Russia in Syria, Bassem Mekdad writes in al-Modon.
A source told Syria TV that Batal was initially injured and transferred to a hospital, where he remained for four weeks under tight security by the Russian military police.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
The Syrian regime could end a contract with the Russian company Stroytransgaz for fertilizer manufacturing in Homs, according to al-Modon.
Prime Minister Hossein Arnous and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Mohammad Reza Farzin, recently convened to discuss the utilization of local currencies in trade exchanges between Syria and Iran.
Iran aims to reinforce its forces in its areas of presence in Syria, according to Baladi News.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
The law prohibits these companies from engaging with foreign entities or serving as branches of foreign or Arab companies, according to Shaam Network.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
The primary objective behind these new amendments is to exert pressure on Russian companies, according to al-Modon.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Russia’s initial objective was to establish Syria as a secure base for its forces in the Middle East, according to al-Souria Net.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
The CENTCOM commander has stated that Russia appears to be reducing its provocative actions in Syria, al-Modon reports.
The recently inked “strategic partnership” agreements between the Syrian regime and China remain somewhat vague, Iyad al-Jaafari writes in al-Modon.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Safadi’s tour comes a month and a half after the Amman consultative meeting, al-Souria Net.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Tehran seeks to assert its power in the Middle East by directly challenging the American forces, Abdel Naser al-Iyad writes in al-Modon.
Your daily-brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Al-Watan says the Ukrainian army established a special battalion for SDF fighters.
Your daily-brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has taken legal action to address these publications, according to Syria TV.
Your daily-brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Prigozhin’s political and financial future remains uncertain as he seeks exile in Belarus, Iyad el-Jaafara writes.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
Your daily brief of the English-speaking press on Syria.
In Syria, opponents found in oil a rare point of consensus to cooperate and pick clean the country’s wealth and revenues, according to Ibrahim Hamidi for Asharq al-Awsat.
Syrians can expect violence to intensify as Russia demonstrates to its friends in the region it will stay the course in Syria, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Syrian investigative reports indicate that at least 15 large factories in Syria produce Captagon, according to Baladi News.
The Russians don’t seem too keen at the moment to send Syrian fighters to Ukraine, Danny Makki reports for al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Will the Syrian opposition seize the opportunity to regain territory while Russia is busy in Europe? Enab Baladi answers.
Russia has gathered 40,000 fighters from the Syrian army and its allies for its war on Ukraine, according to Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
France’s ambassador the UN said he was pessimistic about the situation in Syria, in an interview to Asharq al-Awsat.
Anton Mardasov dives into the military doctrine of Putin and how Syria is essential to it, in an op-ed to Asharq al-Awsat.
Five members of HTS have been killed by shelling from the regime and Russian forces along the Rabat frontline in the eastern Idleb countryside, according to Baladi News.
Foreign proxy powers Russia and Iran are competing over hydrocarbons left under regime control, writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
The family member of a murdered Syrian citizen has filed a complaint against Russian suspects in Moscow, writes the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression.
The United Nation’s World Food Programme used US-sanctioned Syrian airline Cham Wings to deliver aid to Libya, prompting outrage online reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Following the election of Joe Biden, the US has a steep hill to climb in the Middle East, but steps are available to them if they want to take a leading role in the region writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
Putin has named Aleksandr Yefimov as a special representative for Syria, taking control away from the defense ministry and putting it back in the hands of the Kremlin reports Alsouria Net.
Russia has trained Syrian fighters, who underwent reconciliation with regime, and will now be sent to Libya to fight on their behalf reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Syrian men, who were worked as security guards at oil fields, have found themselves forced to fight on the frontlines for rogue General Khalifa Haftar’s militias in Libya writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Coronavirus preparedness steps up, Syria and ChIna discuss prevention, Libya warns of foreign fighter infections and migrants rescued off Cypriot coast. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Wagner group has been tempting Syrians to fight for them in Libya, with promises of settlements and large salaries writes Zaman Al Wasl.
A gruesome video, which shows Russian torturing and beheading a Syrian man, raised questions about the actions of Wagner, the Russian private military company reports Alsouria Net.
Ayn al-Madina explores the situation in Homs province’s ancient city, where militiamen and Russian troops call the shots
Alsouria Net writes that private military companies are fighting alongside Syrian government forces in order to secure Russian interests
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