News for Saturday, 2024-08-17.

The SFM’s News:

• The Economic Office of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) published an article titled: “Economic Transformations in Syria: From Pastoralism to War.”
• The Media Office of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) published “Symbols and Figures of the State in Syria (8): Fakhri al-Baroudi.”
• The Scientific Office / Capacity Building and Self-Development Department of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) awarded certificates of completion for the “Modern Mathematics” training.
• The Scientific Office / Capacity Building and Self-Development Department of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) awarded certificates of completion for the “Thinking Style” training.
• The Media Office of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) published a cartoon titled: “Syrian Revolution Cartoon No. 71.”
• The Media Office of the Syrian Future Movement (SFM) published “From the Memory of the Syrian Revolution, 2011/08/17,” noting that on this day in 2011, the UN Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission issued a report on the situation in Syria, confirming that at least 1,900 people had been martyred by mid-July 2011. The report documented what it called “a pattern of human rights violations that constitute widespread, systematic attacks against the civilian population, which may amount to crimes against humanity,” and provided a “confidential” list of 50 individuals within the Syrian regime from various levels who might face trial at the International Criminal Court.
• The Tawad Educational Schools in Afrin continue their intensive summer activities with students to improve their education, address gaps or shortcomings, and prepare them for the upcoming academic year.

Internal News:

• New movements by Iranian militias in eastern Deir ez-Zor are forcing residents to flee.
• The Negotiation Committee: The Dignity Movement in Suwayda affirms that the peaceful revolution is still ongoing.
• For the sixth consecutive day, three earthquakes are forcing the residents of Salamiyah out of their homes.
• The Kurdish National Council responds to Mazloum Abdi: The release of Kurdish detainees in Syria is a condition for dialogue.
• Oil tankers continue their journey to regime refineries, while residents of Hasakah remain without fuel.
• The “White Helmets”: We received no reports of damage from the earthquake in northwestern Syria.
• Escalating events in Daraa: an attack on a leader’s home and the targeting of a Syrian regime center.
• An elderly man and his wife died due to a collision between a car and a motorcycle in the countryside of Aleppo.

Related News:

• Pentagon: 40,000 of our troops are in the Middle East, and we reserve the right to respond in Syria and Iraq.
• The death toll from the Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon rises to 10 Syrians, including an entire family.

International News:

• Since October, 110,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon.
• “Gaza Health”: The death toll from the Israeli war has risen to 40,074.
• Amid escalating tensions, Israel announces the killing of the commander of the “Radwan” unit of Hezbollah.
• Hebrew media: The Israeli army has generally completed operations in the Gaza Strip.
• Wildfires threaten residential areas in Izmir, Turkey.