Thursday News 2024-08-22.

The SFM’s News:

• The Presidency Office of the Syrian Future Movement published a podcast titled “Syrian Future Movement Podcast (27): The Political System of the State from the Movement’s Perspective (3).”
• The Political Office of the Syrian Future Movement released a video titled “11 Years Since the Ghouta Chemical Massacre.”
• The Media Office of the Syrian Future Movement published a cartoon titled “Syrian Revolution Cartoon No. 76.”
• The Media Office of the Syrian Future Movement shared from the Memory of the Syrian Revolution, August 22, 2011, where on this day in 2011, several Syrian opposition figures in Cairo launched the “Union of Free Syrians” initiative aimed at “uniting all Syrian popular efforts worldwide towards a single goal: the overthrow of the regime and the establishment of a modern democratic state.”

Internal News:

• “SDF” imposes a curfew in western Deir ez-Zor as clashes renew in its eastern countryside.
• Hussam Louqa returns to Talbiseh once again.
• The “Autonomous Administration” reopens all crossings with the Syrian regime in Deir ez-Zor.
• The Euphrates River near Jarabulus witnesses its third drowning incident in August.
• The Syrian regime launches a new combing campaign in the Syrian desert against “ISIS.”
• After 13 years, the death of Islamic thinker Abdul Akram Al-Sakka in the Syrian regime’s prisons is confirmed.
• “Military Security” threatens firepower in Mahja, Daraa, demanding the surrender of weapons or escalation.
• Deaths and injuries among “SDF” members in a drone strike in Qamishli.
• Robots and various innovations: a scientific exhibition in A‘azaz highlights the creativity of Syrian students.
• Delayed salaries and their low value push “Autonomous Administration” employees to take on additional labor-intensive jobs.
• An event in northern Syria to raise awareness about the dangers of war remnants.
• A “SDF” commander detains dozens of young men in Al-Hasakah.
• Fires in the countryside of Latakia devour dozens of dunams and hundreds of fruit trees.
• The Syrian regime’s parliament announces the unopposed election of Hammouda Sabbagh as president for the fourth legislative term.
• An unprecedented rise in seawater temperatures worries Latakia fishermen.
• Passenger trips every 10 minutes after the launch of the passenger route between Al-Ramousah and downtown Aleppo.
• Olive production in Syria exceeds 700,000 tons.
• With hunting rifles, Al-Nayrab residents target drones loaded with explosives to bring them down.
• Electricity in Homs: Transformers and wires worth more than 11 billion Syrian pounds have been stolen.
• The Syrian regime announces the arrest of platform owners after posting a video “offensive to societal values.”

Related News:

• Russia: Normalization between the Syrian regime and Turkey is important for advancing the settlement and enhancing regional security.
• The Jordanian army foils an attempt to infiltrate and smuggle drugs from Syria.
• A Syrian young man is attacked with a knife in downtown Zittau, Germany.

International News:

• After massive war losses, Russia pursues its deserters with imprisonment and property confiscation.
• Brazil faces the influx of Asian migrants with strict restrictions.
• A second U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East.
• The Turkish Central Bank: Lower inflation boosts the rise in lira deposits.
• After years of stagnation, Ankara welcomes the European Union’s invitation to attend the “Gymnich” meeting.