Thursday News, January 18, 2024.

(SFM) News:

• Dr. Zaher Baadarani, president of the Syrian Future Movement, arrives in Northern Syria to participate in the first investment conference in the city of Al-Rai.
• The “Tawad” educational chain, affiliated with the Syrian Future Movement, starts teaching basic education courses for free at its facilities in Azaz and Afrin, following their students’ completion of the compensatory education program they have been attending since the beginning of the school year.

Domestic News:

• Launch of the first investment conference in Northern Syria.
• Local authority in Al-Bab signs a protocol with UNICEF to rehabilitate the Ain Al-Bayda water station.
• Iran uses Bley military airport as an alternative to Damascus airport.
• After 58 years since the expropriation decision, commercial shops in “Souq Al-Anabeh” in Latakia are demolished.
• Funeral of the victims of the “Sweida massacre” sparks outrage and calls for justice.
• Over 109,000 displaced people in 309 camps affected by the rainstorm in Northwest Syria.
• Syrian regime media: Astana meeting in its 21st session scheduled for mid-next week.
• Syrian regime responds to Jordanian airstrikes by suspending the “Sweida Council” meeting.
• Syrian Defence Minister visits Deir ez-Zor and meets leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
• A child is killed and five others are injured during an assassination attempt on a regime officer in Rural Damascus.
• Dismissals and appointments in the Syrian regime’s intelligence agencies.
• The third fire in 10 days: Two shops and an Arab house on Al-Amin Street in Damascus.
• Syrian regime discusses “return of displaced persons” with a Russian military delegation.
• Badr Jamous: We urge the international community to confront the dangers of Iran’s expansion in Syria.

Related News:

• The Iraqi President and a delegation from the Syrian regime discuss strengthening relations.
• The United States condemns Iran’s violation of the “sovereign borders” of Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan.

International News:

• Iran: 7 people killed in a Pakistani missile attack on a border area.
• “Houthis” target an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, and Washington responds by bombing locations in Yemen.
• The U.S. State Department reclassifies the Houthis as a terrorist group.