2025-03-19: Syria Roundup

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Ben Samuels (2025-03-19). Pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil issues first statement since arrest. haaretz.com Khalil, who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, asserted that 'My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that both the Biden and Trump administrations have demonstrated' over the duration of the Gaza war…

ICRC (2025-03-19). ICRC President: "We have a shared interest and responsibility to help Syria emerge from the ruinous abyss of war" icrc.org

ICRC (2025-03-19). Syria: ICRC president warns "path to peace fragile" and calls on global community to not abandon country at this historic crossroads. icrc.org

infobrics (2025-03-18). Tensions escalate on Syria-Lebanon border as EU/NATO-backed massacres of minorities continue. infobrics.org Local sources report that the HTS killed several citizens of Lebanon. According to Annahar, "on Monday, two Lebanese youths were found dead in the Matraba area near the border". They were reportedly kidnapped from their homes inside Lebanon by the new terrorist "government's" security forces and subsequently killed. Meanwhile, Germany just pledged an additional €300 million ($326 million) in "foreign aid" for the new terrorist "government".

United World International (2025-03-18). Turkish influence in Syria and Israeli provocations. unitedworldint.com Posted by by United World International 7 Min Read March 18, 2025 By Adem Kƒ±lƒ±àß, Political Scientist / Author The conflict in Syria, which has been going on for more than a decade and the global competition staged there, is rapidly moving towards a different level with the recent positive steps taken by Syria's new …

WSWS (2025-03-18). Germany: Thousands protest in Cologne against massacre of Alawites in Syria. wsws.org On 15 March, several thousand people protested in the German city of Cologne against the recent massacres of members of the Alawite minority in Syria.

presstv.ir (2025-03-18). Child killed as Syria's HTS militants shell civilians in eastern Lebanon. presstv.ir A child was killed and four other civilians injured after Syria's HTS militants launched a volley of rockets at a residential neighborhood in eastern Lebanon.

presstv.ir (2025-03-18). Syria's HTS militants enter Lebanese town, ransack homes. presstv.ir HTS-aligned militants have occupied parts of a Lebanese border town, ransacking homes.

Staff (2025-03-18). Hostages' families: 'Greatest fear came true, Israel chose to give up on hostages'. haaretz.com GAZA: Israel renews fighting in Gaza, killing over 300 ‚ñ SYRIA: IDF strikes Assad regime weapons over concerns groups looking to use them ‚ñ ISRAEL: Netanyahu informs Shin Bet head of his decision to fire him ‚ñ YEMEN: Pentagon says U.S. will use overwhelming lethal force until it achieves objective in Yemen…

Reuters (2025-03-18). Lebanon and Syria agree on ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes. scmp.com Mountainous frontier has been a flashpoint in the three months since Islamist rebels toppled Syria's Assad.

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