(2025-05-12). Syria: New Government Restricts Aid Operations. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Syrian port workers move on a truck carrying goods at the port of Latakia, Syria, December 17, 2024. | © 2024 Leo Correa/AP Photo | (Beirut) — The Syrian transitional government's stringent application of registration and operational requirements on aid groups is hampering their ability to scale up operations, Human Rights Watch said today. While the authorities have signaled a willingness to engage with international organizations, bureaucratic and administrative hurdles continue to impede efforts to address Syria's escalating humanitarian crisis.Under the Assad government,…
(2025-05-12). Syria Announces Major Natural Gas Deal With Türkiye. orinocotribune.com Ankara says it will also supply electricity to the war-torn nation, enabling the extremist-led government in Damascus to 'reconstruct' | Syria's interim Energy Minister, Mohammad al-Bashir, announced on 9 May that Damascus and Ankara have reached a deal for Türkiye to deliver 6 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas per day to Syria within the next three months. | "I agreed with my Turkish counterpart Alparslan Bayraktar on supplying Syria with six million cubic metres of natural gas a day through the Kilis-Aleppo pipeline," Bashir told His s…
(2025-05-12). EU raises concern on rising human rights violations In Uganda. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the European Union Delegation to Uganda, Ambassador Jan Sadek has expressed concern about increased reports of human rights abuses and extrajudicial actions by security forces. In a speech to mark Europe Day, Ambassador Sadek said the use of military force against civilians, with apparent impunity, contradicts …
(2025-05-11). Israel recovers body of soldier killed in 1982 Lebanon war, Netanyahu says. haaretz.com Feldman's body was found in Syria 43 years after he fell in the first Lebanon war. The families of hostages currently being held in Gaza said that 'We cannot allow ourselves as a society to accept a reality where families wait more than 40 years to be reunited with their loved ones'…
(2025-05-11). Hamas official: American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander set to be released Monday at noon. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Israeli forces recover body of soldier killed in 1982 Lebanon war from Syria ‚ñ GAZA: 19 Palestinians killed, 81 wounded in Gaza in 24 hours, Hamas-run Health Ministry says ‚ñ OMAN: U.S.-Iran conclude fourth round of nuclear talks…
(2025-05-11). Syria Battles Uncontrolled Forest Fires in Coastal Mountains. themedialine.org 
(2025-05-11). At Least 11 Alawites Killed in Syria as Sectarian Violence Continues to Rage. news.antiwar.com Sectarian violence against Syria's Alawite minority became a huge matter in early March, when massacres left well over 1,300 people dead and the ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) insisting the matter was over and an investigation would happen. The probe has been delayed since then, and the violence slowed but never really stopped. Over the …
(2025-05-11). EU Envoy Slams Uganda's Security Forces for Human Rights Violations. plusnews.ug 
The head of the European Union Delegation to Uganda, Ambassador Jan Sadek has expressed concern human rights abuses and extrajudicial actions by security forces. In a speech to mark Europe Day, Ambassador Sadek said the use of military force against civilians, with apparent impunity, contradicts the principles of the rule of law. He …
(2025-05-11). Ambassador: Upcoming visit of general secretary will mark new stage in Vietnam-Belarus cooperation. eng.belta.by The forthcoming visit of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam is a landmark event in the Belarus-Vietnam cooperation, Vietnamese Ambassador to Belarus Nguyen Van Ngu told BelTA.
(2025-05-11). Ambassador: Vietnam highly appreciates support of Belarusian people in its fight for national liberation. eng.belta.by Vietnam highly appreciates and never forgets the material and moral support of the Soviet people, including Belarusian people in the war for national liberation, reunification and post-war development of the country, the diplomat said.
(2025-05-11). President Maduro Continues Official Tour of Russia, Pays Tribute to the Martyrs of Leningrad. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro visited the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg and paid tribute to the martyrs of the Great Patriotic War who are buried there. | On Saturday, President Maduro, accompanied by the high-level delegation from Venezuela, laid a wreath at the World War II memorial, expressing patriotic sentiment, brotherhood, and love and unity between two nations that have engaged in diplomacy for sovereignty since the 18th century. | The Venezuelan delegation was accompanied by Alexander Beglov, governor of St. Petersburg; Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, Russian ambassador Venezuela; and…