(2025-08-24). US-led raid kills senior Islamic State 'official' in Syria. longwarjournal.org US forces carried out a raid in northern Syria on August 19 that killed "a senior [Islamic State] member and key financier who planned attacks in Syria and Iraq," CENTCOM stated. It is the latest raid on the Islamic State in Syria since a July 25 operation near Aleppo killed one of the group's commanders.
(2025-08-24). Syrian Government Postpones Elections in 'Unsafe' Kurdish, Druze Regions. news.antiwar.com Syria's parliament is shaping up to be a lot less "unified" than initially advertised, with the ruling government announcing they're going to postpone elections for the People's Assembly in three governorates where groups likely to oppose the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) live.
(2025-08-24). ICRC response in Southern Syria: Operational update. icrc.org 15 July to 15 August 2025…
(2025-08-24). Tehran, Peking beef up sci-tech ties. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The head of the Organization for the Development of International Cooperation in Science and Technology, Hossein Roozbeh, and Chinese Ambassador to Iran Cong Peiwu have explored the avenues for the expansion of scientific and technological collaborations between the two countries.