(2025-10-02). Iran's Vice President Emphasizes Co-op with South Korea in Government Smartization. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN – Iran's Vice President and Head of the country's Administrative and Employment Organization, in a meeting with the South Korean Ambassador to Tehran Kim Junpyo, emphasized the 14th administration's determination to develop administrative and technological cooperation with South Korea, naming government smartization and the use of artificial intelligence as key areas of this cooperation.
(2025-10-01). SDF drafts young men amid fear of conflict with Syrian govt. newarab.com 
(2025-10-01). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-10-01). Israeli violations of Syrian sovereignty continue. plenglish.com According to reports from the Deraa 24 news network, an Israeli convoy parked at the entrance to the aforementioned village and proceeded to search passersby, with no arrests reported. | The military presence coincided with intense Israeli drone overflights over the al-Yidur area, in the north of the neighboring province of Deraa. | In recent days, Israeli incursions have intensified, including house searches, street patrols, and a notable increase in military activity, the motives of which have not been officially clarified. | In recent statements to the Arabic channel Al-Arabiya, Syrian Information Minister Ha…
(2025-10-01). Is an Assadist insurgency emerging on the Syrian coast. newarab.com 
In a shaky handheld video uploaded on 2 September to an He mumbles the date and then says, "we are the Men of Light," before an explosion immediately rips through a passing General Security vehicle in front of him. | The government's Ministry of the Interior would blame the attack, which killed two security services personnel, on "remnant elements associated with the former regime". | The video was reportedly filmed in the countryside close to Jableh in the T…