(2025-10-12). For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks. |
(2025-10-12). Syria's Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Syria's parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on the basis of a direct vote. Sixty "constituencies" were established to elect 121 members of the People's Assembly of Syria (only 119 were actually elected). Another 70 members will be …
(2025-10-12). Iran invites Malaysian investors to tap into mining sector opportunities. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Iran is ready to welcome Malaysian investors into its mining industry, with the necessary infrastructure already in place to support joint projects and foreign participation, a senior industry official said during a meeting with Malaysia's ambassador in Tehran.
(2025-10-11). 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?
(2025-10-11). Fire breaks out in a hospital in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — A fire broke out on the fifth floor at the University Children's Hospital in Damascus, caused by an electrical short circuit, hospital officials said.
(2025-10-11). Syria imposes curfews in Daraa after deadly tribal clashes. newarab.com 
Internal Security commander in Daraa, Brigadier General Shaher Omran, said clashes broke out in the city of Izra between two families, resulting in deaths and injuries. | The official said that the Internal Security Forces intervened and imposed full control over…
(2025-10-11). On World Migratory Bird Day, the Caribbean focuses on shared spaces. globalvoices.org 
Is it possible to create spaces where birds and people can thrive together? Originally published on The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), one of the eight species chosen as 2025 World Migratory Bird Day ambassadors. Photo via
(2025-10-11). Belarus, Kazakhstan deepen trade, economic ties. eng.belta.by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Aleksei Bogdanov met with General Director of Kazakhstan's Rodina Agrofirm Ivan Sauer and the founder of the BELOSTAN.KZ company.