2025-10-19: Syria Roundup

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tehrantimes (2025-10-19). Isfahan's entrepreneurs, industrialists plan to strengthen economic co-op with Vietnam. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN- The governor-general of Isfahan, in a meeting with the ambassador of Vietnam in Tehran, informed about the plans of Isfahan's entrepreneurs and industrialists to strengthen economic cooperation with Vietnam and stated: "Trade, industry, and tourism can be three important pillars of cooperation between the two countries, and we are fully prepared to host Vietnamese artistic, cultural, and tourism groups."

newleftreview (2025-10-18). 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?

Ed Newman (2025-10-18). Venezuela and Cuba commemorate 25 years of Cooperation Agreement. radiohc.cu The governments of Venezuela and Cuba today commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement, signed by Commanders Fidel Castro (1926-2016) and Hugo Chávez (1954-2013). | The date was celebrated with a floral offering before the sarcophagus of the Liberator Simón Bolívar in the National Pantheon, in a ceremony presided over by Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister for Latin America, Rander Peña, and Cuban Ambassador to Caracas, Jorge Mayo. | Representatives of the island's diplomatic corps and the Medical Mission serving in the Bolivarian Republic also attended the event. | In a statement…

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