2025-12-03: Syria Roundup

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Staff (2025-12-03). Report: Netanyahu asked Trump for further help in pardon request during recent call. haaretz.com According to a Channel 12 News report, Trump pressed Netanyahu on killing Rafah tunnel militants and told Israel to 'take it easy' in Syria, as Netanyahu struck a softer tone during a visit to an IDF enlistment center and framed his pardon plea as a bid for national 'healing' — without admitting any guilt…

en.mehrnews (2025-12-03). UNGA adopts 2 resolutions on Palestine, Golan Heights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted two resolutions calling for an end to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and Syria's occupied Golan Heights.

en.mehrnews (2025-12-03). Iran, Russia, China pen joint letter to UN chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — In a joint letter to the UN Security Council president and the UN secretary-general, the ambassadors of Iran, Russia, and China stressed that all provisions of Resolution 2231 have expired as of October 18, 2025.

Bahram P. Kalviri (2025-12-03). The Neo-Ottoman Doctrine and the Inevitable Confrontation in the Levant. moderndiplomacy.eu The harsh anarchy endemic to the Middle Eastern system has, with predictable certainty, intruded upon the core interests of the Turkish Republic. In response, Ankara has labored, over the last two decades, to delineate its preferred sphere of influence through the strategic rubric of the neo-Ottoman doctrine. Historically, until the partial collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime's authority …

en.mehrnews (2025-12-03). Iran, Russia, China ink joint letter to UN chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — In a joint letter to the UN Security Council president and the UN secretary-general, the ambassadors of Iran, Russia, and China stressed that all provisions of Resolution 2231 have expired as of October 18, 2025.

tehrantimes (2025-12-03). Naqoura talks: Trojan Horse of economic and political normalization. tehrantimes.com BEIRUT—The Lebanese government's decision to appoint former ambassador Simon Karam, a civilian with openly political positions, to lead the Lebanese delegation in the so-called Military Technical Committee meetings in Naqoura is not a procedural adjustment. Rather, it is a political landmine.

newarab (2025-12-03). Second Druze cleric dies after detention in Suweida: reports. newarab.com Reports from Local outlets and activists say Maher Falhout died shortly after surrendering himself to the faction, though The New Arab could not independently verify the claim. | Al-Mutni died less than two days after his ar…

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