(2025-08-20). Syria appoints new representative to the United Nations. plenglish.com According to the presidential decree, Olabi will assume the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, representing the Syrian State at the headquarters of the multilateral organization in New York. | Since February, the diplomat has been acting as legal advisor to the Foreign Ministry. | His first official appearance within the new government took place at a meeting between the Syrian president and the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Gonzalez.
(2025-08-20). US-led Coalition conducts air operation in northwestern Syria. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Local sources confirmed on Wednesday that the US-led International Coalition conducted an anti-terrorist air operation in the Atmeh area, Idlib province, in northwestern Syria.
(2025-08-20). Colombia warns US could turn Venezuela into another Syria. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said that invading Venezuela would be the worst mistake. During a meeting with his ministers, Petro reiterated his opposition to the US sending 4500 military personnel and three warships to the Venezuelan waters. "I told [US President Donald] Trump, through his emissaries, that this would be the worst mistake," said Petro. …
(2025-08-20). Eva Bartlett on Mufti Hassoun. voicesfromsyria.com Karene Eva Yesterday at 2: 39‚ÄØAM ∑ Molham Hassoun: "Barrel bombs… I challenge anyone to say that the Mufti issued a fatwa regarding barrel bombs. In response to these liars, this is what His Eminence the Mufti called for when Aleppo was bombarded with the Hell Cannon, targeting mosques, homes, children, and women. (We and any rational person are …
(2025-08-20). Report accounts for missing Palestinians in the Syrian war. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The Action Group for Palestinians in Syria today accounts for the deaths of 4,965 Palestinian refugees in that country from the start of the war in 2011 to the end of 2024.
(2025-08-20). US plans against Venezuela denounced in Bolivia. plenglish.com La Paz, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan ambassador to Bolivia, Cesar Trompiz, decried the US government's new plans for aggression against his country in an article published in the Bolivian newspaper El Mamore.