Syrian Families Flee Lebanon Amid Israeli Strikes

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Israeli forces arrested two children from the village of Al-Ashah in the southern countryside of Quneitra while they were herding livestock near Tal Al-Ahmar Al-Gharbi.

Syrian Army units have been deployed along the borders with Lebanon and Iraq as precautionary defensive measures to strengthen border control and security amid regional developments and a rise in smuggling attempts carried out by organized networks that previously exploited the border areas.

The Ministry of Defense said border guard units, supported by reconnaissance battalions, are monitoring the border strip, and conducting field patrols.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Syria strongly condemns Iran’s attempt to target Turkey and Azerbaijan with ballistic missiles and drones, calling the action a flagrant violation of state sovereignty and a threat to regional and international security and stability.

Syria said it rejects all violence and escalation targeting civilians and infrastructure, expressed full solidarity with Turkey and Azerbaijan, and called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in protecting regional peace and security.

Syrian Education Minister Mohammad Turkwo has tasked the National Center for Curriculum Development with preparing Kurdish language curricula for all educational levels, to be introduced into the school curriculum in areas with predominantly Kurdish populations.

Syria Reinforces Borders as Israel Expands Deployments

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🔴 Israeli forces released the two children who had been detained earlier in the village of Al-Ashah in the southern countryside of Quneitra.

The Turkish ambassador to Syria, Nuh Yilmaz, said that intelligence services, working with Syrian Security Forces, foiled a major terrorist attack and that cooperation between Syria and Turkey will continue to expand.

Syria and ACSAD Sign Fisheries Agreement

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa held a phone call with Jordanian King Abdullah II to discuss the regional developments.

The phone call between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed the latest regional escalation and its potential impact on security and stability.

Both leaders stressed the importance of strengthening Arab solidarity and warned of the dangers of a widening conflict. They agreed to continue consultations and coordination between Syria and Jordan.

𝗔𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 “𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a meeting with journalists and civil society activists:

📌 I don't encourage the policy of promises, saying we will do something in one, two, or three years. We are required to exert maximum effort and work with sincerity and precision.

📌 People have the right to complain and raise their voices, but that should not change our plans.

📌 I can work in emergency mode or with a firefighting approach, but that does not truly serve the people.

📌 Today people may demand electricity, so we spend all available money fixing electricity and say we have calmed them.

📌 But after two months they will ask: you solved this problem—what about the second, the fourth, the tenth?

📌 A firefighting policy only exhausts us; it does not provide a comprehensive solution to our accumulated economic problems. Frankly, this is not a policy for a state.

𝗔𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a meeting with journalists and civil society activists:

📌 A state operates according to rules and scientific systems, based on known capabilities and revenues, and works gradually to meet people’s needs.

📌 Fulfilling everything people need all at once within a single year is impossible; anyone who promises that is simply not telling the truth.

📌 Even if hundreds of billions of dollars were suddenly available, studies and implementation alone would require enormous time and effort.

📌 Progress will come step by step each month. However, there are institutions that fall short in their work, which means that not everything goes according to plan.

📌 Sometimes, some institutions fall short in their work, they are negligent, and sometimes their discourse is not good, not appropriate, not timely.