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- ‘Assad must go’ no more, says US envoy for Syria. Except US policy is still regime change by another name
While special envoy James Jeffrey says the US no longer demands regime change in Syria, only “change of behavior,” his explanation shows this distinction is without a difference and no November election results will change it. - OPCW head FALSELY described Syria whistleblower inspectors to discredit them, new documents showNew documents leaked from the global chemical watchdog show that two inspectors blowing the whistle about the 2018 Douma incident in Syria were right, and the director seeking to discredit them was wrong.
- West blocking Syrian refugees from returning places ‘a bomb’ to destroy neighbors’ economies & security – Lebanese presidentThe US and its allies want to keep refugees from returning to Syria regardless of the economic and social damage the current situation does to hosting nations, the president of Lebanon has said in an interview.
- ‘Israeli helicopters’ fire missiles at Syrian military sites – state mediaIsraeli helicopters attacked a number of military positions in southern Syria with missiles, Syrian state media reported, noting the strikes inflicted “limited material damage."
- Syrian air defenses respond to missile attack over Palmyra - SANASyrian air defense were activated late on Monday to engage ‘hostile targets’ above Palmyra and Homs, the local media reported, calling the incident an act of ‘Israeli aggression.’
- Syrian militants ‘trained at US base for sabotage & terrorism’ try to surrender & get ambushed by OTHER US-backed extremistsA US-backed militant group has intercepted a convoy of ‘defectors’ seeking to lay down their arms and surrender to Damascus. The survivors told the Syrian Army that American instructors trained them for sabotage and terrorism.
- US ‘cynically exploits’ Covid-19 to discredit Syrian government & bring UN aid to its armed proxies – Russian & Syrian MoDThe US has weaponized the coronavirus pandemic to blast Damascus' efforts and to supply its friendly armed groups with UN aid, instead of helping refugees, the Russian and Syrian militaries say.
- ‘False and fabricated’: Syria slams OPCW report blaming it for 2017 chemical weapons attacksThe Syrian government has slammed a new report by the OPCW which directly accuses it of using chemical weapons on civilians. The conclusions of the chemical weapons watchdog are “misleading” and “false and fabricated,” it says.
- War-ravaged Syria suffers its FIRST case of Covid-19 – state mediaSyria’s health minister has confirmed that the first case of coronavirus, which has already reached pandemic levels, has been reported in the country.
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