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𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 | 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟳/𝟬𝟴/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Levant24’s tracker documents reported Israeli airstrikes, ground incursions, raids, detentions, checkpoints, and property destruction across Syria. Figures may be revised as new details are verified.

📌 Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met Saudi Transport Minister Saleh bin Nasser in Damascus following the signing of two MoUs on road and railway cooperation. 📌 The agreements cover technical expertise, infrastructure development, safety, digitalization, training, and the rehabilitation of Syria’s transport networks. 📌 The two sides also signed agreements on air transport and postal services, bringing the total number of transport-related agreements to four.

Syria and Turkey Expand Trade Ties With New Investment Plans Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/syria-and-turkey-expand-trade-ties-with-new-investment-plans

Syria's Lost Identity In this opinion piece for Levant24, Dr. Tallha Abdulrazaq examines post-Assad Syria’s challenges, arguing that rebuilding requires a shared national identity rooted in its history and heritage. Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/syrias-lost-identity

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met in Damascus with Mohammed Abu Nayan, chairman of the Saudi-Syrian Business Council, after the Syrian Central Bank and the council earlier agreed to establish a joint Saudi-Syrian bank and banking partnership to support bilateral investment. The meeting focused on expanding economic cooperation and investment between Syria and Saudi Arabia, including opportunities in electricity, oil, mining, water and wastewater sectors.

Russia Reaffirms Support for Syria’s Sovereignty Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/russia-reaffirms-support-for-syrias-sovereignty

President Ahmad al-Sharaa met Mohammed Abu Nayan, head of the Saudi-Syrian Business Council, in Damascus to discuss economic cooperation, with the delegation presenting ongoing and planned projects. The meeting follows the council's July 2025 founding under Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, when a Damascus investment forum yielded roughly 47 agreements worth over $6.4 billion with more than 100 Saudi firms.

Israeli forces advanced along the road between Ofania and Khan Arnabeh in Quneitra countryside, in the UNDOF-monitored buffer zone, and set up a checkpoint to search passersby. The move follows recent Israeli operations nearby, including a tank advance near Khan Arnabeh on 08/17 and a raid involving over 100 soldiers in Jubata al-Khashab on 08/19, where two residents were detained.

Israeli forces advanced along the road between Ofania and Khan Arnabeh in Quneitra countryside, in the UNDOF-monitored buffer zone, and set up a checkpoint to search passersby. The move follows recent Israeli operations nearby, including a tank advance near Khan Arnabeh on Aug. 17 and a raid involving over 100 soldiers in Jubata al-Khashab on Aug. 19, where two residents were detained.

Armed groups linked to the National Guard are again blocking public buses carrying middle and high school students at the "Umm al-Zaytoun" checkpoint, located on the Damascus–Suwayda road, on the way to exam centers in northern rural Suwayda, days before the special exam session starts 8/29, marking the second such incident since 8/23. An estimated 13,000 students are affected; 25 makeshift centers were set up in the northern countryside under a Presidential Decree after protests forced exams to be moved back from Damascus to Suwayda.

Saudi-French Business Council Targets Investment in Syria Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/saudi-french-business-council-targets-investment-in-syria

𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗦 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 📌 President Ahmad al-Sharaa made a Visa card payment at a shop in Old Damascus, a live international transaction Visa said it tested with Syria's central bank and partners Fransabank and Paymera, calling it a step toward linking Syria digitally to the global economy. 📌 Syria's Sovereign Fund said Paymera, the national payment infrastructure, is now connected to Visa's network, marking "a new phase of financial connection with the world." 📌 Central Bank Governor Safwat Raslan called witnessing the moment "a feeling difficult to summarize in words," coming one day after the US removed Syria from its state sponsors of terrorism list. 📌 Syria had trialed domestic Visa and Mastercard payments on 9/05 at a Four Seasons Hotel ceremony; today's transaction marks Paymera's first live connection to Visa's international network.

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 | 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Levant24’s tracker documents reported Israeli airstrikes, ground incursions, raids, detentions, checkpoints, and property destruction across Syria. Figures may be revised as new details are verified.

📌 The 63rd Damascus International Fair opened at the Damascus Fairgrounds with participation at around 1,000 entities from 60 countries with Germany as guest of honour — against 800 companies from just over 20 countries last year. 📌 President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria is becoming a bridge between markets and a crossing point for trade where East and West meet. 📌 Economy Minister Nidal al-Shaar said the fair reopens Syria's window onto the world and should become a platform for a new Syrian economy, linking industrialists to counterparts abroad.

South Korea Backs Syria Recovery With Aid and Business Push Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/south-korea-backs-syria-recovery-with-aid-and-business-push

Integration of Druze into the Syrian state. https://youtube.com/shorts/TF11bLwzNiE?si=WTbij3vqTzsA9_a3

SDF Integration Marks Historic Shift for Unified Syria Read article here:https://levant24.com/en/article/sdf-integration-marks-historic-shift-for-unified-syria

Israeli forces released four detainees from Quneitra and Rural Damascus governorates, among them a Kuwaiti man seized a year ago from al-Hamidiyah village in the Quneitra countryside. Most detainees are taken to Israeli prisons, chiefly Sde Teiman, and held without trial under the classification of unlawful combatant.