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As part of Syria’s ongoing diplomatic efforts to strengthen regional ties, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed al-Thani in Doha to discuss regional developments, bilateral cooperation and security coordination. The visit follows recent engagement with Turkey and Saudi Arabia, as well as a stop in Libya.

📌 The First Syrian-German Medical Engineering Forum launched today at Damascus University’s Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Service. 📌 The two-day event focuses on localizing medical technology, maintaining specialized diagnostic equipment, and opening academic channels for Syrian postgraduate students to secure international research fellowships and scholarships. 📌 The initiative is part of efforts to re-establish European academic ties with Syrian universities while addressing critical equipment and maintenance shortfalls across the country's healthcare system.

𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 $𝟳𝟲𝟬 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 Syria's three planned industrial cities would cost an estimated $760 million, the Economy Ministry's director of industrial cities told Levant24. Private developers are expected to finance the infrastructure. By our calculation, all three work out to about $400,000 per hectare.

Syria's three planned industrial cities would cost an estimated $760 million, the Economy Ministry's director of industrial cities told Levant24. Private developers are expected to finance the infrastructure. By our calculation, all three work out to about $400,000 per hectare.

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Internal Security in Tartus province found a weapons cache near al-Qadmus, including a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, assorted ammunition and military uniforms left over from the former regime. The find follows other operations this year. On March 7, authorities announced the arrest of three suspects in Tartus and the seizure of explosive devices. On August 8, the Interior Ministry said it had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Tartus into Lebanon.

Israeli forces entered Wadi al-Raqqad in western Daraa, fired toward farmland and withdrew, the latest in a series of similar incursions. Israel holds positions in the roughly 235-square-kilometer UN buffer zone, where local farmers and herders have limited access to their land and have repeatedly been stopped and checked, while roads have been temporarily closed and animals killed.

The Central Bank of Syria issued its first letter of credit in 14 years, the bank payment guarantee that underpins most trade deals, to finance the first oil products supply deal between the Syrian Petroleum Company and Saudi Aramco, signed on Sunday. The credit was arranged in coordination with a major US bank. Central bank officials met the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last week to discuss how Syria can use its account there to execute transactions.

𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 | 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟭/𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 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 Atomic Energy Commission of Syria held its first forum of Syrian nuclear experts from inside the country and abroad to build a national network for cooperation on peaceful uses of atomic energy, from nuclear medicine and radiation safety to engineering and materials science. Syria signed a six-year cooperation framework with the IAEA on September 16 covering health, agriculture, water, energy planning and radiation safety.

𝗔𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗮: 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗯 President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during a meeting with a delegation from SYNC, a Syrian diaspora tech initiative founded in Silicon Valley, at the People's Palace: 📌 Syria is well qualified not only to receive digital services, but to be a hub in its own right, and its location allows that. 📌 It has strong human resources and a large young population: more than 50% of Syrians are under 25. That helps a great deal. 📌 The whole world today is trying to rely on digital tools and on analyzing and processing data. It has negative sides, but this is how human development works.

𝗔𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗮: 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during a meeting with a delegation from SYNC, a Syrian diaspora tech initiative founded in Silicon Valley, at the People's Palace: 📌 "There is basically no digital infrastructure in Syria. It is better to build something from scratch than to have medium or weak generations of technology, because replacing them carries very large costs." 📌 "Our challenge is the first five years, which hold the foundations the state's future will be built on. If you build correctly, the first house will last a long time." 📌 "Successful investment is always in countries in the phase of building. Every country in a building phase peaks after 10 or 15 years, then growth becomes very slow because the market is saturated." 📌 "Syria has many opportunities, starting with our geographic location."

Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani called Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan to offer condolences over the Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and backed the kingdom against escalating Houthi attacks, saying its security is tied to Syria's. Saturday's Houthi missile strike on the airport killed at least 12 people, four Saudis and eight foreigners, and wounded more than 300, Saudi officials said.

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Communications Minister Abdulsalam Haykal and Meta's managing director for the Middle East and Africa, Fares Akkad, discussed restoring advertising and business services on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in Syria, and using Syria's SilkLink fiber network to route Meta's data. Syria launched SilkLink in May 2025: a 4,500-kilometer fiber network with a submarine cable landing in Tartus and links to Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey.

📌 Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met a SYNC delegation at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Sunday, accompanied by Communications and Technology Minister Abdulsalam Haykal. 📌 The delegation included representatives of LigaData and Microsoft, as well as Syrian diaspora executives and investors. Talks focused on digital infrastructure, investment and job creation. SYNC’s Damascus summit aims to create 25,000 technology jobs for Syrians. 📌 The meeting comes as Microsoft has begun easing restrictions on some services in Syria. The Microsoft Store became accessible on September 5 following changes to US sanctions policy.

TEXPO International Technology and Innovation Exhibition in Damascus

📌 Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani arrived in Benghazi on an official visit and met Saddam Khalifa Haftar, deputy commander of the Libyan National Army, alongside Syrian General Intelligence chief Abdul Qader Tahan. 📌 The visit follows Syria's reopening of its embassy in Tripoli in August 2026 after more than 14 years. 📌 By engaging eastern Libya's Haftar leadership, Damascus is seeking to expand diplomatic and security cooperation across Libya's divided political landscape, including plans for a consulate in Benghazi. 📌 The talks also covered the situation of Syrians missing in Libya.