For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, the Cradle, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others or headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. SYRIA 3-10-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence, by Hogir Abdo and Abby Sewell | AP QMISHLI, Syria — In the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government in Damascus and local Kurdish-led authorities, dancing and chanting “One, one, one — the Syrian people . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 10 ‘No safe streets’: Lawlessness takes hold of Syria under HTS-led government. From the Cradle. Syria is suffering from a wave of kidnappings, causing residents to fear leaving their homes at night, since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported on Monday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 10 Thousands of Syrians flood into Lebanon seeking refuge from government massacres. From the Cradle. Thousands of Syrians from the Alawite minority have crossed the border into north Lebanon over the past several days after fleeing from the massacres carried out by the new government’s forces in Syria’s coastal cities and towns. READ MORE . . .
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Highlights from Reuters interview with Syria’s president, by Samia Nakhoul, Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily | Reuters DAMASCUS — Below are highlights from a Reuters interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa conducted on Monday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye, and the Cradle.
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FROM MARCH 10 A weekend from hell in coastal Syria, by Massa Bashour and Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye JARAMANA, Syria / BEIRUT Syria is reeling. Last weekend, the country witnessed . . . READ MORE . . .
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In Syria, U.S.-backed Kurdish forces reach agreement with new government.Reported by Jane Araf | NPR In Syria, there’s been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE and HERE for reports from the Cradle and AP.
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FROM MARCH 10 Syria looks to jumpstart its tech industry. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR One young man fled the Syrian war as a teenager. He returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, to a country trying to jumpstart its tech industry. Click HERE to listen and read.
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