
Sunday, July 26
Guterres in Damascus, Deir ez-Zor crash kills thirty-five, Houthis target Saudi oil facilities
Deir ez-Zor crash
Ronahî: The Syrian interim government’s Ministry of Health announced that thirty-five people died and thirty others were injured in the crash on the Deir ez-Zor-Damascus highway.
Ronahî: Emergency Services Director Najib Nassan said two passenger buses collided near Homs. The cause of the crash is still unknown.
Kamîran: This is a major crash; the numbers are very high.
Ronahî: SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi also offered condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured a speedy recovery. The Hasakah Security Forces issued the same message.
Guterres’s visit to Damascus
Kamîran: The second story concerns an international visit.
Ronahî: Antonio Guterres and his delegation arrived in Damascus today. This is the first time the UN Secretary-General has visited Damascus since two thousand eleven.
Ronahî: Interim Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani welcomed him at the international airport. Guterres will meet with interim government head Ahmed Al-Sharaa and representatives of civil society.
Kamîran: What will his visit focus on?
Ronahî: It was reported that he will discuss current developments and the general situation in Syria.
Houthi attack on the Red Sea
Ronahî: The Houthis announced that today they targeted points linked to Saudi Aramco at the ports of Jazan and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast.
Ronahî: Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said they struck Saudi oil facilities. Yemeni forces also targeted Houthi positions in Marib and Al-Jawf.
Kamîran: The situation on the Red Sea is heating up again.
Documentary "To My Sisters"
Ronahî: In Germany, director Faek Falak’s documentary titled "To My Sisters" has been screening since the twenty-third of July.
Ronahî: The film tells the story of three women and the resistance of Kurdish women fighters against ISIS, as well as the genocide against the Yazidi people.
Kamîran: This documentary presents a different picture.
United States and F-35
Ronahî: The United States Department of State announced in an official letter that Turkey has still not met the legal conditions for re-entering the F-35 programme, therefore under current conditions F-35s will not be delivered.
Kamîran: This decision directly affects Turkey’s situation.