Iranian President:

I had a very good meeting with the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, which lasted 7 hours, and we discussed the country's issues.

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As of August 2026, cities in Syria now receive more daily hours of electricity than most cities in Iraq.

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Buses carrying 1300 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who have been integrated into the Syrian Army 60th Brigade have departed for a military training course in Nabk, a town in the Damascus.

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The Syrian Deputy Minister of Defense for the Eastern Territories has confirmed today that all preparations for the announcement of the dissolution of the SDF are complete and that the action should be executed as soon as possible, within days.

Conversely, the SDF leadership is attempting everything within its capacity to delay and complicate the announcement.

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Israeli occupying forces have entered the village of Tel Levid, near Nablus, and are preparing to demolish the home of Farouk Ramadan and his family in the coming hours who killed two invading soldiers two weeks ago.

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The Israeli security establishment has “identified that Syria has accelerated the rebuilding of its air force.” — Official Israeli Assessement

“Among other things, Israel has identified that the Syrians are recruiting new pilots, conducting training exercises using training aircraft and helicopters, and that in the past 24 hours, they conducted the first exercise involving Su-type fighter jets in the north of the country.”

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Supporters of the SDF have lowered and burned the Syrian flag in the city of Ayn al-Arab, east of Aleppo.

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The Trump administration reached secret understandings with Israel and Syria, under which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to soon remove nuclear material stored at a secret site in Syria, according to senior American and Israeli officials who spoke to Barak Ravid.

This refers to "yellow cake," which is leftover material from a nuclear project that was destroyed in 2007 at the order of then-Prime Minister Olmert.

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Naim qassem, SG of hezbollah, promising revenge against the Lebanese Government.

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Morocco and the U.S. have now activated AMTEC (Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center) in Tan-Tan—the first U.S.-linked facility of its kind in the Africa and Middle East region, providing a dedicated environment for testing and evaluating emerging military technologies, including long-range fires, autonomous systems, communications and advanced sensing.

Its first live-fire demonstration was conducted in August.

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For the first time in a decade, locals in Damascus, Syria, noted yesterday that the electricity supply remained uninterrupted for a continuous 24-hour period for that day.

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Iraq’s new Syria–Iraq oil pipeline is expected to take around four years and cost at least $15 billion, with an entirely new integrated system broadly following the old Kirkuk–Baniyas route; the United States says it would have an initial capacity of 2 million barrels per day, meaning that figure is not necessarily a hard maximum.

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Theoretical maximum capacity is up to 3 million barrels of oil per day, Iraq expected to export all its oil through Syria and Turkey pipelines, thereby eliminating the need for the Strait of Hormuz.

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The 45-day congressional review period for removing Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list ends this Saturday, August 22, 2026. If Congress does not block it by then, the designation will be automatically removed under U.S. law, easing restrictions on foreign assistance, defense exports, dual-use technology and international financial transactions.

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While already obvious, U.S. Intel according to NBC NEWS confirms that Russia is sending components for drones, as well as ammunition, to Iran via the Caspian Sea, helping Tehran replenish its supplies during the ceasefire.

Iran has had nearly 4 months to full restock, and rehabiliate weapon production facilitities.

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The Syrian Foreign Minister announces that Syria is potentially interested in Nuclear Energy For Civilian Use.

"Syria is allowing access to a site in Deir ez-Zor after more than 18 years. We have the sovereign and legal right to use atomic energy for civilian purposes."

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