#French authorities announced yesterday the repatriation of 3 women, aged 18 to 34, from #ISIS family camps in northeastern #Syria run by the #SDF. The women were referred to the judiciary. 10 French children were also returned and placed under child protection services.

#Israel presented #Syria with a new security proposal featuring demilitarized zones from southwest #Damascus to the #Golan, Axios reported. It divides the area into 3 zones, impose a no-fly zone for Syrian aircraft, and trade phased Israeli pullbacks for expanded buffer areas.

#Suwayda’s Supreme Legal Committee rejected the roadmap, saying that allowing an international probe while insisting on #Syrian law “empties it of substance.” It declared no confidence in the judiciary, and argued the plan helps authorities evade responsibility for massacres.

Syrian FM Al-Shaybani announced in Amman yesterday, alongside the Jordanian FM and US envoy, a joint roadmap to resolve the Suwayda crisis. The Foreign Ministry later released the text, pledging Syrian, Jordanian and US cooperation to implement it.

Al-Sharaa delivered a speech yesterday at the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in #Doha, and met #Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on the sidelines to discuss “several key issues, especially maritime border demarcation, the situation of refugees, and Syrian detainees in #Lebanon.”

Suleiman Abdulbaqi, commander of the #Druze faction Ahrar Jabal al-Arab in #Suwayda, said he has been entrusted with the city’s security by the Ministry of Interior in #Damascus. The #US and the Syrian government also reportedly agreed on a #Bedouin–Druze prisoner exchange.

#Turkish forces yesterday vacated several public buildings in #Afrin used as military and security headquarters. The municipality also reopened roads to traffic for the first time since 2018, signalling a gradual handover of administration to #Syrian transitional authorities.

Prominent #Syrian rights groups issued a joint paper yesterday arguing that the temporary electoral system for the People’s Assembly reduces the #elections to a hollow formality and strips them of their democratic role in ensuring representation and accountability.

Higher Elections Committee spokesman Nawar Najmeh said polls in parts of #Hasakah and #Raqqa were added “in response to citizens’ wishes,” confirming they will be held before the end of September.

According to Tariq al-Kurdi, a Legal Committee member for the People’s Assembly elections, the postponement came “in response to the increased desire of Syrians to participate,” which delayed review of all requests to join electoral bodies.

Al-Modon reported yesterday that the #Syrian presidency ordered ministries to review MoUs with companies and void any not translated into “executive steps” by September. Government bodies have signed dozens of investment deals in recent months, with many still unimplemented.

Residents of Kafra, in Wadi al-Nasara, protested on Friday over the death of Milad Farakh under torture in a General Security detention center in #Homs. They demanded accountability for his killers and an end to such abuses. Violations by government-affiliated personnel persist.

The National Commission for the Missing said yesterday that skeletal remains were found atop residential buildings in the #Tadamon neighborhood of #Damascus, and that it sent a specialized team to ensure preservation. Initial findings point to a mass grave of the former regime.

Truck drivers in #Homs and #Hama went on strike yesterday over measures favoring private companies, including a Homs Cargo #Transport Directorate order requiring them to work through firms. Drivers staged a sit-in demanding the transport minister’s dismissal.

The #AANES said the portrayal of its calls for decentralization as secession “distorts truth and reality.” The statement followed former vice president Farouk al-Sharaa’s remarks on Friday that “those leading the issue of decentralization or partition are the #SDF.”

“The gravest loss is not the Golan alone, but the reprogramming of Syrians’ political imagination to accept the survival of authority over that of sovereignty.” ✍️ Malek al-Hafez https://t.co/3HzuC2SjpZ #Syria #GolanHeights #AbrahamAccords #Israel

#Canada’s Foreign Ministry extended a general license allowing certain humanitarian activities to bypass #Syria sanctions regulations for another six months, until February 23, 2026. The license permits #humanitarian transactions with sanctioned entities.

#Syria’s Interior Ministry said it arrested a Hezbollah-linked cell in Rural #Damascus. Internal security chief Ahmed al-Dalati said members were trained in #Lebanon. #Hezbollah denied any involvement and insisted it has no presence or activity in Syria.

Saudi Arabia will provide #Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude oil to restart refineries and ease shortages, under an MoU between the Saudi Development Fund and Syria’s Energy Ministry. #SaudiArabia

An #Israeli unit entered rural #Quneitra, set up a checkpoint, inspected vehicles, and checked IDs. Local sources told #Syria TV no arrests were made. Earlier, Israeli forces searched houses in the village of Abidin in #Daraa and detained two people for hours.