Russia announced on Wednesday that the next meeting for the Syrian Constitution Committee will be held in late August and early September this year.
On the other hand, regime media sources said the Syrian and the Jordanian governments agreed to reopen Nasib border crossing between the two countries. The sources added that the agreement was practically put into action when Syrian trucks emptied their loads of goods into Jordanian ones at the crossing, before transporting them to the Gulf states.
b. Regime-held Territory
Regime forces and allied Iranian militias resumed their attack on the city of Dara. On Wednesday, the regime forces shelled besieged neighborhoods with heavy artillery. Ground fighting is reported between the regime forces and men from the city, who once were rebel fighters.
c. HTS-held Northwest Syria (Idlib, Western Hama, Northern Latakia, western Aleppo)
Russian warplanes resumed bombing rebel-held territories in northern Latakia and western Hama areas on Wednesday. There were no reports of casualties.
d. Turkish Influence Territory (Afrin, Azaz, Al Bab, Jarablus, Tal Abyad, Ras Al Ayn)
No news from this area on Wednesday!
e. SDF-held Northeast Syria (Most of Raqqa and Hasaka, part of Deir Ezzor, parts of Aleppo: Manbij, Ayn Al Arab\Kobani, Tal Rifa’at.)
A youth drowned in the Euphrates in Raqqa city when he was trying to escape an SDF patrol. The youth who was wanted for forced conscription jumped into the water but failed to make it safely.
On the other hand, SDF arrested three sisters in Tal Hamis area in Hasaka. The three women were visiting their father, coming from Turkey to spend the Eid holiday with their family.
ISIS fighters attacked regime forces in the Al Bishri mountain in southeast Deir Ezzor on Tuesday. Another attack was reported in the Al Khrata area in southwest Deir Ezzor. An unspecified number of the regime elements were reported as either killed or wounded.
On the other hand, 20 shepherds in the Al Tibni desert area in the east of Deir Ezzor said they were stopped by masked armed men and were forced to pay taxes in order to be able to herd their sheep in the area. The shepherds said they think that the men belong to the Islamic State and that they paid the taxes because they didn’t want to lose their pastures in the area.