Western sanctions on Syria are being lifted, but the damage they inflicted on the country's healthcare infrastructure is long-term. https://inthesetimes.com/article/syria-sanction-hts-sharaa-trump-healthcare-gaza-middle-east-assad

Officials say fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege threaten to cut off electricity to al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/more-than-100-premature-babies-at-risk-in-gaza-as-hospitals-run-out-of-fuel

With new leadership in Damascus, Trump wants a deal between the two countries. That will be a tall order, writes Michael Oren. https://www.thefp.com/p/is-peace-between-israel-and-syria-possible-international-foreign-policy

At least eight people are injured and fires are burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3rvpe06rxo

At least eight people are injured and fires are burning across Ukraine's capital, local officials say. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3rvpe06rxo

Analysts say Trump’s call for ceasefire is incomplete without using US leverage to push Israel to conclude negotiations. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/if-trump-wants-gaza-ceasefire-he-must-pressure-netanyahu-experts-say

But Syria’s collapse was neither organic nor inevitable. It was the product of a years-long, multinational campaign orchestrated by the United States, Israel https://www.analystnews.org/posts/america-and-israels-plan-to-destroy-iraq-syria-and-iran-set-the-entire-middle-east-on-fire

Questions arise over who called for U.S. halt of Ukraine weapons shipments

Speaking to ANI, Shawesh said that approximately 10,000 civilians have lost their lives due to the conflict in Gaza, which has lasted for the past 642 days. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/not-a-conflict-it-is-massacre-hope-israeli-brutal-aggression-ends-very-soon-palestinian-envoy-on-gaza-conflict/

Trump expresses frustration with Putin, weighs sanctions against Russia

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) on Wednesday filed text to permanently repeal legislation that imposed strict sanctions on Syria, following President Trump’s move to unwind penalties on the country follow… https://thehill.com/policy/international/5393126-joe-wilson-sanctions-syria-repeal/

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Caricom bloc summit committed to prioritising needs of country in grip of heavily armed gangs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/haiti-violence-caribbean-community

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A U.S. envoy said on Wednesday that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks… https://wtop.com/world/2025/07/syrias-government-and-kurds-still-at-odds-over-merging-forces-after-latest-talks-us-envoy-says/

The move is seen as an incentive by the Trump administration for Syria's interim government to sign a normalization agreement with Israel. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/07/09/us-delists-syrias-hts-as-foreign-terrorist-organization/

US-backed SDF is major obstacle to consolidation of power under Ahmad Al Shara https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/07/09/failed-meeting-between-al-shara-and-sdf-chief-sets-back-us-efforts/

A U.S. envoy says that Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest round of talks. https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/syria-government-talks-kurds-barrack-p39352

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest round of talks. https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2025/07/09/syrias-government-and-kurds-still-at-odds-over-merging-forces-after-latest-talks-us-envoy-says/

On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially issued Syria General License (GL) 25, which lifted the sanctions initially placed on Syria through a series of U.S. executive orders.[1] On June 30, 2025, President Trump further issued a new executive order (E.O.) — “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions” — terminating the Syria Sanctions Program and the national emergency with respect to Syria, effective July 1, 2025.[2] https://natlawreview.com/article/what-us-businesses-need-know-about-reentering-syrian-market-changing-post-assad

Medicide is a central part of Israel’s goal of making Palestinian life in Gaza impossible. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/9/israel-is-killing-doctors-so-gaza-can-never-heal-from-genocide

Along with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar played pivotal roles in persuading the Trump administration to lift most U.S. sanctions on Syria. https://www.stimson.org/2025/gulf-states-steer-syrias-turbulent-politics-post-assad/

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become more urgent. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/g-s1-76569/iran-khamenei-successors

Situation in Haiti Gangs have gained control of an estimated 90% of Port-au-Prince, and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence, say UN officials. The gangs are expanding their attacks not only into surrounding areas but also into previously peaceful… https://indepthnews.net/haiti-situation-report-gangs-now-control-nearly-all-of-port-au-prince-says-un/