Al-Rayah Newspaper News – Issue 566

“Your prisons have been dissolved,” Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa proclaimed during his speech at the launch ceremony of the country’s new, post-Assad visual identity on July 3. But even as he hailed the “victory of the revolution” and the emptying of the former regime’s prisons, prisoners of conscience continued to languish in northwestern Syria—held in the prisons of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the faction al-Sharaa led in Idlib. 

It is utterly implausible to assume that Washington—with its vast military presence in Qatar and its intimate cooperation with “Israel”—was entirely unaware of an operation of this magnitude. For decades, the U.S. and “Israel” have maintained a deeply entrenched military and political partnership. Under the Memorandum of Understanding that runs until 2028, “Israel” receives $3.8 billion annually in U.S. military aid.

 Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have entered into a landmark mutual defence agreement, under which any aggression against one state will be considered an attack on both. The ‘Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement’ was signed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Wednesday,