(2023-08-17). President Bashar Al-Assad Interview: The War on Syria, The Insidious Role of Terrorism. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-17). War on Syria: Turkey Plans to Annex Aleppo? globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-17). Military Situation In Syria On August 17, 2023 (Maap Update). southfront.org 
On August 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 17, protesters blocked the Damascus-Suwayda road in protest against the high fuel prices and the deteriorating living conditions; | On August 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatterah; | On August 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Sfuhen; | On August 16, SAA…
(2023-08-17). IRGC, Hezbollah Armed Fighters In Syria's Deir Ezzor With Anti-Aircraft Missiles — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. Source: the media wing of Kata'ib Hezbollah. | Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanese Hezbollah have armed dozens of their fighters in the northeastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor with man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on August 15. | Citing local sources, the London-based monitoring group said that around 120 MANPADs were handed over to fighters who recently received training…
(2023-08-18). Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister meets with UAE ambassador. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Haz Ahmed Alkaabi, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry on Friday.
(2023-08-17). President Maduro Receives Credentials From Ambassadors of Chile, France, and Colombia. orinocotribune.com 
Chilean diplomat Jaime Gazmuri Mujica has been appointed by the Chilean government as ambassador plenipotentiary—an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties or act otherwise on behalf of a state—to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose credentials were received by President Nicolás Maduro at Miraflores Palace. | The Chilean ambassador was appointed on May 25 by the government of President Gabriel Boric, assuming…
(2023-08-18). New COVID-19 Variant Eg.5 Not Yet Found in Lebanon or Iran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that the quickly spreading EG.5 (Eris) variant of COVID-19 has not yet appeared in Lebanon. | RELATED: | The Health Ministry's Director of Epidemiology Tracking Nada Ghosn told NNA that "the ministry is continuously conducting genetic tests to identify the COVID-19 variants present in Lebanon. So far, these tests have not revealed the presence of t…