Syria Weekly: September 9-16, 2025

US-Jordan talks achieve Suwayda roadmap; US CENTCOM Commander makes inaugural visit to Damascus; 14,000 candidates file for electoral bodies; Lebanon diplomacy moves; ISIS attacks in Daraa; & more.

SYRIA’S TRANSITION:

• Transition Meetings

• Appointments

• Political Developments

• Economic Developments

• Infrastructure Developments

• Education Developments

• Health Developments

• Security Developments

• Humanitarian Developments

• Justice Developments

• International Statements & Developments

CONFLICT & SECURITY:

• Israel

• ISIS

• Idlib

• Aleppo

• Latakia

• Tartus

• Hama

• Homs

• Raqqa

• Hasakeh

• Deir ez Zour

• Rif Dimashq

• Damascus

• Daraa

• Suwayda

SYRIA’S TRANSITION:

Transition Meetings:

September 9:

• Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani hosted a meeting with the Russian delegation visiting Syria, led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on September 9. Later that day, the delegation met with President Ahmed al-Sharaa, while separate bilateral meetings were also held, including between Defense Ministry officials. In subsequent Russian media reporting, the visit was described as having included talks over free Russian supplies of fuel in exchange for a continued Russian military presence at the Tartus and Hmeymim bases on Syria’s Coast.