Syrian Transport Minister Yarob Badr told Rudaw that Syria’s railway network is facing a severe funding shortage, hindering efforts to rehabilitate and reconnect critical parts of the national infrastructure, which is essential to reconnect the country’s provinces and cities.

There are new security forces in Afrin, but farmers say their olive trees are still being chopped down, turning once-thriving groves into barren land and cutting off a vital source of livelihood for thousands.

The Damascus-affiliated head of security in Afrin told Rudaw that the Syrian general security forces have been deployed in the Kurdish-majority city to safeguard civilians and facilitate the return of displaced persons. Suraqa Abu Ahmed added that the cases of Kurdish prisoners in Aleppo jails are currently under review, with plans to release those wrongly detained.

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