Three US Representatives sent a letter to US Syria Envoy Tom Barrack, calling on him to pressure the Syrian government into releasing Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of Sadad, who has been detained since February 2025 without formal charges or access to a lawyer.

Happy to see this case gain at least a little traction.

I know it seems small, but this marks that syria is stablizied enough to not be considered a major conflict zone

The owner of a Nissan Patrol vehicle said he spotted his car—which he confirms was stolen about two months ago—amid a convoy of vehicles that paraded through the city of Suwayda yesterday, Wednesday, during which pictures of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli flags were raised.

The Nissan Patrol owner recounts that a young man rented it from him about two months ago for one day, to pick up his sister from Damascus airport, then extended the rental for consecutive days. He says he woke up at dawn to find the vehicle, via its tracking device, in Daraa, and that the renter assured him they were just fetching some belongings and would return soon. About two hours later, according to his account, the car was in Suwayda, then contact was cut off and his number was blocked.

He adds that he filed a complaint but received no update on the outcome, and that the Nissan Patrol remained in the town of Qanawat for a while before cruising through the city. He attributes the seizure of it to a young man named Mazid al-Quntar and his cousin from the al-Quntar family, saying the former had previously worked with him in Iraq, and that he later offered to retrieve the car for him in exchange for two thousand dollars—but he refused, since the man had demanded the money be sent before handing over the vehicle.