News Bulletin for Tuesday from Hizb ut-Tahrir Radio, Syria Province
2025/07/08 AD
Headlines:
- Following the explosion of an ammunition depot in the town of Al-Foua, a car exploded in northern Idlib, with conflicting information about the cause.
- Arrest of one of the officers of the former regime in the Homs countryside, and the arrest of the former Minister of Education on charges of corruption.
- Fires continue to expand on the Syrian coast amidst great efforts to extinguish them, with Turkish and Jordanian support.
- More than 78 martyrs in the new war of extermination on Gaza, and 5 soldiers of the occupation were killed in a new operation by the resistance.
- Trump rules out launching a new strike against Iran and confirms that his country will "have to" send more weapons to Ukraine.
Details:
The director of the Internal Security Directorate in Idlib revealed, on Tuesday, details of an explosion that occurred north of the town of Al-Foua, last night. He explained that the explosion, which occurred inside an ammunition depot, contained mines and missiles left over from the war, pointing out that the explosion resulted in some minor injuries and cases of fainting, due to the severity of the explosion, without registering serious injuries.
A car exploded on Tuesday near the town of Killi in the northern Idlib countryside, in an accident whose causes have not been accurately known until now. Local sources stated that the nature of the explosion indicates the possibility of the car being subjected to an air strike, suggesting that the targeting was carried out by a drone. In contrast, varying accounts were reported from eyewitnesses, with some saying that the car was carrying ammunition and exploded on its own, while others indicated that the explosion was the result of a direct targeting. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another, in an initial count.
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday the arrest of Brigadier General Riyad Al-Shehadeh, who held positions in the political security of the former regime. The ministry explained that the internal security in the Talkalakh area in the Homs countryside arrested Al-Shehadeh, who served as the head of the political security branch in Damascus. The ministry added that Al-Shehadeh is involved in committing war crimes against the Syrian people, which included the liquidation of hundreds of civilians, in addition to arbitrary arrests.
The Deputy Head of the Central Agency for Financial Control, Wasim Al-Mansour, revealed that the arrest of the former Minister of Education, Darem Tabaa, was based on a preliminary report prepared by the agency, after an investigative mission that included the work of the Ministry of Education during the period of the ousted regime. Al-Mansour explained that the investigations showed the existence of violations related to financial corruption and receiving bribes, in addition to exploiting the position.
On Monday evening, the Syrian Civil Defense teams evacuated the residents of the village of Al-Ghassania in the Ras al-Basit sub-district, north of Latakia, after an unprecedented expansion of the fires and the flames approaching residential areas. The teams announced that they are working to secure the residents in safer places, with the continuation of firefighting operations and preventing the advance of fire in the dense surrounding forests, while efforts continue to control the fire and prevent it from reaching the adjacent Al-Fornulq Reserve. The Civil Defense confirmed the registration of a new spread of fires in the Karen Koul and Al-Baraka areas in the Qastal Ma'af sub-district, which exacerbated the challenges facing the firefighting teams working in rugged terrain and dense forested areas. Firefighting teams from Turkey and Jordan are participating alongside the Syrian regiments in intensive field operations that include air sorties of planes and helicopters, with the aim of cooling and monitoring the spread of fires, and efforts are currently focused on preventing the fires from reaching the Al-Fornulq Reserve, which is one of the largest and most important forests in Syria.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has monitored a series of ground incursions carried out by the Jewish entity forces inside the southern Syrian territories, including areas in the governorates of Quneitra, Rif Dimashq, and Daraa, during the period between June 9 and July 5, 2025. The number of these documented operations reached 22 incursions, all of which were carried out without any official announcement or prior warning, and the violations that accompanied those incursions included the killing of at least one civilian, the arbitrary detention of at least 13 civilians, in addition to storming schools and homes, demolishing more than 15 homes in some villages, and restricting the movement of civilians through temporary checkpoints.
US President Trump expressed his admiration for Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, stressing that Syrians have high energy and efficiency, and that their country deserves a chance to rebuild and succeed. Trump affirmed his desire for "Syria to rebuild itself," stressing that lifting sanctions on Syria will give it a real chance to succeed. In joint statements with Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump mentioned that Netanyahu also asked him to lift sanctions on Syria.
On the 641st day of the war of extermination on Gaza, sources in Gaza hospitals reported the martyrdom of 78 people in Jewish entity raids on the Strip since dawn on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Beit Hanoun operation by the resistance (northern Gaza) sparked widespread reactions among the political elite in the Jewish entity. The Beit Hanoun operation carried out by the resistance resulted in 5 deaths and 16 injuries, some of them in critical condition, in the ranks of the occupation army, and a preliminary report by the occupation army revealed that the ambush that targeted the Jewish unit was carried out by detonating 4 successive explosive devices, not simultaneously, and that the support and rescue operations to evacuate the dead and wounded soldiers were complicated by heavy fire launched by the resistance. In contrast, there is an atmosphere of optimism about reaching a settlement deal soon, amid statements by US officials. In Lebanon, the occupation claimed today that it assassinated a leader and a member of the Iranian Hezbollah in two raids that targeted them, on Monday, in the districts of Tyre and Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump ruled out launching a new strike against Iran, stressing that a meeting with Tehran will be held soon. Trump said - in response to questions from journalists during a dinner he held for Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - that he hopes the war with Iran is over, pointing out that the Iranian leadership wants to hold a meeting to make peace. He added that he cannot imagine that he would like to launch another strike against Iran because he wants to reach a solution, and confirmed that a meeting will be held with Iran. The US President expressed his hope that the strict US sanctions on Iran would be lifted in due course, as he put it. He explained that the last step to lift the US sanctions on Syria will help Damascus move forward, expressing his hope that Iran will take a similar step.
US President Donald Trump said that his country "will have to" send more defensive weapons to Ukraine to defend itself in the face of Russia, which announced yesterday that it had taken control of two towns in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk provinces of Ukraine. During his reception of Jewish entity Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, Trump said that the Ukrainians "are being hit very hard and we will have to send more defensive weapons in the first degree." Speaking at the beginning of a dinner he held for Netanyahu at the White House, Trump said, "I am not at all happy with President Putin."
The number of victims of the floods that swept through the US state of Texas rose to at least 104 people, while intensive search operations continue for dozens of missing people, most of whom are children who were staying in summer camps at the time of the disaster. Local authorities said that Kerr County, located in the "Texas Hill Country" region, where the Guadalupe River passes, was the most affected, with 84 deaths recorded, including 28 children. Emergency agencies confirmed that the heavy rains led to the river level rising by about 8 meters in just 45 minutes, causing a sudden sweep of floods that destroyed cabins, uprooted trees, and swept away vehicles.
