Around 350 residents in the neighborhoods of Al-Riji and Ain Ghazal are enduring heavy suffering due to an ISIS blockade amid a lack of clean water, food and warmth, Iqtissad writes
Syrian president prolongs last year’s amnesty decree for those who wish to turn themselves over to police, according to state media
Death toll still to be announced after explosion rocks Russian APC carrying nine soldiers in the coastal province, opposition media reports
State-run media reports on new aid agreements between Damascus and Beijing with a combined worth of 16 million US dollars
Questions remain around how the international community will deal with and classify the new Tahrir al-Sham alliance, which has strong ties to Al-Qaeda, according to Zaman al-Wasl
In the lead-up to the Syria talks in Geneva, attendees should prepare for the US president to shift focus from the political process to the issue of establishing safe zones, Ali Dahi writes in loyalist Al-Watan
In the Syrian capital, women’s fixation on obtaining and maintaining ‘beauty’ has fostered a dangerous culture of cosmetic surgery, opposition outlet Enab Baladi writes
The country’s Alawite sect, which has been largely marginalized by Syria’s opposition, must be embraced in any future transitional stage if they are to reach the goals of the Geneva communique, writes Saleh Qallab for Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat
Russia says regular meetings will be held in the Kazakh capital, and will include representatives from the Syrian government and opposition along with other countries, with the aim of working towards implementing the peace process, according to state media
Loyalist Al-Thawra reports on the Syrian Foreign Ministry’s statement to the UN calling on the international community to end Turkish aggression after forces crossed into northern Syria
“The war brought out the worst in people,” says Safaa, who left her marriage after being subjected to cruelty by her ex-husband’s family. Facing the trying pressures of wartime, many Syrians have witnessed a break up of their closest relationships, Enab Baladi writes
Kurdish website ARA News speaks to sources who claim ISIS intends to open the Euphrates dam while the group relocates from its de facto capital in Raqqa to the province of Deir-ez-Zor
Russian FM rallies for Syria’s return to the 21-member body claiming the suspension of its membership has hindered efforts at securing peace in the country, Syrian state media reports
Chief HNC negotiator slams UN envoy for suggesting he would take the role of choosing an opposition delegation to attend the upcoming Geneva talks if members failed to present a list by February 8, according to Coalition news center
State media outlet SANA covers monthly shopping event in the coastal province which aims to showcase high-quality Syrian-made products to buyers
Zaman al-Wasl reports on the shelling of a number of towns in the western province of Hama as rebels and regime forces trade blows, killing and wounding civilians and displacing about 1,000 more
At least four aid workers wounded in air strikes by the anti-ISIS coalition in the northern province, opposition media reports
Home to hundreds of archeological sites, rebel-held Idelb’s historical artifacts have seen the full effects of corruption, looting and deliberate bombardment over the past six years, as those antiquities that aren’t destroyed are gobbled up by an eager international black market, Hussein Abdullah writes
Opposition website Enab Baladi says Syrian government threatening to imprison those who practice journalism without permission, in an apparent effort to crack-down on opposition journalists covering the regime
Thousands of people transported from the Barada Valley this week since regime forces took complete control of the area west of the capital on Sunday, opposition media Alsouria Net reports
