Alsouria Net interviews journalists and activists on the activities and abuses of the powerful paramilitary group active in the coastal Lattakia region, which boasts close family ties to the Syrian president
Large numbers of Syrians and Turks are supporting theater work performed in Arabic in the southern Turkish province of Urfa, as artists strive to encourage a space for peace amid hatred and ignorance, Enabl Baladi reports
Although major hard-line Sunni groups are witnessing significant military blows on the ground in Syria and Iraq, more local, regional and international efforts must be made to ensure the ideas that gave birth to groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda are also defeated, Walid al-Bunni writes for All4Syria
Zaman al-Wasl speaks to recently evacuated people from the Al-Waer district in Homs who have been sent, along with thousands of others, to northern Syria without humanitarian aid, a place to live or work to survive
Syrian state media reports Israeli attack targeted area southwest of Damascus airport, as opposition sources claim strike destroyed weapons cache for Lebanese Hezbollah militants fighting inside Syria
Damascus strongly rejects claims by French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault connecting the Assad regime to the chemical attack in Idleb’s countryside on April 4, government media writes
Military police arrests more than 200 young men on the streets of Tartous celebrating Messi’s winner against Real Madrid in order to press gang them into military service, according to opposition website Alsouria Net
Fighters and their families from Foua and Kafraya have taken up new residence in an area cleared by Iran and Hezbollah in 2013 with a view of creating a Shiite presence there, opposition outlet Zaman al-Wasl reports
The Anti-Narcotics Department seized 5 kg of hashish and 24 Captagon pills that were hidden in the dealers’ car, the Interior Ministry announced Wednesday, according to SANA
Opposition outlet Souriatna reports on the growing discontent among some Lebanese citizens toward Syrian refugees, claiming some cities have conducted public campaigns to smear workers and close shops belonging to Syrians as a result of a saturated cheap labor market
Observers expect targeted killings of Islamic State members to continue throughout the eastern province as ISIS’ power wanes and locals seek to enact revenge for atrocities carried out by the group and its associates, opposition outlet Alsouria writes
Loyalist commentator Maysoon Yousef accuses Syria’s southern neighbor Jordan of participating in a U.S.-Israeli plot to annex southern parts of Syria in order to hold leverage over the Assad regime in future peace negotiations
Russia’s head of arms control claims new ‘chemical theater’ could take place in the Damascus countryside, Saudi-owned Al-Hayat reports, weeks after Putin pointed to the possibility of ‘fake’ gas attacks to justify further U.S. strikes on the Syrian regime
A dozen people killed and hospital damaged by airstrikes on opposition-held Kafr Takharim, in yet another case of medical facilities being targeted by Syrian or Russian warplanes, Alsouria reports
The revival of community bakeries has helped create an affordable alternative as food prices soar in the Damascus countryside, offering otherwise unemployed young men a means of income in the rebel-held districts, Iqtissad writes
Human rights monitoring groups publish joint report as a response to the use of toxic weapons in Khan Sheikhoun earlier this month, in which teams documented evidence of sarin gas exposure and the deaths of at least 103 people
Opposition media reports that family hit by strike while trying to leave the town of Tabqa, the ISIS-held Syrian town currently besieged by Western-backed SDF forces
The Assad regime is scrambling to receive assurances from allies and make sense of U.S. policy after the Trump administration’s surprise strike on a Syrian air base. But Damascus is failing to see that rules of the game have already changed, Yahya Al-Aridi writes for opposition outlet All4Syria
Head of the Sham Higher Institute tells audience in Damascus that Syria is confronting a global aggression whose key tool is to distort religious discourse without understanding, loyalist outlet Al-Watan reports
Opposition outlet Alsouria Net reports on surprise decision from two major regime consulates in Jordan and Turkey to discontinue passport and travel document renewals for citizens following announcement on official websites
