President Bashar al-Assad received Alexander Lavrentiev with whom he discussed strategic relations between the two countries, according to The Syria Times.
The CPJ asked for information on the whereabouts of detained journalist and militant Bassam Safar, according to North Press.
Children, accused of supporting ISIS, are being held in SDF prisons, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
Lavrov opposed the idea of opening a second cross-border aid passage into Syria, claiming it encourages separatism, SANA reports.
Syria has suspended transit of goods into the Gulf area through Jordan, until the two countries find an agreement on technical issues, according to Eqtisad.
Ahead of a new round of talks in Astana, Russia and Turkey announced a new agreement to establish a military-free zone in Idleb, according to Athr Press.
A Syrian teenager was sentenced to five years in prison for planning a terrorist attack in Norway, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
Children in Deir-ez-Zor are taking risky summer jobs to help their families make ends meet, according to SY-24.
The Turkish Religious Endowment is planning to build hundreds of concrete houses in northern Syria for refugees, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
During a meeting with UN figures, Faisal al-Mekdad reaffirmed Syria’s claim on the occupied Golan Heights, according to SANA.
Pro-Turkish factions in Northern Syria are confiscating the property of displaced individuals to use them as military bases, according to The Levant News.
The SDF was not invited to attend the conference by the Defeat-ISIS coalition in Rome unlike Turkey, which doesn’t belong in this coalition, according to North Press.
Anas al-Abdah fears Russia will continue to use humanitarian aid to achieve political goals even after the Rome conference, according to Baladi News.
