Middle Eastern countries have faired poorly in this years Corruption Perceptions Index, with Yemen and Syria being ranked as the worse for public sector corruption write Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
George Haswani has hit back at accusations that he was involved in the purchase of the ammonium nitrate that exploded at Beirut Port reports Alsouria Net.
A Syrian opposition member has criticized the lack of agreement over the Constitutional Committee writes North Press.
Syria has expressed its support for China in the face of alleged attempts to interfere in its domestic affairs writes SANA.
Assassinations are continuing to plague southern Syria, with members of the Central Committees, who are trying to implement the reconciliation agreements, being targeted reports Enab Baladi.
Hussein Makhlouf has said that a number of service projects have been completed across the country, which aim to allow for the return of refugees writes Al-Watan.
The fifth round of the Constitutional Committee has failed to make any progress, with disagreements, differences and arguments persisting writes Alsouria Net.
A car bomb has exploded in Tel Abyad killing three civilians, in the latest attack to hit a Turkish held area reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Politicians from Suwedia have called for negotiations between all the parties in Syria and said that it is not too late for reconciliation writes North Press.
Turkey claims to have arrested 12 ISIS members on the border from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan reports Al-Masdar.
A program to help women start businesses, organised by the Businesswomen Committee of the Aleppo Chamber of Industry has concluded its sixth session reports Al-Watan.
The fifth round of the Constitutional Committee is underway, but has been plagued by disagreements, stalling tactics and intransigence writes Baladi News.
With the start of the Biden administration, decisions must be taken to as to how the US will proceed in Syria and what their next steps will be writes Arab News.
With the town of Tafas surrounded by Assad’s forces, Ahmad al-Oda has said that he will not negotiate with the fighters to ensure that they are not displaced or arrested reports Alsouria Net.
Ilham Ahmed of the Syrian Democratic Council has not ruled out discussion with the Syrian regime or Turkey, during a symposium in Aleppo reports North Press.
A drone strike has hit the oil smuggling sites used by the Turkish-backed forces, with Russia suspected of being responsible writes Al-Masdar.
Sergey Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif have met to discuss the crisis in Syria, the need for diplomatic efforts and plans for another meeting of the Astana countries writes The Syria Times.
As the fifth round of Constitutional Committee talks start in Geneva, Geir Pedersen has said that focus is needed and that drafting should begin reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
Faten was twice pulled out of university by the regime and subjected to horrific methods of torture, which continue to haunt her memories reports Zaman Al-Wasl.
Iran is continuing to push into Daraa with the Fourth Division, claiming to be searching for Islamists, which is refuted by locals in the area reports Baladi News.
