The UN Special Envoy to Syria continued his work with the constitutional committee, meeting the heads of the delegations, but separately reports Brocar Press.
The northwest Syrian city of Afrin, which is under control of Turkey-backed opposition groups, was hit by a car bomb on Thursday, killing eight reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
The constitutional committee held its first meeting, with speeches from the regime and opposition presidents and from the UN Special Envoy reports Alsouria Net.
During the opening speeches of the constitutional committee, the head of the Syrian government’s delegation warned foreign powers not to interfere with its work writes SANA.
US State Department’s Special Envoy for Syria has explained the objectives of the US in Syria and highlighted the need for a political solution writes Brocar Press.
The regime’s forces have continued their attacks on rebels the de-escalation zone, but their attempts have been thwarted reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Representatives of all the different delegations have arrived in Geneva for the start of the work of the constitutional committee writes SANA.
As the constitutional committee gets under way, General Mazloum Abadi has said that the Kurds must be represented and recognised reports Jisr.
The Syrian National Coalition has welcomed the killing of Baghdadi, but reminded the international community that Assad must leave.
The Syria International Petroleum and Mineral Resources exhibition is hoped to be an opportunity for foreign companies to get involved in Syrian resources reports SANA.
A Russian military police patrol, operating on Syria’s northern border, came under fire from unknown assailants, wounding one, reports Brocar Press.
A women from Aleppo had her former lover arrested by the police and stood by as they tortured him to extract a confession writes Hashtag Syria.
Regime forces have tried and failed to push rebels out of the Kabana hilltops in coastal Lattakia province, with 12 regime fighters being killed reports Zaman Al Wasl.
As the first session of the constitutional committee approaches, Pedersen affirms that the process will be led and approved by the Syrian themselves, with international support writes Brocar Press.
Russia forces launched an assault on the Tel Ja’afar area, in an attempt to push out rebels, but were held back by the opposition forces reports Zaman Al Wasl.
US President Donald Trump has announced that an operation conducted in northwestern Syria ended with the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Syrian Democratic Forces have announced that they will withdraw their forces from the border region, in accordance with the Russian and Turkish agreement reports Alsouria Net.
Marking an end to the Turkish aggression in northern Syria, armed groups have withdraw from the border to a depth of 30 kilometers writes SANA.
Turkey has said that it conducted an operation in northwestern Syria to track down Hurras al-Din, although other reports claim that it was the US writes Zaman Al Wasl.
Mazlum Abdi expressed his thanks to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation for defusing the war in the region and sparing civilians the scourge of war writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
