Heavy casualties following weekend clashes, reconstruction finds being diverted, Putin calls for the elimination of all opposition groups and Palestinians tortured in Assad prisons. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Assad regime has suffered heavy losses as it attempts to push forward in to opposition controlled areas in the Hama countryside reports Alsouria Net.
As well as buying up property and land in the area, the Iranian militias have also moved into the strategic cement factory in Aleppo, replacing regime forces writes Baladi News.
Although the exported materials can be used in manufacturing drugs, they are also used in producing chemical weapons such as sarin gas writes Asharq al-Awsat.
US President Donald Trump has increased pressure on Iran, and also his allies, saying that they should contribute to the protection provided to their ships writes Al-Watan.
The National Front for Liberation have revealed how a special operation was able to ambush and kill a number of fighters from Assad’s forces reports Alsouria Net.
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva has accused Turkey of duplicity and using the humanitarian crisis in Syria for political gains writes SANA.
Many of those transferred, were from the eastern Ghouta area and were held on charges of terrorism or funding terrorism reports Zaman Al Wasl.
The “Double Tap” strikes, hitting the same target twice, has been a common tactic of the regime and Russia, which aims to increase causalities reports Enab Baladi.
At an upcoming meeting in Jerusalem, the US is expected to offer to lift sanctions imposed on Syria, if they ensure the removal of Iranian forces from Syrian lands reports Baladi News.
The city of Quneitra was liberated from Israeli control on Jun. 26, 1974, and today this victory is an example of how Syria will reclaim the Syrian Golan writes SANA.
Seemingly with permission from the Directorate of Islamic Endowments and the Directorate of Museums and Archeology in Aleppo, Iranian militias have been looting archeological sites writes Zaman Al Wasl.
Walid al-Muallem highlighted the importance of boosting cooperation across all fields and enhancing relations reported The Syria Times.
Russia is considering handing control of the conflict in Hama over to Maher al-Assad, following a string of failures in the region, although his close ties to Iran are of concern writes Baladi News.
Kurdish people in Kobani have been converting to Christianity, bringing the religion back to a region that had its churches closed down 30 years ago writes Daraj.
Ahmed Khamis, who is originally from the Yarmouk Camp, asked not to be returned to Syria when he was released by the Israeli authorities reports Sowt al-Asma.
The most recent sanctions imposed by the United States have targeted the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei reports The Syria Times.
The High Negotiations Committee is attending meetings in Paris to try and find a political solution to the crisis in Syria reports Ana Press.
Fears of another breakout of violence have increased in the southern province of Daraa, due to the behavior and practises of the regime forces reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Following the victory of opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu for Istanbul mayor, an anti-Syrian hashtag started trending on Twitter reports Al-Modon.
