A Turkish news agency is claiming that US troops were captured in September by the Islamic State, which accepted to release them in exchange for the control of an oil field and food and medical supplies
Iran is seeking to dispel rumours about tensions with Russia over its presence on Syrian soil, Al-Hal writes
A Russian envoy has informed Bashar Al-Assad of the outcomes of the quadrilateral meeting held in Istanbul last week
Photos of the Prime Minister show him wearing a watch worth some 20 years of the average salary of a civil servant, AlSouria reports
An aid convoy reaches Rukban at last, five Russian soldiers killed, a prominent tribal leader was also killed in Raqqa, the Syrian cabinet met in Aleppo, Iraq sent troops to its borders with Syria. Our weekend roundup here
The Syrian Foreign Ministry releases a statement in support of Tehran on the day U.S. sanctions are imposed
Syria accused the International Coalition of massacring thousands of Syrian civilians writes SANA.
Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen has been nominated as the new Special Envoy to Syria by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reports Ana Press.
Clashes between Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham and Assad’s forces have broken out, in what was supposed to be recognised as a “demilitarization” zone reports Hurriya Press.
The Syrian Democratic Forces have been attacked on two side by the Islamic State and the Turkish army, forcing them to halt operations reports Alsouria Net.
As European leaders meet to discuss Syria, they have acknowledged the victory of the Syrian government and are working to be included in the reconstruction writes Damas Post.
During a meeting with the Polish delegation, President Assad expressed his hope that the two countries would form strong links reports SANA.
The Syrian Writers League has called on cultural elites to break ties with the murderous Assad regime.
The Russian Defense Ministry says that the chlorine will be used to stage an attack, which will be blamed on the Syrian Arab Army writes SANA.
The US Special Representative on Syria, cited the Russian-Turkish agreement on Idleb and the push to form a constitutional committee as important steps forward reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Syrians living in the occupied Golan have rejected the local council elections that have been imposed on them by Israeli occupation forces writes SANA.
Turkish forces have been bombarding YPG positions in what is expected to be part of a wider military campaign against the Kurds writes Ana Press.
The meeting of government ministers on Sunday will mark the second time that members of the government have visited Aleppo since it was liberated reports Damas Post.
Refugee camps in the costal province of Lattakia have just days to find alternatives for water or risk having no water at all reports Zaman Al Wasl.
The conflict in Syria is a tangled mess of conflicting groups and ideas and the search for a political solution is likely to be long and hard writes Asharq al-Awsat.
