Former diplomat has called on Assad to punish citizens who ridicule the death of Maj. Gen. Issam Zahereddine, Al-Etihad reports
Investigators depend heavily on forensic scientists despite just two experts covering the whole liberated north, Zaman al-Wasl reports
The intersection was the site of numerous ISIS executions prior to the SDF’s capture of the devastated city
Syrian envoy slams Security Council member states for motivating Israel to violate international law, official media reports
Syrian president meets with Iran’s armed forces chief as both countries look to strengthen military ties
Senior military commanders say Syria may deal with Turkish army as an occupying force using whatever means necessary, official media reports
Detainees and the opposition have expressed fears of a massacre after authorities moved to quash a riot by prisoners
Washington’s ignorance and failure in implementing its foreign policy are clear indicators of the impending collapse of the U.S. empire, Assad’s chief propagandist writes in Al-Mayadeen
After witnessing a return to relative stability, the presence of the Al-Qaeda-linked HTS can be seen as encouraging further strikes, one resident tells Zeitoun
Syrian businessmen and their families were expelled on charges of working with Qatar during the Saudi-led blockade, Palestinian-run newspaper reports
Opposition accuses government forces and allied militias of carrying out reprisals on civilians in areas retaken from ISIS, SNC media office reports
Iraqi authorities moved into the northern province after Kurdish secessionists held an independence election late last month
Kurdish figures tout the proposed meeting at the Russian airbase in Lattakia as a possible ‘beginning of the end’ to the Syrian crisis, loyalist Al-Akhbar writes
Meeting between civil and rebel representatives in the southern region attempts to settle differences in the military, civilian and judicial sectors, Enab Baladi writes
SIG calls on international community to hand over control of opposition areas to its staff, SNC media office reports
IDF has contradicted Syria’s account saying the warplanes came under fire while on the Lebanese side of the border
The Bab al-Salama border crossing is one of the key transit points into Syria’s rebel-held areas in the north
The regime is confiscating property from the poorest segments of the population, opposition news outlet Souriatna writes
The Syrian government voices support for the Iran nuclear deal
The Syrian government says the Turkish intervention in Idleb is in violation of the Astana agreement
