Competition for control of strategic and business sectors are fostering dangerous tensions between the two countries, according to Alsouria Net
ISIS’ former ‘capital’ will be returned to the embrace of the Syrian state following its capture by SDF and coalition forces, loyalist website Damascus Now writes
Syria says it is surprised over inability of UNSC to stop and condemn Israeli aggression, official media reports
Unionists hold event in the European capital Brussels in show of support for Syrians against imperialism, wars and intervention, SANA reports
Washington correspondent Hussain Abdul Hussain explains why America viewed the Assad regime as a valuable partner in the past, and why that has changed
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
