U.K.’s Independent and Daily Mail among newspapers to report on comments by analyst claiming rocket factory mirrors sites inside Iran, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Deputy FM calls for OPCW investigation into April’s Khan Sheikhoun attack, stating Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile was destroyed under supervision
Damascus condemns anti-ISIS coalition for recent bombing on Raqqa city which killed 17, government media reports
The northern Syrian city, which suffered a chemical attack in 2013, has seen the development of the local hospital’s nursery ward, which can now care for up to 20 inpatients
Ali al-Youssef is convinced the sounds emanating from the White House about a revised Afghan strategy will herald a new global vision for the U.S.
Industrialists witness the return of work in the Kallaseh industrial zone, a former rebel-held area and site of a reported chemical attack in 2016
Shiite fighters killed in suicide attack days after government forces retake last ISIS-held town in Homs, opposition website reports
All4Syria asks whether recent developments on the Syrian scene, both political and military, suggest the start of a new stage of conflict between big powers?
SIBA initiative aims to encourage investment from Syrians living abroad, regardless of political affiliation, Enab Baladi writes
Syrian army and allied militias are making strides in their campaign for control of the southeastern border region, Zaman al-Wasl reports
In an op-ed for the loyalist Syrian Now site, Assad’s chief propagandist points the finger at Israel for planning the fragmentation of the region and the attempted downfall of Syria
Malak cited U.S.-Israeli ‘conspiracies which aim to divide Syria’ as a key reason for abandoning the foreign-based opposition, Syria News reports
Pro-Assad news channels report on ‘state of terror and panic’ in regime-held areas as militias terrorize locals for amusement, Alsouria Net writes
In televised address, Hezbollah’s general-secretary hails efforts by Lebanese forces to ensure the defeat of Syria-based terror groups
Tamaddon speaks with locals of the southern city about their decision to marry, or not to marry, as a shaky security returns under the safe zones deal
Editor of Saudi-owned Okaz newspaper Abdullah al-Ghadawi claims that Washington and Moscow have come to share similar visions for the future of Syria
Russian diplomat says 2016 peace deal would have witnessed breakthrough had the U.S. worked to separate moderate opposition from terror groups, state media reports
Residents are hopeful that a new safe zone deal with Russia will mean the end of half a decade of siege by the Assad regime, Sada al-Sham writes
The aggressive strategies employed by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria and Iraq are only working to turn locals against against it, Mehraz al-Ali writes
Zaman al-Wasl speaks with the former Coalition president about rumors over opposition members’ willingness to accept Assad’s survival
