SNC media office reports on opposition meeting with Saudi backers days after Riyadh is pressured to restate its commitment to Assad being removed from power
The Euphrates basin area is witnessing a rebel campaign against the regime on one side and the Islamic State on the other, as ISIS stages a last-ditch effort to defend its eastern stronghold
Imad Khamis says loyal nations will be given first preference for business ventures into Syria’s reconstruction, state media reports
Syria’s armed and civilian opposition hope to overturn the de-escalation zones agreement signed in Cairo last month, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Anti-ISIS coalition bombing kills civilians in the town of Markada, which lies on a strategic supply route connecting Hassakeh with Deir-ez-Zor
Talk is circulating of who will likely succeed the opposition negotiator following predictions of a reshuffle at the request of main backer Saudi Arabia, Alsouria Net writes
Attack recalls similar bombing of Assad forces and Shiite militias near the Iraqi-Jordanian borders in May, Alsouria Net reports
Opposition website describes a state of security breakdown in the central province as loyalist militants engage in infighting and civilians settle disputes with guns
Delegates meet in Iranian capital to formulate an agenda for upcoming round of peace talks later this month, state media reports
The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham suffers major setbacks at the hands of former allies on the outskirts of the capital, Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat reports
Hazem al-Amin explains the controversy around a meeting between the regime and a delegation from Tunisia’s Nobel Peace Prize-wining union
Syrian government will ‘not allow’ the Kurdish administration to divide the county by holding independent elections, Deputy FM tells foreign press
HNC head backs calls for removal of Syrian president after news surfaced that key supporter Saudi Arabia told negotiators to accept Assad’s staying in power
Russian forces have erected two checkpoints and a number of observation posts to monitor the cease-fire in the area, opposition site Zaman al-Wasl reports
Gen. Sulaiman al-Salama is the second high-ranking military officer to be arrested on corruption allegations in the past month, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Parents in northern Syria are trying and failing to save their children from conscription in areas under the control of U.S.-backed forces, Tamaddon writes
Saudi FM purportedly told Syrian opposition that group must reinvent its ‘vision’ or risk becoming obsolete, Alsulta Alrabiha writes
SANA reports on swearing in ceremony for Iranian leader’s second presidential term in the capital Tehran
The Turkish language requirement is one of the main problems faced by the Syrian job seeker in Turkey, Iqtissad writes
Opposition leader Riad Seif will surrender his role as chief of the Istanbul-based political bloc, sources reveal to Zaman al-Wasl
