The removal of security barriers might have resulted in a return to normalcy in Hama. But for others the checkpoints provided a source of income and a means to avoid the fighting fronts, Sada al-Sham writes
Zaman al-Wasl profiles Razan Khaebbiya, activist and founder of the Human Hope project which aims to assist children who have lost limbs in conflict
France’s dynamic new president has demonstrated the willingness to show fresh leadership on the global stage, Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper writes
Damascus urges international community to respond to the coalition massacre of more than 60 people this week, state media reports
Al-Araby’s political analyst Salama Kila paints ISIS as an imperialist tool used as by the powerful as a pretext for invasion and conquest
Writing for Qatari-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Adnan Abdel Razzaq draws a comparison between the displacement of rebels to Idleb and the US testing of the MOAB bomb in Afghanistan
Prominent cyber-activist and free speech advocate was executed after his transfer to Adra prison near the capital, according to widow
Iran’s parliament speaker Hossein Abdollahian meets with Syria’s top diplomat ahead of his visit to Lebanon
Images spread on social media with users purporting the pictured men were Syrians caught while attempting to enter Turkish territory
Turkey labels U.S. envoy’s comments ‘provocative’ amid growing tensions between the two countries over American support for the Kurds
Jamil al-Hassan, who once told Russian media Assad showed too much restraint in ending the war, is kept on as head of Syria’s brutal Air Force Intelligence branch
Reconciliations minister expresses hopes for settlements in Al-Hajar al-Aswad and Yarmouk camp, former ISIS-held areas, government media reports
Eager to start work in his new home, Rachid al-Saied decided to open a supermarket to give back to the community, Iqtissad writes
Turkey-backed group names Sheikh Hassan Sofan as leader after alliance was left weakened by infighting and defections, opposition website reports
Opposition announces decision to label Kurdish party as terror group, pointing to crimes such as the murder and displacement of civilians, Coalition media office reports
Awas al-Mubarak reflects on the first independent council elections held in the liberated Eastern Ghouta city
Opposition attempts to legitimize loyal force as Russian-backed safe zones see the Coalition increasingly sidelined in political decisions
Lebanese official describes plan to exchange eight Hezbollah prisoners for thousands of refugees as ‘forced displacement,’ opposition website reports
Local monitoring group says regime and Russian forces have violated the truce 98 times since it went into force on Saturday, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Police chief says move is in response to the need to care for and inspect women suspects in line with social customs, Zaman al-Wasl writes
