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Ahrar al-Sham Fighters Shoot Down Helicopter in Lattakia

Fate of crew remains unknown after key rebel group claims responsibility for hitting a possible regime helicopter near the Suffiyat area in Kurds Mountain, opposition media Zaman al-Wasl reports

20,000 Syrian Families Eligible for Turkish Citizenship: Deputy PM

Turkish deputy prime minister announces between 20,000 and 22,000 families have been identified to obtain citizenship, opposition website Alsouria Net reports, adding that about 35,000 refugees have so far returned to their homes in northern Syria after Turkish-backed forces cleared the area of ISIS militants

HNC, de Mistura Tackle Details of Syrian Transitional Govt in Geneva

High Negotiations Committee representative Hariri says talks with U.N. envoy in the Swiss city were ‘fruitful’ and elaborated on the particulars of a transitional body and its structure, the opposition’s media office reports

Russian Media Attacks Assad for Failure to Defend Damascus

As intense fighting continues in areas of the capital, a Russian daily newspaper rebukes the regime and backs opposition claims that government forces fled from battles and that Republican Guard units suffered heavy losses, website Alsouria Net reports

At Least 33 People Killed in U.S.-led Airstrike on School in Raqqa

SOHR reports at least 33 civilians killed in U.S. strike on a school sheltering displaced people in an ISIS-held town, while officials from 68 countries meet in Washington to hear Trump’s plan to defeat the militant group

Assad the Servant of All and Master of None

After an Israeli attack against an Iranian weapons shipment to Hezbollah in Syria, the writing is on the wall that Assad no longer commands respect anywhere as Russia and Iran try in vain to prop up a discredited regime