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EU Must Assume Greater Role in Geneva Talks: Coalition

During meeting with high-level Dutch delegation, Coalition president urges EU to take a more active role in the upcoming Geneva talks, opposition media office reports

Syrian Army is Geo-localised: Syrian Expert

An interview with Kheder Khaddour on why, despite its weak fighting capabilities, the Syrian army remains a key element of the regime’s survival strategy. Here is the second part of the interview.

Child Journalists Perish on Syria’s Fighting Fronts

In violation of international law, a number of armed groups are exploiting eager youths, some no older than 15 years old, to report from Syria’s main conflict zones, Sada al-Sham writes

Embracing the ‘Turkish Hijab’ — Syrian Women Choose Integration to Avoid Harassment

“It’s different when I wear a Syrian hijab because the Turks believe that I won’t understand them and so they avoid me and don’t speak with me.” As debate continues in the West around the compatibility of the hijab with European values, Enab Baladi speaks to Syrian women in Turkey about their reasons for adopting the the Anatolian version of the head covering

Jamal Suleiman: Russians Want to Tame Armed Opposition, Not Legitimize Them

Opposition outlet AlSouria Net speaks with the Syrian actor and member of the Cairo platform about next week’s negotiations in Geneva with the Assad regime, the role rebel groups will play, as well as Moscow’s intentions surrounding the political process in Syria

Fuel Crisis Stokes Resentment from Loyalists in Lattakia Province

Assad’s coastal support-base is infuriated as gas stations run dry with many locals unable to undertake their daily responsibilities, activist tells opposition website, adding that armed groups are exploiting the remaining fuel reserves for profit

Israeli Helicopter Shells Residential Building in Quneitra Province

Government news service quotes military source as saying Israeli air craft targeted civilian building with rocket in southern Syrian province, while other sources reported that the strike was in response to a tank shell landing in the occupied Golan Heights

Endless Suffering of Syria’s Widows — Can the Cycle Be Broken?

Widows of northern Syria face immense pressures in the wake of their husbands’ deaths, as most are treated as inferior citizens and forced to comply with strict and demeaning expectations in order to receive support from family members, Asmaa al-Naasan writes in online magazine Al-Gherbal