Walid Bunni asks whether the US president-elect will continue the Obama administration’s stance in denying the goals and freedoms of the region’s people for the past eight years
Swiss aid delegates confirm plans to open office in the Syrian capital during meeting to discuss increasing cooperation in development
Eight people killed in Russian attacks which targeted apartment complex in Babka, while separate Syrian and US-led coalition strikes killed scores of Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Idleb province
Children at risk of being registered as illegitimate after Assad regime refuses to acknowledge the validity of marriage contracts administered by opposition courts in the eastern parts of Aleppo
Opposition in Barada valley area reject state media’s claims of rebel agreement with Assad regime to hand over their weapons, adding that repair teams have not entered to fix the damaged water source
Media sources report strikes targeted Al-Bab city and a number of other towns, killing nine people and injuring scores more
Sources claim head of Syria’s air force ordered warplanes to strike capital’s main water supply, which provides drinking water and sanitation to millions of Damascus residents
Founder and manager of the “Crossing to the Future Center” speaks with Ain al-Medina on the organization’s programs which aim to lift children out of depression and despair and encourage contributions to a future of optimism
What Moscow is trying to achieve with the political settlement depends to a large extent on the Turkish and Iranian positions, and on the possibility of reaching clear agreements between these actors amid independent efforts to direct their battles in ways which achieve only their interests
Opposition reports that despite truce hundreds of people have been killed across Syria by the Assad regime and its allies since deal went into effect on December 29
Video published by ISIS media affiliate shows children as young as three executing men accused of spying for Kurdish forces in the eastern Deir-ez-Zor province
Opposition members claim ongoing violations by regime and allied Iranian militias in the Damascus countryside is proof the regime does not want the truce deal to succeed
Sada al-Sham speaks with women who have been abandoned by their husbands after being dealt severe injuries and narrowly escaping death
Russia says specifics about the upcoming meeting are currently unavailable, adding that it remains unclear how long the talks will last
Store owners and sellers in the capital’s marketplaces describe a gloomy scene of overstocked merchandise for a non-existent clientele as the impacts of the war finally take hold of the Damascus tourism industry
Syrian father says he was rounded up and deported back to Daraa along with others after being arrested in the Jordanian capital as part of a wider crackdown on Syrians in the kingdom
Opposition urges international community to end violations and punish perpetrators after 27 breaches by regime forces and their allies were recorded on Sunday alone, according to Coalition monitors
President Assad has said that his mission, according to the constitution and according to the laws, that we have to liberate every inch of the Syrian land. Following is the full context of the statement, as published by SANA
Souriatna explains why Syria’s economy has failed to deliver on any of its major sectors — oil, industry and agriculture — during the whole of 2016, resulting in unprecedented inflation and the erosion of employment
Russia is not serious in its wish to impose a ceasefire, Walid al-Bunni argues
