Opposition negotiators trying to spare the area what happened in other areas, like Daraya and Moadamiya, especially given that the regime is trying to take control of the southern countryside of Damascus
I do not believe that there is a single Syrian citizen who does not feel angry at how President Obama’s administration has dealt with what is occurring in their country. Therefore, I do not imagine that they will really regret Obama’s departure, despite the alternative which will come to replace it.
Issam says he must collect plastic materials from dumpsites around his village to use for cooking and heating as harsh winter conditions approach early
The advent of Trump to the presidency is likely to draw the curtain on this era, which requires relying more than before on subjective factors, and inventing means of resistance which are less costly to the revolution, and less dependent on external support
Food production in Syria has declined to record levels due to fighting, lack of security, and weather conditions, putting millions at risk, according to the World Food Program
Russian defense ministry rejects claims by monitors and news outlets claiming jets struck three Aleppo hospitals in as little as 24 hours
Foreign ministry calls on chemical weapons watchdog to investigate purported crimes by opposition factions in Aleppo after Russia claims to have verified traces of toxic gases in recovered shells
Local officials claim reason behind the closure was due to negligence, while others expressed their discontent with the decision by Turkey to intervene in the affair
Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to “wait and see” if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington’s policy on Syria but that he was ready to cooperate with him in fighting militants. Following is the full text, as published in SANA
New report by human rights group claims regime is responsible for the death of 188,729 civilians, over 90 percent of all victims from nearly six years of war in Syria
Strikes kill and wound dozens while civil defense forces are working to lift the rubble to save the survivors and remove the corpses
Meetings touched on ways to circumvent Russia’s veto power at the UNSC in order to end the bloodshed of Syrian civilians
US president-elect and Russian president will attempt to normalize relations, Kremlin says, with the Syrian crisis and the fight against global terror at the top of the agenda
Loyalists from the coastal city enraged after second woman abducted in three days from regime checkpoint with no witnesses coming forward
Despite the president-elect’s promises to withdraw American power from the region and revert to a more isolationist strategy, history shows us that major changes in US foreign policy rarely occur with the rotation of presidential administrations, writes Eyyad al-Jaafari
Event will include leading domestic and internationally-based opposition figures in the Syrian capital with support from Russia and the Assad government
Meetings touched on the prospect of a ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to eastern and western Aleppo, according to a UN statement
Key Assyrian figure congratulates president-elect Trump on election win, calling on US to devote greater interest in ending the suffering of Assyrians in the region
Trump will not support the armed opposition and will not support intervention in Syria, loyalists say, but he will strongly support fighting terrorists
An increase in state repression and random violence has contributed to the spread of “war commanders” and the occurrence of a coup in social segments to the benefit of the emerging “new guard” of businessmen
