Opposition leader urges states to help end Assad and Russia’s bombardment of Aleppo’s residential areas which have killed hundreds of civilians in the past days
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed in an interview to Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the smell of WWIII is in the air. Following is the full text, as published by SANA, the official news agency.
This development represents a departure by the opposition because of the blatant shift in Russia’s role from a joint position in international oversight of the political process, alongside the US, to a direct party to the war, alongside the regime, against the Syrian people
Crowds arrive from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, and some east Asian countries, turning the areas which are under Iranian influence into military zones, says activist
Second mortar attack in less than two weeks targets Russia’s embassy in the Syrian capital
Humanitarian aid consisting of foodstuffs delivered to displaced people in Syria’s coastal region, ceasefire monitor confirms
Syrian president says he hopes normalization of relations between Moscow and Ankara could help shift Turkey’s Syria policy
Christians in these areas have also suffered from the Iranian presence, but in a different way from bombardment and destruction like Syria’s other areas, as communities leaving in large part due to a moral collapse and widespread disorder
Ministry “sparing no effort” to provide medical treatment to up to 9,000 of Syria’s injured police, says head of medical services
Warplanes kill six civilians, including three children and two women, one of which was pregnant, according to activist
“Usually they demand 20 percent of the amount needed to be transferred, I have to pay the fees because there is no other way to transfer money”
Syrian families residing in makeshift housing in town of Rasas receive Russian food aid support
Opposition leader condemns Russia for vetoing a French-Spanish draft resolution aimed at preventing the aerial bombardment of Aleppo
Attack follows death of three Ahrar al-Sham fighters who were killed in clashes with the Jund al-Aqsa group late last week
History will remember Obama as the president who pushed America’s adversaries to enter an unwinnable war at practically no cost to Washington and Tel Aviv
Ambassador says resolution drafted by France and Spain at UN Security Council meeting on Syria reflects their “nostalgia over colonial past”
Coalition spokesperson says meeting with Russian media delegation aims to draw world public opinion closer to the Syrian revolution
Foreign ministry says attack represents the destructive role of the Saudi regime against the peoples of the Arab nation in Yemen, Iraq and Syria
Assad tells interviewer he has remained in his position as president because the Syrian people continue to support him in his war against terrorism
Military sources claim the international coalition against ISIS conducted strikes against the regime army in Al-Tharda Mountain to prevent the radical group from obtaining internationally banned weapons
