“The regime and its allies are obsessed with categorizing the movement (as a terrorist group), with the aim of destroying our blessed revolution and fragmenting it,” says group’s spokesperson
Syrian minister says US unable to distinguish Nusra Front from other armed terror groups in Syria because it constitutes the “backbone” of opposition forces
Regime sources claim Moscow has built up its ground forces including heavy artillery and multiple rocket launcher systems in the Damascus suburb
Head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation issues call to intervene quickly to stop the killing and massacres which are being carried out in residential areas
“There is a massacre in Aleppo” hashtag circulated by Turkish social media users as Assad and Russian bombardment of northern city intensifies
Opposition says the international community continues to show inaction towards heinous crimes committed in broad daylight in Aleppo
SNC deputy says opposition will abandon efforts to reach a political settlement after Assad regime and Russia intensified their attacks on rebel-held areas of Aleppo
“It is no longer appropriate to continue a policy which satisfies murderers under the pretext of fighting terrorism,” opposition leader Hijab tells audience in New York
States concerned with the conflict are rushing to divide up the country and threatening both its existence and the fate of its people
Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday addressed the 71 session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York. Below is the full text of the speech as published by SANA
Muallem discusses situation in Syria with Russia’s Lavrov as well as representatives from Iraq, Belarus and Oman
Local negotiators confirm there are plans to evacuate hundreds of civilians and rebels in the coming days
US betrayed Syrian revolution because it wanted to destroy the country’s military infrastructure as it did in Iraq, says prominent thinker and author
Activist says regime helicopters dropped at least five barrel bombs on the district, killing nine and wounding dozens
FSA groups have footage showing the moment the attack took place and the remnants of the weapons used, says interim government PM
President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Associated Press published Thursday. Following is the full text as appeared on SANA, the Syrian official news agency:
Besides the U.S., no one but Assad and the Russians has an air force in Syria
Delegation calls on Western officials to provide protection for civilians and put an end to the Assad regime’s mass forced displacement policy against residents of the besieged areas
Deadly attacks target civilian areas in Aleppo, Homs and Hama
Erdogan says Turkey has begun to give citizenship and work permits to Syrian refugees residing inside the country in an effort to reduce economic burden
