“Many days I go to work in the morning without eating under the pretext that I am fasting, in order to leave something for my poor wife to eat during my absence. She thinks I am a saint or something, while in fact I would live on a cigarette and a cup of coffee that I prepare in my shop”
The secretary general of the Damascus–based opposition Syrian National Democratic Action Commission talks to Syria Times
Paris puts military cooperation against ISIS in the framework of a political solution, while Moscow pushes for a map of non-European-backed militant groups
Body of pilot from downed Russian jet arrives in Turkey, as Ankara and Moscow make preparations for its return
Scores dead in attack on popular marketplace in town of Ariha
Syria’s resolve to fight terrorism will continue despite recent escalations by hostile countries who support extremists, Assad tells top Iranian diplomats
Strikes target capital’s eastern suburbs as rebels advance in the region
Foreign ministers condemn Turkey for the recent downing of a Russian jet and Ankara’s support for terrorism
In light of the multiple wars in Syria, Vienna was a place for a new war that will end all the other wars, a “war of wills” that is happening around a table supervised by the UN, but in fact it is the table of the US-Russian negotiations.
The Syrian opposition finds itself today in front of a significant test: either to push for a unified effort and full coordination before entering into the political process, or face being placed on a list of terrorist organizations
Russian airbase at Hmeimem airport targeted by opposition forces stationed in the Ghab Plain
Fearing the idea that the fall of Damascus was imminent, there was increased competition to control the victorious opposition forces
Two drivers and an aid worker killed in Russian targeting of warehouse near the Turkish border
Activists say no reported casualties as strikes target aid convoy in northern Idleb following Turkey’s shooting down of Russian jet on Tuesday
Economic, cultural, military and political ties between Moscow and Damascus have reached new phase, Syrian FM tells Russian deputy PM
New report by Syrian monitoring group details the loss of female life since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising in 2011
Syrian health officials order the removal of over 200 products from local markets
Russian pilot safe and in good health after jet downed by Turkish air forces, says military source
S-400 missile defense system to be deployed in Syrian coastal base in response to downing of Russian jet on Tuesday, says Russia’s defense minister
Up to 30,000 inhabitants of the mountainous Bayir Bucak area could be forced from their homes in attacks on Turkmen and Arab villages, says Turkish governor
