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Opinion: Did Velayati Offer Assad Asylum?

“The presence of Assad in Damascus is necessary and when the duty arises, we will receive him in Iran.” says Velayati

ISIS Storms Houses and Arrests Women in Deir-ez-Zor

At the same time, ISIS imposed a fine of 500,000 Syrian pounds on a woman from the eastern countryside of the province, after arresting her on charges of attacking one of ISIS militants “with her shoe”

‘Britain’s Air Strikes Are Doomed to Fail’: Assad

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, warns that bombing will increase the risk of terrorist attacks by sleeper cells in Europe unless there is a concerted effort to destroy ISIS on the ground. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA.

Razan Zaitouneh: The Absent Rebel

Razan worked to defend prisoners of conscience, and although she didn’t agree with many of them intellectually and ideologically, she ceaselessly committed herself to their freedom