UN envoy earns approval from Syrian government and opposition to launch parallel negotiations on a number of issues in an effort to end the four-year crisis
Relatives verify reports of award winning cartoonist’s death under torture by regime forces following his arrest in 2013
Activists launch Twitter hashtag rejecting the truce, stressing that negotiations should be terminated as they only serve the Assad regime and Iran
Iranian and Russian officials urge regional and international community to respect Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity
Syria’s current representation consists of two parties: the regime’s mafia, which is willing to destroy Syria and displace its entire people to remain in power, and a divided and ineffective opposition which has failed to achieve anything over the past five years
Authorities must take quick action to launch foster campaign for over half a million Syrian orphans in Turkey, says writer Fuat Ugur
Yazan Alloush stabbed for attempting to assist another Syrian being beaten by a group of men, says family member
Diplomats suggest separation of Assad and Syria’s state institutions in the context of a political settlement will help avoid a repeat of the ‘Iraqi scenario’
Russia is engaging in a tacit competition with Iran – especially amid talks about the impending creation of a regional and international “contact group” after America’s ratification of the Iran deal next month
Scores of newly-trained rebels will operate in the northern countryside of Aleppo to assist in the fight against ISIS, group’s commander says
Presidential press-secretary tells journalists Russia would mull military involvement in Syria if requested by Assad regime
Attack by armed opposition faction on Syrian coastal facility follows reports of a Russian military buildup inside the country
The Syrian people trust Moscow’s leadership and its intention to participate in the fight against ISIS and Nusra Front, FM tells Russian interviewers
Russian military support to Syria is part of long-standing and existing agreements, says deputy FM
Foreign Ministry slams Western nations for distorting the meaning of Security Council charter, stating any armed presence on Syrian land would be violation of sovereignty
At least 60 killed in as little as three days as Syrian government responds to rebel shelling of western Aleppo earlier this week
Damascus calls on UN to condemn recent terrorist crimes and to back efforts to eliminate the “scourge of terrorism threatening the region and the world”
Moscow will continue to provide military equipment to Syria’s Assad regime in accordance with international law, state Duma speaker announces
Armed opposition representatives coauthor statement rejecting a number of points proposed by the UN envoy for a peaceful political transition in Syria
Ministry of Labor has allowed migrant workers to make a significant breakthrough in closed professions which contradicts issued regulations, according to union president
