Local authorities in the Damascus countryside have begun a project to purify water after farmers began using sewage to irrigate crops, Souriatna explains
Statement calls on rebel group to withdraw from territory it has taken during a week of deadly fighting with rival rebels in the Damascus countryside, opposition website reports
Infighting between Islamist rebel groups in the countryside of Damascus drags on as Assad forces capitalize on the weakening of opposition fronts to make further gains, opposition outlet Enab Baladi writes
Residents of Rajm al-Salibi camp killed by Islamic State militants escaping fighting in the cities of Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor, state media reports
About 400 displaced people, mostly women and children, prevented from building on private land despite three-year down payment, opposition website writes
Imad Khamis salutes Syrian workers and armed forces during Workers’ Day celebrations in the capital and its countryside, government media reports
Zaman al-Wasl speaks to recently evacuated people from the Al-Waer district in Homs who have been sent, along with thousands of others, to northern Syria without humanitarian aid, a place to live or work to survive
Military police arrests more than 200 young men on the streets of Tartous celebrating Messi’s winner against Real Madrid in order to press gang them into military service, according to opposition website Alsouria Net
The revival of community bakeries has helped create an affordable alternative as food prices soar in the Damascus countryside, offering otherwise unemployed young men a means of income in the rebel-held districts, Iqtissad writes
Human rights monitoring groups publish joint report as a response to the use of toxic weapons in Khan Sheikhoun earlier this month, in which teams documented evidence of sarin gas exposure and the deaths of at least 103 people
Head of the Sham Higher Institute tells audience in Damascus that Syria is confronting a global aggression whose key tool is to distort religious discourse without understanding, loyalist outlet Al-Watan reports
Opposition outlet reports on fatal airstrikes which hit a number of towns in the province’s northern countryside, where government forces have increased attacks in recent days
Loyalist newspaper Al-Watan quotes judicial source as saying crime in the capital and its environs is down, despite small-scale robberies in a number of districts including some cases involving women perpetrators
Opposition website reports that rebels remain in control of a number of surrounding villages despite pulling out of Halfaya following heavy clashes throughout the northern countryside for the past week
The Fatih district has become a de facto home to thousands of Syrians looking to start a new life in the Turkish city, with the suburb offering many sights, flavors and sounds that visitors can often find in different parts of Syria, opposition website Zaman al-Wasl writes
Zaman al-Wasl describes a city paralyzed by fear, where young men go into hiding to avoid being arrested and tortured by government security, or escape to the countryside to die on the front lines fighting regime forces
Human rights watchdog calls for the release of Palestinian detainees, including women with children, from regime prisons, as group releases report claiming 461 prisoners have been executed or killed under torture since 2011, opposition website writes
Syrian government warplanes carry out raid on Kafr Laha in the northern Homs countryside as part of intensified campaign against the opposition-held parts of province
State news agency claims government forces and allied militias are continuing to make gains against ISIS in Palmyra, as reports emerge of plans for a security zone around the desert city as well as advances against opposition fighters in a number of provinces across the country
Syria’s top diplomat hits back at accusations of Assad regime involvement in Tuesday’s chemical attack, pointing out that much of the outcry over the incident is coming from countries with a history of conspiring against Syria, government media reports
