With nowhere else to turn, residents of Lattakia city are finding themselves powerless in the face of local gangs which kidnap, kill and steal in broad daylight
Regime continues its tradition of shelling residential areas of the coastal province during the holy month, forcing locals to use the cover of darkness to avoid being targeted, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Customs and traditions continue to govern the possibilities for women who wish to enter specialized fields and leadership and decision-making positions, Enab Baladi writes
Project headed by local council and NGO aims to restore provincial capital and its countryside by repairing gardens, infrastructure and school facilities, Alsouria writes
Demonstrators call for release of national football star and rebel commander following arrest by Islamist alliance in Idelb, opposition website reports
Reconciliations minister says new settlements in a number of areas will include the Damascus countryside, Homs and Hama, according to state media outlet
Interim government is working to keep universities open in liberated areas despite risks faced by students and instructors due to the six-year conflict, opposition website writes
Pro-Hezbollah newspaper looks at the rising crime rates in the Assad stronghold and the state’s inability to control the issue
Syrian filmmaker records bitterness of displacement and the pain of separation in the lead-up to the neighborhood’s forced evacuation
Supporters of the Democratic Union Party must pressure militants to end their violations against civilians, opposition statement reads
Zaman al-Wasl profiles the intelligence official allegedly responsible for negotiating a settlement deal in the former opposition stronghold
Filled with mud and blood, single tunnel operates as only pathway for residents escaping battles on the one hand and fighters moving voluntarily toward the siege on the other
Maintenance and repair work underway to reopen the roads, clear rubble and restore infrastructure, loyalist newspaper reports
Reeling from the loss of its sons on Syria’s battlefields, locals in the loyalist region are being called on by the Syrian army to mobilize thousands more, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Government outlet SANA reports on discovery, which follows the expulsion of thousands of fighters and their families from the embattled neighborhood earlier this month
Around 600 men and 500 women detained by regime forces despite officials declaring district empty of armed fighters, Zaman al-Wasl reports
The regime’s deliberate blocking of water to the Al-Rastan Dam could result in an environmental disaster for entire villages which rely on the Orontes River for food, income and irrigation, Iqtissad writes
Regime checkpoints imposing huge tariffs on goods entering the Damascus suburbs after forces destroy tunnels used for transporting goods into the rebel-held districts, Alsouria Net writes
Rockets kill and wound civilians in towns of Saqba and Hamouriyah in breach of ‘safe zones’ agreement, opposition outlet reports
All4Syria writes that despite claiming to protect Syria’s minorities, for generations the Assad regime has targeted the Christian community and used its places of worship to fan the flames of sectarian tension
