Passenger bus gutted by explosion which targeted the vehicle on Al-Siteen Street, killing five and wounding six others, according to state media
SANA correspondent says government forces successfully thwarted offensive by jihadist rebels in the western Qalamoun, while reports emerge of militants being killed in army operations in Hama, Homs and Deir-ez-Zor
Alsouria Net reports on the recent evacuation efforts from the Homs neighborhood, claiming that 50 busloads of 1,850 people had left for the city of Jarablus in north Aleppo after obtaining Russian guarantees the convoys would not be attacked by loyalist militias
Around 150 women perform military march for party officials in the northern province after recruits graduate from training in the all-female militia, opposition activists tell Zaman al-Wasl
Rebel commander claims opposition has succeeded in wearing down ISIS forces in Syria’s western desert areas and mountain ranges, following a number of campaigns involving key FSA and armed Islamist groups, a Lebanese newspaper reports
Opposition website Alsouria tells the story of Mahmoud, a doctor spared from the terror of ISIS after fleeing his hometown Al-Bab, only to have his loved ones ripped from him when regime jets targeted their new home in opposition-held Idleb
State-run media claims over 157 militants killed in anti-terrorism operations in the countryside of the capital, while government forces reportedly push back on opposition offensive in the northern countryside of Hama
Army forces succeed in maintaining siege on terrorists trapped in Jobar as clashes intensify in the Damascus neighborhood, resulting in hundreds of killed and injured militants, pro-government newspaper reports
Damascene Kurds celebrate their holiday in the capital with the festivities well attended by Syrian officials, including Jaafari, who made remarks on the occasion
After last week’s high-casualty attack on the Justice Palace in Damascus, the head of the Syrian Bar Association defends emergency measures, which involve security checks of lawyers entering courts in Syria
Rebel group fighting in Jobar says regime forces have set up more checkpoints and closed several areas in the city, as opposition forces renew attacks on Syrian capital
The Kurdish celebration of spring, Newroz, banned in Syria for decades, is an occasion for Syrians to share some joy as the brutal war in their country enters its seventh year
Rocket shells fired by Nusra-linked terrorists wound 15 civilians in Masaken Barzeh and Al-Shaghour neighborhoods of Damascus, state news media reports
Army units clear compromised areas north of Jobar from the Nusra Front, killing many terrorists and several leaders, while destroying their weapons in the process
Large numbers of rebel fighters who were evacuated from the Damascus countryside over the last seven months have joined other groups to establish new positions in the Idleb and Hama countrysides
Activists report that the first group of fighters and civilians departed from the opposition’s last stronghold in the city of Homs Saturday as part of a Russian-backed evacuation deal with the regime
Garbage disposal in the village of Maaret Hormeh is disrupted amidst security concerns, causing hazardous health issues among the helpless residents
The Syrian regime held a widely publicized mourning ceremony for six fallen officers from Tartous, as Tartousi residents, a formidable source of regime militant suppliers, resist conscription of their children for the draining war effort
A group of Syrian graffiti artists in a southern Damascus have used their graffiti art to give despairing people hope as the regime wrecked Syrian cities and lives
The Syrian regime has used war to displace residents from strategically located cities and townships to northern areas of the country, a calculated policy of demographic change aiming at creating a factual religious and ethnic divide
