Local sources claim raid was part of operation to arrest YPG deserters who fled ahead of the battle to liberate Raqqa from the Islamic State, opposition website reports
Property brokers are helping Shiite families from other regions of Syria and Lebanon establish a greater presence in areas of the capital, Iqtissad writes
Reason for sharp decline includes the halting of operations in major fields in Shahar and Shaer, which has seen ongoing battles between government forces and ISIS militants
Social media pages say surge of military activity targeting the towns of Al-Asfar, Al-Sakia and Khirbat Saad, opposition media reports
State media confirms 37 people return to embattled neighborhood as part of reconciliation agreement between regime and opposition forces
Brigadier general and captain among dozens of government forces from the coastal city killed in fighting last month, opposition website reports
With a recent UN study claiming over one in eight Syrians live below the poverty line, many families have been forced to share homes with rooms of relatives at the expense of privacy and movement
At least five people killed in the attack which targeted the Aleppo headquarters of Syria’s main political opposition, coalition media office writes
Official claims regular patrols are being carried out to address the issue of stray animals and rodent infestations, after reports a dog had bitten 18 people in the capital, loyalist newspaper writes
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
