Several Syrian Provinces Witness Rise in Dollar Value
Al-Souria Net (opposition website)
January 18, 2016
Dollar rises one Syrian pound amid opening of markets on Saturday
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Dollar rises one Syrian pound amid opening of markets on Saturday
Project to distribute winter aid has already reached around 436 families throughout Aleppo and Idleb, says Ummah Foundation representative
Kurdish self-administration proposes “compulsory service” draft law requiring youths to join the People’s Protection Units
Fighting between Sutoro and Asayish forces in the city of Qamishli kills three and injure others, activists claim
Assad family member and parliamentarian removed evidence of Interpol arrest warrant from personal file prior to elections, records show
Attack comes less than 24 hours after 10 people also died in shelling of Zamalka neighborhood
Militants target residential neighborhoods of the capital and Aleppo, killing eight and injuring dozens more
Mohammad Hassan Said killed in northern countryside of Homs by armed group, rebel faction announces
Assad forces target rebel-held city with mortar shells and cluster missiles, killing several civilians, activists claim
My memories took me back to the last demonstration I participated in, back in June 2012. Security forces had spread out in the area, although today there was no sign of bullets or tear gas. Instead of chasing everyone out of the area, the soldiers who had formed a cordon around the demonstrators were laughing and smoking.
Faced with severe economic strain, Syrians are finding it relatively impossible to survive on what they have access to. How can families overcome these conditions? Moreover, how could a Syrian family provide for its needs inside Syria at such an unprecedented cost?
Northern countryside of Homs witnesses barrage of shelling from the air and ground, killing 11 people in 48 hours
Assad forces bombard western Damascus with mortars and barrel bombs shortly after reports emerge of a regime gas attack on the area
Ra’fat Salman Abu Rahhal killed by opposition fighters in the east of the capital, activists claim
KNC head calls for refusing the Democratic Union Party representation in the opposition negotiating body, which aims to meet with an Assad regime delegation in Geneva
“I looked around, trying to figure out where the sound originated from, and realized it had come from my neighborhood. I ran back home, all thoughts of sorrow were replaced by fears for my family”
Local media sources confirm reports of regime capture of the airport following air and ground attack
Army units and popular defense groups establish control over al-Noubeh Mountain in the northern countryside of Lattakia, military sources claim
New operations room to include fighters from the Army of Islam, Ahrar ash-Sham Islamic Movement and Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front
Residents of al-Waer leave rebel-held areas of Homs for Idleb under truce deal with regime negotiators
