As the international consensus leans increasingly toward Assad staying, will Syria’s main opposition eventually get in line with its backers, Souriatna asks
Enab Baladi explains that the recent coalition attacks on ISIS-linked fighters are likely the beginning of a larger campaign to secure the southern area
Turkish-backed FSA group denies shooting at U.S. soldiers following reports of an exchange of fire earlier this week
Assad forces obstructed the entrance of Russian delegates to rebel-held border area in effort to forestall deal, opposition website reports
Recent Jordanian comments have suggested the kingdom is looking to restore relations with the regime despite its history of backing opposition forces, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Writing for the Saudi-owned outlet, Hamidi says the Russian-led cease-fire plan will fail if not followed by political efforts aimed at unity instead of division
Political, military and economic support from Russia, China and Iran was crucial to anti-terrorism fight, Syria’s president says
World powers may have warmed to the idea of Assad remaining, but the president will not survive long after the transitional phase, Walid al-Bunni writes
Ali al-Youssef is convinced the sounds emanating from the White House about a revised Afghan strategy will herald a new global vision for the U.S.
All4Syria asks whether recent developments on the Syrian scene, both political and military, suggest the start of a new stage of conflict between big powers?
SIBA initiative aims to encourage investment from Syrians living abroad, regardless of political affiliation, Enab Baladi writes
In an op-ed for the loyalist Syrian Now site, Assad’s chief propagandist points the finger at Israel for planning the fragmentation of the region and the attempted downfall of Syria
Malak cited U.S.-Israeli ‘conspiracies which aim to divide Syria’ as a key reason for abandoning the foreign-based opposition, Syria News reports
Editor of Saudi-owned Okaz newspaper Abdullah al-Ghadawi claims that Washington and Moscow have come to share similar visions for the future of Syria
Russian diplomat says 2016 peace deal would have witnessed breakthrough had the U.S. worked to separate moderate opposition from terror groups, state media reports
The aggressive strategies employed by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria and Iraq are only working to turn locals against against it, Mehraz al-Ali writes
The Euphrates basin area is witnessing a rebel campaign against the regime on one side and the Islamic State on the other, as ISIS stages a last-ditch effort to defend its eastern stronghold
Attack recalls similar bombing of Assad forces and Shiite militias near the Iraqi-Jordanian borders in May, Alsouria Net reports
Al-Araby’s political analyst Salama Kila paints ISIS as an imperialist tool used as by the powerful as a pretext for invasion and conquest
Writing for Qatari-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Adnan Abdel Razzaq draws a comparison between the displacement of rebels to Idleb and the US testing of the MOAB bomb in Afghanistan
