Assad loyalists are using different methods to force residents in Sunni and opposition areas to leave the coastal city, like detention and forced conscription, as well as cutting vital services like electricity, water and waste collection
Locally produced wheat can no longer meet demand, which has led to bread shortages and concurrent price hikes
“We are used to the fact that every time there is talk about a truce or reconciliation, the regime steps up the weapons and means it uses against us to create more confusion and pressure”
Islamic rebel group terrorizing Qadam’s school teachers in effort to control local education practices, says educator
Former UN deputy envoy for Libya tasked with overseeing the humanitarian effort in Syria
Czech delegation affirms their support for the Syrian people during visit to church in the capital’s Zeitoun quarter
“Let’s Dance in Damascus” festival to take place following large turnout at the “I love Damascus” event
Western-backed forces detain hundreds of people fleeing Islamic State-controlled areas in Deir-ez-Zor
Czech delegation welcomed by Syrian foreign minister during visit to the capital Damascus
Eastern Ghouta residents warn key Islamist group against continued violations as possibility of unrest heightens
The video showed a number of fighters training to use personal weapons, in addition to physical training like intruding into buildings and jumping. The footage showed that this was part of special forces training to prepare for guerrilla warfare.
Two people were injured in Damascus on Monday in terrorist rocket shells that hit al-Abasyeen area, Qasaa and Arnous neighborhoods
“The guarantee of returning to the regime’s embrace requires making specific concessions, the most important of which is giving information about what is happening inside the areas and cities which it is trying to make a settlement with”
Parents in the capital Damascus have complained about the rise in private school fees which have jumped to astronomical numbers exceeding half a million Syrian pounds
Warplane crashes after conducting combat mission against ISIS militants east of Damascus
Armed rebel groups attacked ISIS positions in Damascus countryside with mortars and tanks in the early hours of Wednesday
Coalition says any attempt by the regime to terrorize and psychologically pressure civilians into leaving besieged areas would signal an end to any proposed ceasefire in “a glaring fashion”
“It was apparent that most of the bags were stolen and emptied on top of one another, which led to some of them getting mixed up as if they were going to something that wasn’t human”
Courses include a three-month attachment at a local hospital each year where students helped treat patients and practice first aid on electronic manikins
Locals, scholars and officials come together in town of Maaloula for festival dedicated to preserving the Aramaic language
