Main political opposition calls for official inquest after UN aid delivery of expired food poisons at least 250 women and children in Syrian border town
Group denies reports, claiming rebel fighters killed dozens of regime troops northeast of the capital
Military source says raids destroyed two dozen terrorist command centers and hundreds of fortified positions in a number of the country’s provinces
Syrian army and air forces expand control over areas in provinces of Damascus, Lattakia, Aleppo and Deir-ez-Zor, spokesman tells reporters
Strikes target positions in the provinces of Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo, causing massive damage to terrorist bases and equipment, Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson says
Locals request safe exit for families and the urgent preparation of makeshift centers for the distribution of aid
Rebels in south Damascus kidnap and brutally murder man accused of aiding the Assad regime, says family member
“Systematic shelling by Syrian regime forces, large numbers of patients, and the lack of doctors and medical equipment have made the situation impossible to handle”
“People can rarely afford to buy a full banana … so I buy a few bananas and cut them into pieces so everyone can eat a small piece.”
Graduation of hundreds of doctors seen as a “great victory for Syria and a message to the whole world that Syria embraces strong cadres,” says higher education minister
“To the people abroad, I would say that this process damages the environment and hurts animals, too – maybe this fact could propel animal rights and environmental activists to help us because no one has done so until now.”
Around 5,000 Syrian Turkmen families have fled to Lebanon, totaling between 125,000 and 150,000 people from all regions of Syria – Homs, Hama, Tartous, Aleppo, Damascus and Idleb
The battle near Damascus has become a war of attrition, as Assad’s forces have struggled to recover areas lost to the Army of Islam, including the international motorway
Statistics show city was targeted at a rate of 17 explosive barrels per day over the period of a month, council says
Opposition factions operating near Lebanon-Syria border merge under goal of “raising the word of God and his laws on earth”
Video shows masked rebel spokesman announcing locally made weapons, including sniper rifles, were developed “with God’s help”
My mother hates to be touched, and she never hugs me. To her, I am an eccentric, because I am a female activist
Presidential order calls for the immediate appointment of 10 new council representatives
Temporary truce reached in the towns of Fuaa, Kefraya, Zabadani and Madaya between pro-regime and opposition forces
FM Muallem stresses importance of fighting terrorism in meeting with UN envoy regarding Syrian political solution
