National Defence Forces militias in possession of munitions from Germany, China, Egypt, Russia and US, leaked report claims
French historian Nadine Meouchy argues that in the last century minorities in Syria failed to participate in national building efforts and that they must choose democracy over dictatorship if they want to avoid becoming “the gravediggers of their own destiny.”
Syrian opposition figure says upcoming Riyadh conference aims to produce a single document for a political solution in Syria, agreed upon by regional powers
“Dreams are considered the first indication of the existence of psychological trauma. War changes the psychological balances and manipulates standards”
BSS members consider the recent escape of Louay Hussein as a sign of betrayal following the political movement president’s surprise arrival in Turkey
I turned my mind back to the moment we heard a knock on the door, my father opened it to greet my mother, my aunt and some friends, and my mother said, “Ahmad has been martyred!”
A new documentary produced by France 24 shows life in the city of Raqqa through the eyes of a young Syrian woman
Aleppo Castle could not survive the bombing, the monuments of Deir Ezzor have almost vanished and Umayyad Mosque is no longer a symbol of Islamic culture
President Khoja calls on the Obama administration to separate the Iranian nuclear file from the Syrian crisis
Khaled Yacoub Oweis, a visiting fellow at SWP, the German international affairs think tank, argues that the objective of international envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura should be the protection of civilians and not the creation of freeze zones, which, short of a balance of interests on the ground, will become killing fields
Opposition government on verge of bankruptcy after revelations of fake jobs and corruption
“You must know those Russians are responsible for each additional minute the Damascus gang stays in power”
Christoph Reuter is one of the few journalists who still risk their lives to visit Syria and writes about Syria for Der Spiegel. This story is republished in The Syrian Observer with the permission of the writer
Berlin conference ends without solution
Jaafari cites rape, sexual abuse, abduction, human trafficking and murder among other various atrocities that have been inflicted upon women in Syria
Economics, public services, the social fabric of communities and the welfare of families are all affected, not to mention the security impact of the Syrian conflict in the whole region
Steinmeier says it is not easy to deal with the issue of hundreds of Europeans and Americans who have been joining ISIS
Forced migration is the destiny of the Syrians who tried to think of their country as their sole homeland
Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera channels are the most watched TV channels among Syrians
Mouallem’s statement coincided with one from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling for coordination with the relevant countries
