Filled with mud and blood, single tunnel operates as only pathway for residents escaping battles on the one hand and fighters moving voluntarily toward the siege on the other
Around 600 men and 500 women detained by regime forces despite officials declaring district empty of armed fighters, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Regime checkpoints imposing huge tariffs on goods entering the Damascus suburbs after forces destroy tunnels used for transporting goods into the rebel-held districts, Alsouria Net writes
Rockets kill and wound civilians in towns of Saqba and Hamouriyah in breach of ‘safe zones’ agreement, opposition outlet reports
Local authorities in the Damascus countryside have begun a project to purify water after farmers began using sewage to irrigate crops, Souriatna explains
Statement calls on rebel group to withdraw from territory it has taken during a week of deadly fighting with rival rebels in the Damascus countryside, opposition website reports
Infighting between Islamist rebel groups in the countryside of Damascus drags on as Assad forces capitalize on the weakening of opposition fronts to make further gains, opposition outlet Enab Baladi writes
The revival of community bakeries has helped create an affordable alternative as food prices soar in the Damascus countryside, offering otherwise unemployed young men a means of income in the rebel-held districts, Iqtissad writes
Human rights monitoring groups publish joint report as a response to the use of toxic weapons in Khan Sheikhoun earlier this month, in which teams documented evidence of sarin gas exposure and the deaths of at least 103 people
Opposition blames international community for allowing conditions for further attacks on civilians after reported chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, saying failure to take immediate action would be a signal of exoneration for the Assad regime
Residents injured in different attacks after militants shell the capital’s central districts, including the landmark Umayyad Square and Mezze 86 district, with shells earlier falling in the Al-Qeimariyeh district of the Old City, government media reports
Dozens of regime forces are killed and wounded in a botched campaign to storm the industrial district in the capital’s northeast, while the WHO warns ‘time is running out’ as health situation deteriorates in the Eastern Ghouta, opposition media outlet reports
Rebel commander claims opposition has succeeded in wearing down ISIS forces in Syria’s western desert areas and mountain ranges, following a number of campaigns involving key FSA and armed Islamist groups, a Lebanese newspaper reports
State-run media claims over 157 militants killed in anti-terrorism operations in the countryside of the capital, while government forces reportedly push back on opposition offensive in the northern countryside of Hama
Army forces succeed in maintaining siege on terrorists trapped in Jobar as clashes intensify in the Damascus neighborhood, resulting in hundreds of killed and injured militants, pro-government newspaper reports
As rebel groups squabble over turf and dogma in Ghouta area, the Syrian regime’s unabated efforts continue to isolate the rebel areas, threatening their sustained resistance
State media reports that terrorist groups in Al-Qaboun and Eastern Ghouta fired missiles at housing suburb in Damascus countryside
Regime and allied militias target Damascus countryside with rocket and artillery fire following the assassination of its reconciliations negotiator in the Barada valley
Supporters furious after images surfaced Wednesday depicting a massacre of hundreds of Syrian army soldiers in the Damascus countryside
The capital’s Barzeh district has become a hub for drug trafficking to the Eastern Ghouta, as regime forces and their allied militias work to bring in drugs of all sorts, from painkillers to heroin, cocaine and hashish, claims activist
