“These graves are not a place of pilgrimage, they are not the graves of saints – they are the graves of two parents, buried by their son in their house’s courtyard, so that he could be close to them”
Attack comes a week after the key rebel group massacred 76 regime soldiers in a surprise attack near Eastern Ghouta
General command urges citizens of Daraa, Eastern Ghouta and the eastern countryside of Aleppo to disarm and engage in national reconciliations
Attack comes less than 24 hours after 10 people also died in shelling of Zamalka neighborhood
Militants target residential neighborhoods of the capital and Aleppo, killing eight and injuring dozens more
Assad forces target rebel-held city with mortar shells and cluster missiles, killing several civilians, activists claim
Faced with severe economic strain, Syrians are finding it relatively impossible to survive on what they have access to. How can families overcome these conditions? Moreover, how could a Syrian family provide for its needs inside Syria at such an unprecedented cost?
Assad forces bombard western Damascus with mortars and barrel bombs shortly after reports emerge of a regime gas attack on the area
Ra’fat Salman Abu Rahhal killed by opposition fighters in the east of the capital, activists claim
“I looked around, trying to figure out where the sound originated from, and realized it had come from my neighborhood. I ran back home, all thoughts of sorrow were replaced by fears for my family”
Local media sources confirm reports of regime capture of the airport following air and ground attack
New operations room to include fighters from the Army of Islam, Ahrar ash-Sham Islamic Movement and Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front
Deadly shelling rocks the capital’s suburban districts while two civilians in the Hassakeh province are killed in land mine explosions
All of a sudden, someone began knocking urgently on the door. I ran to open it and found a group of young fighters carrying Zuhair. He was covered in blood, and they were in tears as they chanted prayers for “the martyr”
A bigger risk is to encounter regime soldiers or members of the security service who are also digging their own tunnels
“There is no more food here. The siege has forced us to look to other kinds of food to stay alive. Starvation does not discriminate between children and grown-ups”
Relief organizations struggle to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of Syrians living with disabilities amid siege and war
Rebel mortar attack targets Damascus countryside killing Nour al-Sham TV presenter Batoul Moukhles Warar
Armed opposition factions cage regime officers and their families in response to deadly air raids targeting rebel-held areas of Douma
Group denies reports, claiming rebel fighters killed dozens of regime troops northeast of the capital
