Tamaddon reports on the risks taken every day by motorcyclists who transport goods in the Houla plains to supply towns and villages under siege
Activists believe that the regime is mostly interested in the return of young men in order to enlist them in the army, the opposition-leaning All4Syria writes
Residents voice relief at proposals to lift the heavy security presence on city roads, while others fear spontaneous checkpoints which aim to arrest those escaping military service, Enab Baladi writes
Loyalists call on the president to end abuses in the city as residents are faced with random killings, kidnappings and looting by government forces and militias, Alsouria Net writes
Foreign minister tells journalists that the international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed Syria has complied with requests to destroy arsenal
Damascene Farid Yaghi is authoring a daily account of the city through the stories of locals, the displaced and the homeless, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Former Free Syrian Army fighter killed in blast during meeting with militants in Khan Arnabah, opposition website reports
Zeitoun describes the harsh realities faced by displaced Syrians in the country’s north, amid a lack of sanitation, water, food and basic living essentials
State media reports on gains by regime forces and allied militias in several areas of the Syrian Desert region at the expense of ISIS
Opposition campaign to restore pipeline provides clean water for 50,000 people in rural Homs, coalition media office reports
Customs and traditions continue to govern the possibilities for women who wish to enter specialized fields and leadership and decision-making positions, Enab Baladi writes
Project headed by local council and NGO aims to restore provincial capital and its countryside by repairing gardens, infrastructure and school facilities, Alsouria writes
Demonstrators call for release of national football star and rebel commander following arrest by Islamist alliance in Idelb, opposition website reports
Reconciliations minister says new settlements in a number of areas will include the Damascus countryside, Homs and Hama, according to state media outlet
Syrian filmmaker records bitterness of displacement and the pain of separation in the lead-up to the neighborhood’s forced evacuation
Zaman al-Wasl profiles the intelligence official allegedly responsible for negotiating a settlement deal in the former opposition stronghold
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
Maintenance and repair work underway to reopen the roads, clear rubble and restore infrastructure, loyalist newspaper reports
Government outlet SANA reports on discovery, which follows the expulsion of thousands of fighters and their families from the embattled neighborhood earlier this month
The regime’s deliberate blocking of water to the Al-Rastan Dam could result in an environmental disaster for entire villages which rely on the Orontes River for food, income and irrigation, Iqtissad writes
