As evacuations continue, Homs’ governor urges all residents, including militants, to settle their legal status as part of the amnesty decree, adding that officials are ready to welcome all those back to the neighborhood who wish to get back on the right track
Passenger bus gutted by explosion which targeted the vehicle on Al-Siteen Street, killing five and wounding six others, according to state media
SANA correspondent says government forces successfully thwarted offensive by jihadist rebels in the western Qalamoun, while reports emerge of militants being killed in army operations in Hama, Homs and Deir-ez-Zor
Alsouria Net reports on the recent evacuation efforts from the Homs neighborhood, claiming that 50 busloads of 1,850 people had left for the city of Jarablus in north Aleppo after obtaining Russian guarantees the convoys would not be attacked by loyalist militias
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
Activists report that the first group of fighters and civilians departed from the opposition’s last stronghold in the city of Homs Saturday as part of a Russian-backed evacuation deal with the regime
The Syrian regime has used war to displace residents from strategically located cities and townships to northern areas of the country, a calculated policy of demographic change aiming at creating a factual religious and ethnic divide
Russia mediates a deal between the Syrian regime and Waer rebels which will be followed by deploying forces to protect the areas evacuated by the rebels form Shiite rebel attacks
Activists report that two more people have been killed in regime airstrikes on Al-Waer neighborhood in Homs, as government forces extend aerial and ground campaigns after further agreements with rebels fails
Syrian army enters city of Palmyra after heavy clashes with ISIS terrorists, followed by investigative engineering corps in charge of clearing the city premises and archeological site of explosives
Syrian army seizes control of the Triangle of Palmyra area, scoring more victories against demoralized ISIS terrorist bands, state news agency reports
Syria’s Foreign Ministry demands that the UN condemn Homs attacks which aim to undermine Astana peace talks
Jaafari said that his meeting with de Mistura focused on the issue of fighting terrorism and called on UN and all other delegations to unequivocally condemn the suicide bombings in Homs, Syrian news agency reports
Government-run newspaper reports that army units backed by air force target ISIS positions in Hama, Deir-ez-Zor, Suweida and Homs, killing and wounding a large number of militants and shooting down ISIS aircraft
Activists claim at least 41 regime soldiers, including 11 officers, have been buried in daily funerals in Tartous in February, Zaman al-Wasl reports
Opposition media Alsouria Net speaks to activist after Syrian warplanes reportedly targeted residential buildings in the embattled Homs district killing five civilians and wounding scores more
Government-run newspaper reports that Syrian army and allied forces killed large numbers of Islamic State terrorists during operations to retake the T4 region
Zaman al-Wasl writes that the Assad family’s hometown of Qardaha is being emptied of its youth after another 84 pro-regime fighters were killed fighting in January
Iqtissad speaks to producers and traders about why Gulf and European countries are turning to Syria for olive oil after the country witnessed a 10-year high boom in 2016
Zaman al-Wasl tells the story behind the only possessions of Om Mahmoud, a 50-year-old from Homs, who now resides inside a camp for displaced people after the death of her sons and husband and the destruction of her home
