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
Iqtissad speaks to activists and camp residents on why the situation continues to worsen for families in Syria’s southern camps along the border with Jordan
Shelling kills at least seven militants in the towns of Al-Mahatta and Jawalek in the province’s rural areas
State news agency SANA reports raid by government forces on Um Sharshouh village in the Homs countryside
The price of gas has seen a steep rise in loyalist areas as news filtered in of the Islamic State’s capture of Palmyra and the surrounding gas fields last week
“When we say that Aamal benefited 46,000 people in 10 years, we also have to say that 30,000 of them were affected during the war,” says Syria’s first lady
Serving volunteers want the regime to include them in the new Fifth Corps and supply them with a monthly salary, thereby taking advantage of the rampant poverty in Syria and the spread of unemployment
Zaman al-Wasl speaks to Abdo, a trained psychologist now residing in Lebanon, who wishes to provide an adequate life for his family by selling gas to refugee camps
