Sources confirm around 400 mercenaries, most of them from Iraq, arrived at Aleppo’s Al-Mulhib barracks during the past few days
SNC deputy says opposition will abandon efforts to reach a political settlement after Assad regime and Russia intensified their attacks on rebel-held areas of Aleppo
States concerned with the conflict are rushing to divide up the country and threatening both its existence and the fate of its people
Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday addressed the 71 session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York. Below is the full text of the speech as published by SANA
US betrayed Syrian revolution because it wanted to destroy the country’s military infrastructure as it did in Iraq, says prominent thinker and author
Besides the U.S., no one but Assad and the Russians has an air force in Syria
Assad meets with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein in the capital Damascus earlier this week
Media activist says rebel groups managed to repulse the attack and kill more than 20 fighters in an ambush in western Jobar
Shiite groups want to remove all Sunnis from the district while Alawite militias are calling for only the removal of only those carrying weapons, according to the Alsouria correspondent
Any US forces entering northern Syria would be seen as an occupation force, like the Russian and Iranian forces, says group’s co-founder
Syria has become divided between conflicting forces into spheres of influence
Coordination office has issued publications and religious texts with the aim of bringing together the Sunni and Shiite doctrines and working toward bridging the differences in ideology
Main political opposition says FSA will deal “positively” with truce but stressed rebel groups have the right to defend Syrians and the revolution against regime aggression
Group’s deputy general dismisses truce as a deal which forfeits the sacrifices and gains of the revolutionary people while working to benefit the Assad regime
Commander of the key Fatimid Brigade killed by opposition forces in Syria’s coastal region, according to Iranian media
The opposition meets with high-level diplomatic figures in London to discuss its three-stage political vision, which includes six months of negotiations, a transition period lasting 18 months, and ending in elections
Lebanese newspaper says Putin and Obama bear responsibility for Erdogan and Assad failing to meet
Harakat Al-Nujaba sends 300 Shiite families to Daraya and Moadimiya after clearing them of their residents, according to sources
If what we hear is true, the solution is based on acknowledging the status quo and surrendering to the rule of the current regime despite the killing, destruction and displacement that it has carried out over the last five years.
Top Iranian and Russian diplomats meet to discuss strategy of combating terrorism in Syria
