The Syrian government has ordered the isolation of the Sayyidah Zainab area and has extended curfew across Syria, as measures are put in place to tack the spread of the coronavirus reports SANA.
A once influential figure, Abdel Halim Khaddam died in France forgotten by his country and with few achievements to his name writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
A town in the Damascus countryside has been isolated after a women with coronavirus, who continued having contact with the wider public, died reports Alsouria Net.
After messages from doctors regarding the coronavirus were leaked, a member of the central committee has insisted that there is no pandemic in Syria and the government is taking measure to protect the public writes Al-Watan.
The Russian Navy has conducted anti-submarine drills and exercises in the Mediterranean Sea with warships and helicopters reports Tass.
Syrian workers are being crushed under a collapsing currency, high prices, a lack of employment opportunities and forced displacement writes Ana Press.
After years in exile, former vice president to Hafez al-Assad, Abdel-Halim Khaddam has passed away at his home in France.
Regime officials have patrolled towns in the Damascus countryside and have quarantined those they suspect of having contracted the coronavirus reports Sowt al-Asima.
The prices of bread has witnessed a dramatic rise, as Syrian are prevented from gathering at bakeries to stop the spread of coronavirus reports Brocar Press.
After years of war and with a shattered healthcare system, Syria is particularly vunerable to an outbreak of the coronavirus writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
Supportive words from the UAE, coronavirus fears rise, regime attack thwarted in Idleb province, sophisticated anti-air weapons for the opposition and a Syrian man dies in Italy. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Syria opposition demands an examination for signs of the novel virus in regime-run prisons, voicing concerns that the regime may leave prisoners to die reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The Syrian regime has announced a total ban on all travel between governorates, in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus reports Sowt Al-Asima.
Aleppo has extended the closure of schools, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and has implemented remote educational programs writes Enab Baladi.
Since Russia began its involvement in Syria, Sergey Shoygu has made many trips and has served as an important point of contact between Assad and Putin writes Alsouria Net.
The Syrian Artists Union have stopped work, to protect their health and prevent the spread of coronavirus in Syria reports Enab Baladi.
Russian authorities have met with a central committee in Daraa, to discuss the situation in the south and the recent upsurge in violence reports Brocar Press.
Hamza Division leader Abu Hussein Hindawi is believed to have been assassinated in Libya, with suspicion falling on a rival Syrian rebel group reports Al-Masdar.
The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for a total ceasefire in Syria to combat the potentially deadly coronavirus writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Hadi Al Bahra has accused the regime of creating obstacles to prevent the launching of serious negotiations that lead to a political process writes Asharq Al-Awsat.
