MPs voice concern over a strengthening of governmental powers and weakening of democracy following proposed changes to the council rules, loyalist Al-Watan writes
Zaman al-Wasl chronicles Doha’s commitment to the Syrian revolution and its opposition against the government of Bashar al-Assad since 2011
Syria is witnessing a recovery thanks to the withdrawal of Wahhabi terrorist groups including ISIS and the Nusra Front, president tells Indian media
Foreign Ministry says alliance’s warplanes killed 43 civilians in the ISIS-held northern city, state media reports
Souriatna chronicles the 150-year history of Chechen migration to northern Syria from the time of Hadji Murad through Ottoman, French and Baathist rule
Political committee awaiting consensus after selecting which 12 factions will decide on delegates, opposition media office reports
Amid large displacement, local councils in the liberated north must develop proper institutions and security in order to inspire development, opposition website writes
Latest report reflects positions of governments which distort the truth and deny the real causes of the crisis, Syria’s U.N. envoy tells Security Council
Riad Hijab warns newly elected president of Assad regime’s “preparations for an escalatory military campaign,” opposition media office reports
Decision by Turkish authorities to issue new rules protecting Syrians from work exploitation has backfired in the country’s south, Iqtissad writes
Foreign ministry says anti-ISIS coalition must end illegal strikes after new attack kills 35 civilians in the eastern countryside
Civilian vehicle hit while traveling south of the provincial capital, sources tell state media
Refugee workers voice concern over the treatment of the issue, while Lebanese media are estimating the number of Syrian refugee births in the country at 300,000 during 2017 alone, Enab Baladi writes
Human rights lawyer says families of Syrians being held by Gulf authorities are in fear of having their loved ones sent back to Syria to face possible death sentence, Sada al-Sham writes
Members of the Assad clan were reportedly involved in a family dispute in coastal Qardaha after an argument escalated to involve medium-sized weapons, Alsouria writes
Syria’s main political opposition calls for coalition of ‘civilized world’ to tackle threat of Assad regime and all forms of terrorism, media office reports
Coalition president responds to announcement of declaration, which aims to form a reserve army of 34,000 troops to back counterterrorism operations
Russian experts claim Moscow must decide whether to cut and run or double down, as attack may be another indication of a shift in American policy toward Syria
Kurdish areas in the north are enforcing stricter regulations on cases of polygamy and abuse, after officials supervised the creation of People’s Courts to deal with disputes in the region
In an interview with Zaman al-Wasl, ex-prisoner describes the abuse and death witnessed inside the airport prison, overseen by Syria’s brutal Air Force Intelligence
