Talk is circulating of who will likely succeed the opposition negotiator following predictions of a reshuffle at the request of main backer Saudi Arabia, Alsouria Net writes
Opposition website describes a state of security breakdown in the central province as loyalist militants engage in infighting and civilians settle disputes with guns
Syrian government will ‘not allow’ the Kurdish administration to divide the county by holding independent elections, Deputy FM tells foreign press
HNC head backs calls for removal of Syrian president after news surfaced that key supporter Saudi Arabia told negotiators to accept Assad’s staying in power
Russian forces have erected two checkpoints and a number of observation posts to monitor the cease-fire in the area, opposition site Zaman al-Wasl reports
Parents in northern Syria are trying and failing to save their children from conscription in areas under the control of U.S.-backed forces, Tamaddon writes
Saudi FM purportedly told Syrian opposition that group must reinvent its ‘vision’ or risk becoming obsolete, Alsulta Alrabiha writes
The removal of security barriers might have resulted in a return to normalcy in Hama. But for others the checkpoints provided a source of income and a means to avoid the fighting fronts, Sada al-Sham writes
Zaman al-Wasl profiles Razan Khaebbiya, activist and founder of the Human Hope project which aims to assist children who have lost limbs in conflict
France’s dynamic new president has demonstrated the willingness to show fresh leadership on the global stage, Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper writes
Damascus urges international community to respond to the coalition massacre of more than 60 people this week, state media reports
Opposition announces decision to label Kurdish party as terror group, pointing to crimes such as the murder and displacement of civilians, Coalition media office reports
Awas al-Mubarak reflects on the first independent council elections held in the liberated Eastern Ghouta city
Police chief says move is in response to the need to care for and inspect women suspects in line with social customs, Zaman al-Wasl writes
Rumors of meeting are aimed at delegitimizing the group in the wake of the safe-zones agreement in the south, rebel spokesman tells Zaman al-Wasl
Strikes by the anti-ISIS coalition targeted a number of villages in the eastern countryside of the province, local sources tell SANA
Amid the continual bombardment of the ISIS bastion, some residents have chosen to stay in Raqqa while others flee the danger of death, Enab Baladi writes
After the recent capitulation of Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham to HTS in rebel-held Idelb, uncertainty remains around further infighting and the possibility of an Ankara intervention, Enab Baladi writes
Russian outlet confirms work has begun to restore security to the area with forces deployed to inspect vehicles for arms
Damascus official claims the infection of around 150 people with a disfiguring skin disease is due to increased number of displaced, Zaman al-Wasl writes
