Opinion: Assad In or Out? Negotiating the Transitional Phase
World powers may have warmed to the idea of Assad remaining, but the president will not survive long after the transitional phase, Walid al-Bunni writes
World powers may have warmed to the idea of Assad remaining, but the president will not survive long after the transitional phase, Walid al-Bunni writes
The northern Syrian city, which suffered a chemical attack in 2013, has seen the development of the local hospital’s nursery ward, which can now care for up to 20 inpatients
Ali al-Youssef is convinced the sounds emanating from the White House about a revised Afghan strategy will herald a new global vision for the U.S.
Industrialists witness the return of work in the Kallaseh industrial zone, a former rebel-held area and site of a reported chemical attack in 2016
All4Syria asks whether recent developments on the Syrian scene, both political and military, suggest the start of a new stage of conflict between big powers?
Malak cited U.S.-Israeli ‘conspiracies which aim to divide Syria’ as a key reason for abandoning the foreign-based opposition, Syria News reports
Tamaddon speaks with locals of the southern city about their decision to marry, or not to marry, as a shaky security returns under the safe zones deal
Editor of Saudi-owned Okaz newspaper Abdullah al-Ghadawi claims that Washington and Moscow have come to share similar visions for the future of Syria
Russian diplomat says 2016 peace deal would have witnessed breakthrough had the U.S. worked to separate moderate opposition from terror groups, state media reports
Zaman al-Wasl speaks with the former Coalition president about rumors over opposition members’ willingness to accept Assad’s survival
SNC media office reports on opposition meeting with Saudi backers days after Riyadh is pressured to restate its commitment to Assad being removed from power
The Euphrates basin area is witnessing a rebel campaign against the regime on one side and the Islamic State on the other, as ISIS stages a last-ditch effort to defend its eastern stronghold
Syria’s armed and civilian opposition hope to overturn the de-escalation zones agreement signed in Cairo last month, Zaman al-Wasl writes
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
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