Iran withdrawing its elite forces from Syria as Tehran faces significant personnel and economic losses, US media reports
Newly-formed alternative opposition, Syrian Democratic Council, elects Qahm Movement’s Haytham Manna and Ilham Ahmed as joint presidents following summit in Hassakeh province
Saudi capital tipped as new Syrian opposition HQ as one-third of supreme committee seats allocated to armed faction representatives
National reconciliations will be given priority as the Syrian government pushes to restore security and stability to the country, Syrian FM tells UN representative
Prime minister says “cowardly” attack in response to local reconciliations currently taking place in Homs province
It is time to address the repercussions of a rapidly changing shift in Syria’s demographic environment if we are to succeed in an effective reconstruction process
The police station operates 24-hours a day, handling complaints from residents of the city and the surrounding villages
Data on Syria’s migration crisis estimates that around 17,000 doctors have left the country since the beginning of the crisis in 2011
Leaked document details serious internal shortcomings which directly affected plans and delayed projects
The gunmen willing to go back to their normal lives will have their legal status settled
“Ibrahim had to drop out of school and find a job to earn money for his family. He suddenly felt he was responsible for them after his father was arrested by one of the regime’s checkpoints around Douma”
US advises Syria’s political and military opposition to adopt “creative language” when discussing the fate of President Bashar al-Assad during the opposition’s expanded conference in Riyadh this week
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, warns that bombing will increase the risk of terrorist attacks by sleeper cells in Europe unless there is a concerted effort to destroy ISIS on the ground. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA.
Former detainee describes exploitation from NGOs and media organizations after release from prison
Razan worked to defend prisoners of conscience, and although she didn’t agree with many of them intellectually and ideologically, she ceaselessly committed herself to their freedom
Syria to continue its commitment to the abolition of chemical weapons, says deputy foreign minister
Syrian National Colaition will meet with other opposition factions in Riyadh in an effort to unify positions ahead of negotiations in Vienna this month
President Assad says terrorists are flocking from over 100 countries around the world to Syria, in an effort to transform the country into a hub for terrorism
Paris puts military cooperation against ISIS in the framework of a political solution, while Moscow pushes for a map of non-European-backed militant groups
Body of pilot from downed Russian jet arrives in Turkey, as Ankara and Moscow make preparations for its return
