UN envoy earns approval from Syrian government and opposition to launch parallel negotiations on a number of issues in an effort to end the four-year crisis
Activists launch Twitter hashtag rejecting the truce, stressing that negotiations should be terminated as they only serve the Assad regime and Iran
Syria’s current representation consists of two parties: the regime’s mafia, which is willing to destroy Syria and displace its entire people to remain in power, and a divided and ineffective opposition which has failed to achieve anything over the past five years
Diplomats suggest separation of Assad and Syria’s state institutions in the context of a political settlement will help avoid a repeat of the ‘Iraqi scenario’
Russia is engaging in a tacit competition with Iran – especially amid talks about the impending creation of a regional and international “contact group” after America’s ratification of the Iran deal next month
Presidential press-secretary tells journalists Russia would mull military involvement in Syria if requested by Assad regime
Russian military support to Syria is part of long-standing and existing agreements, says deputy FM
Damascus calls on UN to condemn recent terrorist crimes and to back efforts to eliminate the “scourge of terrorism threatening the region and the world”
Ministry of Labor has allowed migrant workers to make a significant breakthrough in closed professions which contradicts issued regulations, according to union president
Reports from Damascus and Tehran state high-ranking Iranians have expanded their purchase activities in the capital since last June
Terrorists and their backers derail local reconciliations and aid deliveries to citizens in an effort to compromise social harmony, minister says
As international adoption increasingly becomes a political issue, its measures have been subjected to the international balance of power, and thus children are often subjected to a pattern of commodity exchange
Blatant aggression puts Russia beside Iran in direct partnership with the criminal regime in the killing of Syrian people and the destruction of their country, says Brotherhood
Assad’s regime even boasts that Moscow’s decision to hunker down demonstrates the strength of bilateral relations
A whole family’s monthly income may not suffice for a burial
Syrian delegation expressed regret towards R2P, as some countries that dominate the U.N. are exploiting the R2P principle as a new tool and justification to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign nations: Jaafari
A source at the Russian embassy in Tehran stated that the embassy received permission for all requests by Russian planes carrying humanitarian aid to Syria to pass through Iran’s airspace
The warm welcome they received in Munich was more than what the Syrian refugees expected
Reports confirmed that Khalil was tortured and put in solitary confinement, and was then moved to an unidentified location; according to activists, his condition remains unknown to this day
SANA says that a Nusra member admitted responsibility for two car bombings that rocked the city of Sweida on Friday
