A new film screening at the Malmö Arab Film Festival by Allaith Hajjo has been accused of whitewashing the image of Bashar al-Assad reports Zaman Al Wasl.
A handshake between Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Walid al-Muallem has led to speculation that some Arab countries are ready to restore relations with Damascus writes Al-Watan.
A conference on Syria by the Turkish opposition, anti-regime protests in Deir Ezzor, and the announcement of the reopening of a border crossing with Iraq, are among the main news of the weekend
The international fashion designer’s statement is an attempt at polishing the image of the Assad family, al-Modon writes
More tensions and problems at Syriatel as employees are reportedly leaving the company in droves, Sowt Al Asima writes
The Italian Parliamentary delegation continues its visit to Damascus and meets with the Prime Minister, state news agency Sana writes
In light of the collapsing Syrian pound and the dire economic situation, the Syrian government is using the assets of businessmen to fund the state writes Al-Modon.
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has been accused of refusing to let several children and wives of French militants in Syria return to France writes Asharq al-Awsat.
Russia and the regime resume airstrikes in Idleb, book fair opens in Damascus, displaced people leave a camp in Hassakeh and the UN to investigate hospital attacks. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
A solution to the conflict between Bashar al-Assad and Rami Makhlouf has started to form, after the later was reportedly placed under house arrest reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The home of Houriya Mohamed Bakr and her husband was invaded by unknown men, who tortured and killed the couple, which caused an uproar among activists reports Brocar Press.
Turkish border guards have killed a women and injured two others with stray bullets, amidst reports of people trying to cross into Turkey being shot at and tortured reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Maryam al-Shalat was executed by militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad when she refused to leave her home in the recently captured Khan Sheikhoun reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Syria is no longer a major news story in the US, but one Democratic Party presidential hopeful’s record on Syria may come back to haunt her writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Following the capture of Khan Sheikhoun, the regime is continuing to advance, laying siege to the town of Taman’a reports Alsouria Net.
As the Damascus International Fair gets underway, there is a notable decline in the number of participants when compared with last year writes Brocar Press.
After being deported from Istanbul, a transgender woman was sent back to Idleb, arrested by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and never seen again reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Airstrikes kill a number of civilians in Idleb, the Turkish-US joint operation center set to open, seven members of one family executed in Raqqa and air defenses shoot down suspected Israeli missiles. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
As Turkey secures its control over Afrin, Arabs are taking ownership of Kurdish homes and Kurdish culture is being slowly erased writes Al-Hal.
`The Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to respect the territorial integrity of Syria reports SANA.
