Regime Makes Prisoner Swap With Rebels in North Damascus
Zaman al-Wasl (opposition website)
April 18, 2016
Assad forces release detainees Ahmad Khatib and Thaer Qadi after being detained for four and a half years
Assad forces release detainees Ahmad Khatib and Thaer Qadi after being detained for four and a half years
Use of chemical weapons by radical groups in both Syria and Iraq is proof that Damascus is not involved in such attacks, says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
“Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria’s Great Merchant City,” Philip Mansel, 238 pages, I.B. Tauris, London, 2016
Prominent figures and celebrities with ties to the Assad regime enraged by Syrian activists’ attempts to condemn their views by phone
Talks scheduled to resume Wednesday with all delegates expected to return to Geneva by March 14
Pro-Damascus opposition meet at Russian-occupied air base to discuss forming group to draft new Syrian constitution
At least 27 violations carried out on Sunday by regime and Russian forces, study by human rights monitor reveals
Scores of Syrian nationals remain stuck inside Kuwaiti airports after being accused of forging passports, according to sources
Each month the court of arbitration receives an average of 50 cases and the feedback is very positive
Assad says he backs peace talks but that negotiations do “not mean that we stop fighting terrorism”
Foreign ministry spokeswoman says opposition delegation withdrew from the talks after rebel fighters faced a series of defeats by the Syrian army and allied forces
Despite doctors’ continuous warnings to stay away from the video, the brutal and ugly content, I eventually dared to follow the envoy’s speech, to try to find a glimmer of hope or beam of light for the great Syrian people — or what remains of it
Loyalist media publish names of regime negotiation team, including relative of controversial opposition figure Roay Sherbiji and notorious security official Samer Bareedi
Washington is truly working for an independent Kurdish state in the near east
Witnesses say Russian air force is using cluster munitions and “advanced” missiles against areas of rebel-held Homs
“We did not postpone the talks, and any reports about a change or delay comes from media outlets”
Syrian refugees to endure another potentially deadly winter in Lebanon as severe weather conditions leave many without food or water
After living through shelling, loss and displacement, the mere fact that they are Syrian has become a cause for suspicion wherever they go. With the spread of terrorist bombings across the world, it has become natural that the first to be accused in any attack is someone of Syrian nationality
Terrorism has spread to the states that have been supporting it for five years, Syrian foreign minister tells reporters in India
Armenia’s top envoy to Syria says Ottoman genocide of around 1.5 million people continues to leave destructive cultural impact on generation after generation of Armenians
