Mazloum Abdi has expressed his distrust of both Russia and the Syrian regime, but has agreed to continue to search for peace writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Russian warplanes used vacuum bombs to hit the city of Kafr Nabl, and the towns of Hass and al-Fatterah resulting in the deaths of number of civilians, including one child writes Baladi News.
The constitutional committee held its first meeting, with speeches from the regime and opposition presidents and from the UN Special Envoy reports Alsouria Net.
US State Department’s Special Envoy for Syria has explained the objectives of the US in Syria and highlighted the need for a political solution writes Brocar Press.
The regime’s forces have continued their attacks on rebels the de-escalation zone, but their attempts have been thwarted reports Zaman Al Wasl.
The Syria International Petroleum and Mineral Resources exhibition is hoped to be an opportunity for foreign companies to get involved in Syrian resources reports SANA.
A Russian military police patrol, operating on Syria’s northern border, came under fire from unknown assailants, wounding one, reports Brocar Press.
Regime forces have tried and failed to push rebels out of the Kabana hilltops in coastal Lattakia province, with 12 regime fighters being killed reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Russia forces launched an assault on the Tel Ja’afar area, in an attempt to push out rebels, but were held back by the opposition forces reports Zaman Al Wasl.
US President Donald Trump has announced that an operation conducted in northwestern Syria ended with the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Syrian Democratic Forces have announced that they will withdraw their forces from the border region, in accordance with the Russian and Turkish agreement reports Alsouria Net.
Mazlum Abdi expressed his thanks to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation for defusing the war in the region and sparing civilians the scourge of war writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Ras al-Ayn area north of Hassakeh has witnessed clashed between the two sides, in spite of an agreement between Turkey and Russia writes Smart News.
In accordance with the Turkish-Russian agreement, Russia has started to patrol the border region as the SDF withdraws to the agreed upon distance writes Alsouria Net.
As Russia and the regime move to secure the border, the Syrian Democratic Forces have announced their willingness to discuss joining the regime’s ranks reports Enab Baladi.
The Syrian army has moved north and has taken control of a number of town, putting them in direct confrontation with the Turkish occupation forces reports The Syria Times.
Following their withdrawal from the northeast, Syria has told the US to also leave the al-Tanf area writes SANA.
In part two of The Syrian Observer’s interview, Jamal Suleiman discusses sectarianism in Syria, electoral law and his hopes for the constitutional committee.
A new report on the developments in northern Syria has said that the US and Russia orchestrated events to their benefit and that Iran was the biggest loser writes Alsouria Net.
The Syrian Observer sat down for an interview with opposition figure and presidential hopeful Jamal Suleiman to discuss his plans for Syria’s future.
