Israeli activists launch awareness campaign and call for communal prayers on Jewish holiday for the “hundreds of Syrians who are dying daily in Syria, men, women and children, while the world is silent”
Confusion heads political expectations worldwide, with cautious optimism and wishful thinking being shared between the current US administration, Russia, Iran and Assad, as concrete details around what a Trump presidency would look like remain unclear
Aleppo health directorate announces all civilian hospitals out of service due to Russian bombardment
Local Syrian sources and Russian officials claim “terror groups” fired on demonstrators and civilians attempting to flee the opposition-held eastern districts, reports media
Russian monitoring center confirms delivery as part of larger effort to provide over 17 tons of food and medical support to several provinces
Opposition negotiators trying to spare the area what happened in other areas, like Daraya and Moadamiya, especially given that the regime is trying to take control of the southern countryside of Damascus
The advent of Trump to the presidency is likely to draw the curtain on this era, which requires relying more than before on subjective factors, and inventing means of resistance which are less costly to the revolution, and less dependent on external support
Food production in Syria has declined to record levels due to fighting, lack of security, and weather conditions, putting millions at risk, according to the World Food Program
Russian defense ministry rejects claims by monitors and news outlets claiming jets struck three Aleppo hospitals in as little as 24 hours
Foreign ministry calls on chemical weapons watchdog to investigate purported crimes by opposition factions in Aleppo after Russia claims to have verified traces of toxic gases in recovered shells
Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to “wait and see” if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington’s policy on Syria but that he was ready to cooperate with him in fighting militants. Following is the full text, as published in SANA
New report by human rights group claims regime is responsible for the death of 188,729 civilians, over 90 percent of all victims from nearly six years of war in Syria
Strikes kill and wound dozens while civil defense forces are working to lift the rubble to save the survivors and remove the corpses
Meetings touched on ways to circumvent Russia’s veto power at the UNSC in order to end the bloodshed of Syrian civilians
US president-elect and Russian president will attempt to normalize relations, Kremlin says, with the Syrian crisis and the fight against global terror at the top of the agenda
Despite the president-elect’s promises to withdraw American power from the region and revert to a more isolationist strategy, history shows us that major changes in US foreign policy rarely occur with the rotation of presidential administrations, writes Eyyad al-Jaafari
Event will include leading domestic and internationally-based opposition figures in the Syrian capital with support from Russia and the Assad government
Trump will not support the armed opposition and will not support intervention in Syria, loyalists say, but he will strongly support fighting terrorists
An increase in state repression and random violence has contributed to the spread of “war commanders” and the occurrence of a coup in social segments to the benefit of the emerging “new guard” of businessmen
Aleppo’s opposition fears Russian plans for all-out offensive after claims point to rebel’s use of chemical weapons in regime areas
