“The regime has less and less foreign currency, revenues have dried up, the war effort is becoming more taxing and its two main donors, Russia and Iran, have their own financial problems.”
Nusra-linked Turkish jihadist kills and wounds dozens in attack on town of al-Eis, southern Aleppo, Islamist group announces
“The Conference is a message to the Russians after they tried to show that there is no Syrian party able to replace the regime”
Report documents 158 incidents of the targeting of vital facilities during the month of November, with at least 80 incidents conducted by Syrian government forces
US advises Syria’s political and military opposition to adopt “creative language” when discussing the fate of President Bashar al-Assad during the opposition’s expanded conference in Riyadh this week
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, warns that bombing will increase the risk of terrorist attacks by sleeper cells in Europe unless there is a concerted effort to destroy ISIS on the ground. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA.
Blast kills seven Levant Front fighters in town of Tal Rifaat
Foreign policy advisor to Iran’s supreme leader says Assad’s fate can only be decided by the Syrian people
FSA officers in Turkey have provided sensitive information, including rebels’ movements, bases, names and weapons to Russian intelligence
“In Syria, our armed forces are first of all fighting for Russia, it is the security of our people that they are defending,” says Russian president
Ceasefire reached between regime and rebels in Al-Waar as Assad looks to consolidate his control over Syria’s strategic areas prior to the upcoming negotiations in Vienna
Syrian National Colaition will meet with other opposition factions in Riyadh in an effort to unify positions ahead of negotiations in Vienna this month
The Northern Aleppo towns of Kafra and Sundaft are taken by ISIS as Russian airstrikes weaken rebel forces in the area
President Assad says terrorists are flocking from over 100 countries around the world to Syria, in an effort to transform the country into a hub for terrorism
“Many days I go to work in the morning without eating under the pretext that I am fasting, in order to leave something for my poor wife to eat during my absence. She thinks I am a saint or something, while in fact I would live on a cigarette and a cup of coffee that I prepare in my shop”
The secretary general of the Damascus–based opposition Syrian National Democratic Action Commission talks to Syria Times
Paris puts military cooperation against ISIS in the framework of a political solution, while Moscow pushes for a map of non-European-backed militant groups
Body of pilot from downed Russian jet arrives in Turkey, as Ankara and Moscow make preparations for its return
Scores dead in attack on popular marketplace in town of Ariha
Syria’s resolve to fight terrorism will continue despite recent escalations by hostile countries who support extremists, Assad tells top Iranian diplomats
