James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier was found dead in Istanbul, after allegedly falling from his balcony reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
SDF commander Mazloum Abadi has criticised Russia and the US for not doing enough to prevent Turkish attacks reports Enab Baladi.
Clashes between Turkey and the regime, talks between Turkey and Russia, terrorist numbers in Idleb and a US women who wants to go home. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
A Russia news outlet has published an article about regime head Bashar al-Assad, in which it fawns over his choice of food and his rejection of Western ideas writes Brocar Press.
In 2014, de Mistura became the third UN diplomat tasked with ending the Syria war which erupted in 2011, before leaving his post last year writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Russian warplanes have pounded a town in the southern Idleb countryside, killing three children and injuring another reports Baladi News.
Regime forces have expanded their presence in Hassakeh and their has been discussion of them continuing their advance into the oil-rich Rumailan area reports Alsouria Net.
The regime’s forces used heavy aerial and ground bombardments, but were unable to unseat the rebels, losing a number of fighters in the process writes Zaman Al Wasl,
Protests in Idleb, Russia speaks out about the Russia-Turkey relationship, 183 arbitrarily arrested in October, rebels take he Kabana hilltops and a car bomb hits Tel Abyad. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
President Bashar al-Assad sat down with SANA for a wide ranging interview that explored plans to take back Kurdish areas and the committee to discuss the constitution.
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.
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.
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.
