Opposition leader urges states to help end Assad and Russia’s bombardment of Aleppo’s residential areas which have killed hundreds of civilians in the past days
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed in an interview to Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the smell of WWIII is in the air. Following is the full text, as published by SANA, the official news agency.
This development represents a departure by the opposition because of the blatant shift in Russia’s role from a joint position in international oversight of the political process, alongside the US, to a direct party to the war, alongside the regime, against the Syrian people
Second mortar attack in less than two weeks targets Russia’s embassy in the Syrian capital
Humanitarian aid consisting of foodstuffs delivered to displaced people in Syria’s coastal region, ceasefire monitor confirms
Syrian president says he hopes normalization of relations between Moscow and Ankara could help shift Turkey’s Syria policy
Christians in these areas have also suffered from the Iranian presence, but in a different way from bombardment and destruction like Syria’s other areas, as communities leaving in large part due to a moral collapse and widespread disorder
Syrian families residing in makeshift housing in town of Rasas receive Russian food aid support
Opposition leader condemns Russia for vetoing a French-Spanish draft resolution aimed at preventing the aerial bombardment of Aleppo
Attack follows death of three Ahrar al-Sham fighters who were killed in clashes with the Jund al-Aqsa group late last week
Ambassador says resolution drafted by France and Spain at UN Security Council meeting on Syria reflects their “nostalgia over colonial past”
Coalition spokesperson says meeting with Russian media delegation aims to draw world public opinion closer to the Syrian revolution
Military sources claim the international coalition against ISIS conducted strikes against the regime army in Al-Tharda Mountain to prevent the radical group from obtaining internationally banned weapons
Russian foreign minister says Nusra Front and ISIS will never be part of any ceasefire agreement as Moscow upholds its demands calling for the separation of Nusra from Western-backed “moderate opposition”
President Bashar al-Assad told Danish TV that the United States doesn’t have the will to reach any agreement about Syria. Following is the full text of the interview, as appeared in SANA
According to a local journalist, unemployment exceeded 70% of people at the beginning of the Russian military campaign in Lattakia, but now he expected it to have become higher.
Religious organization accuses regime of “the deliberate disregard of the values and ethics of the Christian-majority areas in Damascus, especially Bab Touma”
Eight more towns announce signing of reconciliation agreement bringing the total number to over 700 since February
Civilians killed as Damascus suburbs bombarded with surface-surface missiles, cluster munitions and barrel bombs by Syrian and Russian forces
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