Following the recent Turkey-Iran-Russia strategic alliance, Assad sought to find a role to play in the Kurdish file, choosing to strike Hassakeh in order to be at the center of the Kurdish issue
Russian envoy to UN says evidence of ISIS access to chemical weapons production underscores importance of convention to fight chemical terrorism
Humanitarian corridors should not be used to supply terrorists with weapons and fighters if serious about reaching a solution to the crisis in Aleppo, says Churkin
Districts of Al-Sukari and Al-Zourzour targeted by regime and Russian forces, killing and wounding civilians
Local sources claim Assad forces using internationally banned munitions on the besieged Homs neighborhood
Russia and the United States have not yet agreed on dividing influence in the Middle East, and they are providing space to the regional countries to dive further into this quagmire
For the consecutive third day, Russian warplanes launch attacks from Iran to strike Syria, and targets “overlap” with America
Mikdad says Damascus wants Moscow and Tehran’s efforts to succeed in bringing Turkey back on the right track in order to ensure regional security
Kremlin announces raids killed up to 150 Islamic State fighters in the eastern province
In a statement released on Sunday, the Syrian Coalition said that the spectacular gains recently made by rebel and FSA forces in Aleppo have brought in near hysteria on Assad and his allies, making them commit wholesale massacres against the Syrian people
Moscow is convinced that Syria’s opposition should distance itself from ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra
Both sides called on UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura to intensify his efforts to start intra-Syrian talks without preconditions in Geneva
The most violent strikes targeted the public market, medical centers, and the blood bank building. Three civil defense ambulances and a vehicle were destroyed in the Russian airstrikes on the rebel-held town
The opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) suspended its participation in the Geneva negotiations about three months ago due to the Assad regime’s refusal to implement the UN Security Council resolutions on Syria
Russian warplanes hit the towns of Kafarnaha, Qabtan al-Jebel, and Howr in the western Aleppo countryside, simultaneously with artillery bombardment on the city of Andan in the northern countryside, leaving dozens killed and wounded
The Church of the Virgin Mary, which was hit by the Russian air strikes, is the only church in the city. It dates back hundreds of years, having been built in 1886
violent bombing on Friday killed two children, Abdulillah and Shadi al-Hwayri, in addition to scores of injured, mostly women and children
The aid targeted people and families mainly displaced from Daraya city due to terrorist acts
The new mechanism will be composed of intelligence services, foreign ministries and militaries of the two parties
The primary aim of the battle of Aleppo was “defending civilians of all religions and sects”
