“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
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.
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
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
Strikes target capital’s eastern suburbs as rebels advance in the region
Foreign ministers condemn Turkey for the recent downing of a Russian jet and Ankara’s support for terrorism
In light of the multiple wars in Syria, Vienna was a place for a new war that will end all the other wars, a “war of wills” that is happening around a table supervised by the UN, but in fact it is the table of the US-Russian negotiations.
The Syrian opposition finds itself today in front of a significant test: either to push for a unified effort and full coordination before entering into the political process, or face being placed on a list of terrorist organizations
Russian airbase at Hmeimem airport targeted by opposition forces stationed in the Ghab Plain
Two drivers and an aid worker killed in Russian targeting of warehouse near the Turkish border
Activists say no reported casualties as strikes target aid convoy in northern Idleb following Turkey’s shooting down of Russian jet on Tuesday
