Government-run newspaper reports that army units backed by air force target ISIS positions in Hama, Deir-ez-Zor, Suweida and Homs, killing and wounding a large number of militants and shooting down ISIS aircraft
Opposition news site says fighters took the areas of Al-Dayyatha and Kraa northeast of Suweida city amid further losses by the Islamic State over the past few weeks
Disgruntled Alawite group claims responsibility for assassination of Alaa Makhlouf, personal bodyguard to Asmaa Assad
“When we say that Aamal benefited 46,000 people in 10 years, we also have to say that 30,000 of them were affected during the war,” says Syria’s first lady
Local authorities confirm rocket and IED attacks in Aleppo, Damascus and Suweida resulting in several deaths and 33 wounded
Major transport route cut by loyalist fighters protesting regime’s arrest of a drug dealer from Oum Haratin
Primary and secondary students return to classes as education directorate announces repairs have been finished on dozens of schools throughout the country
Sources claim riots erupted in the notorious prison south of the capital after security forces attempted to storm the facility
Locals enraged by murder committed by pro-regime paramilitary who raped a minor and was released under presidential amnesty
Chechen representative says more aid will be distributed in Suweida, Aleppo city and Palmyra city in the coming days
Armed groups wiped out by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad in several areas in Syria’s east and south
Head of the ministry’s psychology department says state has trained 250 general practitioners in the field in order to meet the shortfall in psychiatrists
Local media reports hundreds of families from Deir-ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Aleppo forced out of shelters for displaced in the southern city of Suweida
Over 100 workers and contractors kidnapped from the Al-Badiya cement factory remain in ISIS custody as the body of a slain engineer is returned to his family
Islamist positions raided by Syrian ground and air forces in the country’s northern and eastern regions
Thousands of detainees transferred from Adra central prison to ill-equipped facilities, while authorities continue to profit from extorting inmates and their family members
Seven provinces agree to renew interest-free loans program for poor and impoverished groups to undertake medium, small and micro projects
Elections body says over 11,300 applications are to be reviewed in the coming days
Work centers on helping children with speech impediments brought about by trauma
Election committee head says large candidate numbers signal a positive sign for voters as deadline for applications draws to a close
