What Happened Over the Weekend
Saudi funding, the ending of aid, US airstrikes and condemnation at the UN. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Saudi funding, the ending of aid, US airstrikes and condemnation at the UN. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Following the arrest of a number of individuals, residents in the northern Homs countryside are beginning to believe that their internet communications are being watched by the Russians reports Alsouria Net
Idleb is covered by a de-escalation zone agreement between Turkey, Russia and Iran, but the regime has vowed to retake the province writes Sada al-Sham
A crowdfunding campaign managed to secure all the funds for the children’s hospital in just three weeks writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed
There are increasing reports of Syrian refugees being forcibly returned to Syria, despite the dangers that await them writes The Syrian Observer
Ahmed fled from Syria to Turkey when he was just 16, but his dream of graduating from university never left him writes Asharq al-Awsat
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that a full scale assault would result in a complete massacre, which should be avoided reports Alsouria Net
Firas Tlass, the son of the former Syrian Defense Minister, has called on rebel groups to lay down their arms and allow regime, Russian and Turkish military police to enter Idleb reports Etihad Press
Both the Golan Heights and the Sanjak of Alexandretta have historically been Syrian lands writes Tishreen
Government forces are moving north to retake Idleb in accordance with the Astana agreement writes Al-Thawra
The recent decision by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Council to enter into negotiations with the regime has major implications for the future of Syria and the position of Turkey writes Sada al-Sham
Many refugees have stressed that it is not safe to return to their homeland, with many fearing reprisals writes Asharq al-Awsat
The closure of a field hospital, Syrian-Russian business opportunities, rebel attacks and accusations against the Turkish. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
It was hoped that the visit by the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Council to Damascus would be able to find commonality between to two sides writes Asharq al-Awsat
The US Treasury Department has applied financial sanctions to a number of prominent supporters of the regime writes Salon Syria
In contrast to the words of the Russian special envoy to Syria, Sergei Lavrov has said that terrorists in Idleb must be eliminated reports Hurriya Press
Turkey is currently hosting over three million Syrian refugees writes Alsouria Net
Moscow contradicted Assad’s pledges to retake the northern Syrian rebel stronghold by force, saying there “can be no question of an operation, of a major assault on Idlib” writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed
In a meeting of top-ranking officers in the Assad army and its intelligence agencies, the Head of the Air Force Intelligence administration has set out plans for the next stage of the conflict writes The Syrian Reporter
The fate of Idleb is of great concern to Turkey, and a careful balancing act is required to keep it from falling into chaos writes Syria TV
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