Local source reveals Abou Akrama al-Anbari fled ISIS’ de facto capital in Syria with $300,000 as Kurdish-led forces launch operation to retake city
Despite the implementation of the “four cities” agreement, it is not possible to compare — in any sense at all — the siege of Zabadani and Madaya which are under opposition control, and the siege of Kefraya and Foua which are under the control of the regime and its militias
Turkey hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, around 3 million, and has so far spent more than $12bn on their Syrian guests
Bashar al-Assad told Serbian newspaper Politika the US’ “secret collaboration with terrorists is the reason why all attempts at a ceasefire and political transition in Syria have so far failed.” Following is the full text of the interview as published by SANA, the official news agency.
“It’s not pressure that created the problem — it’s the intellectual cultivation and the mentors who were raised by the teachers of Al-Qaeda and the Wahhabi ideology… This is the fruits of decades of sectarian broadcasts and miseducation.”
The issue that is difficult to find a clear explanation for so far is the reduction in the intensity of the bombardment. Is there something threatening the Russian aircraft? Or is Putin sending a message to the Iranians after the dispute that erupted between them that they will lose without his support?
27-year-old wife and children of a Syrian refugee found dead in apartment in southern Danish city of Aabenraa
Assad’s top aide tells interviewers that Syria is moving toward national reconciliation
Syrian government says it rejects selective approach of UN member states which refer exclusively to the suffering in eastern Aleppo
Turkish official claims around 7,700 people have returned to the northern city after Turkish-backed forces retake Jarablus from ISIS
Rebel commander Mustafa Sijri unharmed after bomb control detonated by Turkish security in southern city of Antakya
Arab youths and opinion leaders will discuss the theory that “Trump is better for the Arab world” in Istanbul this Saturday
Russia’s victory in enabling the regime and Iran’s militias to enter eastern Aleppo will comprise a major turning point in the Syrian war and will lead to a major disruption in the balance of forces to favor Iran, its militias, and the Assad regime
Sources claim Turkey’s foray into northern Syria aimed at establishing new ‘safe’ corridor for rebels travelling between Idleb and Aleppo’s northern countryside
Following is the full text of the interview, as appeared on SANA, the official news agency
Workers at the Al-Yemdiyeh Hospital say the facility has changed location twice over the last six months as a result of raids which destroyed its previous two sites
Emergency respondent says Russian strikes hit medical storehouse in Tarmanein’s residential areas as diplomats meet in the Swiss city for negotiations to end the intensification of fighting
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
Syrian president says he hopes normalization of relations between Moscow and Ankara could help shift Turkey’s Syria policy
