Eight people killed in Russian attacks which targeted apartment complex in Babka, while separate Syrian and US-led coalition strikes killed scores of Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Idleb province
Sources claim head of Syria’s air force ordered warplanes to strike capital’s main water supply, which provides drinking water and sanitation to millions of Damascus residents
Opposition members claim ongoing violations by regime and allied Iranian militias in the Damascus countryside is proof the regime does not want the truce deal to succeed
Sada al-Sham speaks with women who have been abandoned by their husbands after being dealt severe injuries and narrowly escaping death
Russia is not serious in its wish to impose a ceasefire, Walid al-Bunni argues
Huge explosion in rebel-held Azaz, near the border with Turkey, on Saturday kills and injures over a hundred people
Syria looks to restore trade with its neighbors as hundreds attend first day of exhibition aimed at promoting products and exports for the Iraqi market
Russia’s acknowledgment of the armed opposition is one of the requirements of profiting politically from the victory in Aleppo. This means that transforming the military victory into a political settlement requires recognizing the enemy before sitting with him and agreeing to a solution to the conflict.
Around 600 Syrians try every day to cross into Turkey as fears mount that the regime and its allies may be preparing an attack on Idleb
Opposition forces decide to freeze involvement in upcoming negotiations in Kazakhstan due to repeated ceasefire violations by the regime
Group claims responsibility for New Year’s attack that killed 39 people in Turkey’s largest city, describing the gunman as “a hero soldier of the caliphate”
Is it really possible for Russia, Turkey and Iran to achieve a lasting solution which enables Syrians to choose their political system in a secular and democratic state, as stated by the three countries following meetings in Moscow?
FSA rebels threaten to abandon new truce deal if Russia does not halt Assad regime attacks on civilians near the capital Damascus
The government forces and their allies including Lebanese Hezbollah have been trying to press advances, particularly in an area northwest of Damascus in the rebel-held Wadi Barada valley
Sources claim the Turkish president could lighten his tough stance on his Syrian counterpart on the condition of cooperation in preventing the establishment of a Kurdish entity
The gamble made by Damascus and its allies is that the US will be in a hurry to make any achievement in the Syrian crisis, and will accept the idea of Assad’s nomination in the coming elections due to domestic reasons related to their own upcoming election season
Investors and economists voice doubts over the return of production to Aleppo’s industrial sector, citing safety and logistic concerns, such as lack of security as well as shortages of electricity and fuel
Military factions have curtailed the role of the “free” civilian police in Syria, limiting them to pursuing crimes and misdemeanors, organizing traffic and overseeing and monitoring service projects — and indeed the rebel groups have intervened in even these affairs at times
Tripartite meeting held in the Russian capital to discuss respecting Syria’s independence and territorial integrity in preparation for February negotiations in Geneva
In the wake of Aleppo’s fall and the upcoming peace talks in Geneva, Moscow moves to obtain the upper hand on Tehran and Hezbollah in securing its interests in Syria
