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
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.
Syrian president says he hopes normalization of relations between Moscow and Ankara could help shift Turkey’s Syria policy
“Usually they demand 20 percent of the amount needed to be transferred, I have to pay the fees because there is no other way to transfer money”
Coalition spokesperson says meeting with Russian media delegation aims to draw world public opinion closer to the Syrian revolution
Aleppo chanted for freedom and democracy, and even raised the banners of the Ukrainian revolution and supported all the national liberation movements around the world, but the “free world” has turned away from it.
Turkish-backed rebels advance on symbolic ISIS-controlled village after a campaign to take the town began late August
“Turkey isn’t allowing us to cross and isn’t sheltering us in the camp. The weather conditions are hard, especially for children, who are sleeping out in the open”
Agreement announced during visit by Iran’s foreign minister to the Turkish capital Ankara
Turkish army opens fire on a Syrian civilians in Kahyla village, killing nine civilians including children
Boris Johnson tells Turkish media that Assad, Russia and Iran are carrying out a large proportion of the massacres in the city as fighting intensifies in residential areas
Syrian minister says US unable to distinguish Nusra Front from other armed terror groups in Syria because it constitutes the “backbone” of opposition forces
Head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation issues call to intervene quickly to stop the killing and massacres which are being carried out in residential areas
“There is a massacre in Aleppo” hashtag circulated by Turkish social media users as Assad and Russian bombardment of northern city intensifies
SNC deputy says opposition will abandon efforts to reach a political settlement after Assad regime and Russia intensified their attacks on rebel-held areas of Aleppo
States concerned with the conflict are rushing to divide up the country and threatening both its existence and the fate of its people
Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday addressed the 71 session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York. Below is the full text of the speech as published by SANA
US betrayed Syrian revolution because it wanted to destroy the country’s military infrastructure as it did in Iraq, says prominent thinker and author
Erdogan says Turkey has begun to give citizenship and work permits to Syrian refugees residing inside the country in an effort to reduce economic burden
