“Is this drowned child one of the crowd of refugees that frighten you, Mr. Cameron?” The Independent asks the British Prime Minister
‘Inshallah, she will help me obtain a visa to go and live with my father like all other children’
Kurds suspect a homemade rocket fired by ISIS against Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances
Mustafa arrived in Turkey and is looking for a job in the Osmanbey Market because the Turkish medical regulators have not recognized his medical license
Opposition factions successfully withstand attack on Marea killing 50 ISIS fighters, says rebel commander
Rebel spokesperson confirms the death of Colonel Jamal Radoun in the southern Turkish city near Syria’s border
Border administration permits entry of around 100 Syrians, with more expected to enter in coming days
Assad has given a lengthy interview to Hezbollah’s channel al-Manar. Below is the interview as translated and published by SANA, the Syrian official news agency
Rebels accuse Assad regime of using Egyptian military equipment against opposition fighters as Damascus denounces Turkey for “supporting terrorist groups”
Captives released to Lebanese authorities following negotiations in Istanbul
“We open our hands to every Arab initiative. We say hello to those who knock on our door as we seek to stop the bloodshed,” Syria’s foreign minister tells Egyptian press
Controversy over reports of overcrowded boat carrying sinking off the Turkish coast
At some point, I was optimistic that all fighting parties would work seriously to reach a political solution, but the recent massacre in Douma killed my optimism
Heavy-handed policing tactics have resulted in the reported death of a child in the Turkish camp of Derik, source tells Zaman al-Wasl
Syria’s information minister dismisses rumors of a so-called Saudi-Syrian meeting regarding bilateral security and political issues
The difference between Moscow and the Syrian opposition has become vulnerable to a change in the past few months due to three factors: changes on the ground in Syria, a shift in regional and international attitudes towards the crisis, and the opposition’s favorable position towards terrorism
“As illegal weapons affect our homeland security, the illegal trading of the Turkish lira harms our national economy, because part of the economic cycle of cash becomes outside the Syrian economic and financial cycle,” anonymous official tells Al-Watan
International support to secure and recover lost artefacts has been denied to Syrian authorities, says Syria’s minister for culture
Following a deterioration of security in Turkey’s south, civilians face harsher border control measures as Ankara expands its war in Syria
Rebels take village from ISIS amid talks of a planned safe zone on the Turkish border
