James Le Mesurier was an ex-British Army officer who set up Mayday Rescue which helped train the White Helmets, was found dead in November reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Khaled Khoja, once the President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, has formed the Future Party with Ahmet Davutoglu writes Al-Masdar.
With support from Russia, the regime is moving to secure territory and influence in areas east of the Euphrates, moving against Turkey and the US writes Al-Arab.
10 fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been killed in a Turkish artillery bombardment near Azaz in northern Syria writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Turkish police are cracking down on Syrians living in Istanbul and deporting those who are in violation of the terms of their residency visas reports Brocar Press.
Opposition forces launched a surprize attack against the elite Tiger Force and Iranian militias near the town of al-Mshairfah east of Idleb city, killing 22 reports Zaman Al Wasl.
An interview conducted by Italy’s Rai News 24 with President Bashar al-Assad was not broadcast, as agreed, so in response, the Syrian news agency SANA has decided to air the interview.
Noor and Alla Elhamravi have taken to Twitter to highlight the plight of Syrians and to try and prompt the international community to take action writes Anadolu News.
In accordance with the agreement between Turkey and Russia, Assad’s forces had expanded their deployment in the al-Jazira areas and deployed in the northern Hassakeh countryside reports Alsouria Net.
Turkey’s President Erdogan has announced a plan to house a million Syrians in new residential areas in northern Syria reports Hurriya Press.
Hospitals in areas controlled by Turkish forces are unable to meet the needs of locals due to a to lack of security and equipment writes Zaman al-Wasl.
The continuing collapse of the Syrian pound has pushed the Syrian Interim Government to introduce the Turkish lira to areas they control writes Alsouria Net.
President of the National Security Bureau, Ali Mamlouk, asked tribal leaders and sheikhs to pull their men out of the SDF reports Brocar Press.
The Syrian Interim Government has called on SDF fighters to surrender their arms and submit themselves to the Syrian National Army in order to be pardoned writes Jisr.
A suspected airstrike by the International Coalition has hit a passenger car in the Idleb countryside, killing one person and wounding others reports Jisr.
Russian forces have moved into Amuda, in northeastern Syria, reportedly to protect the Kurdish forces in the area from the Turkish army writes Asharq al-Awsat.
A Russian researcher has accused the US of hindering the political process and obstructing the work of the Committee to Discuss to Constitution writes SANA.
Turkey is attending a NATO meeting in the UK this week and the issue of northern Syria is expected to be high on the agenda writes Anadolu Agency.
Qadri Jamil has said that the delegations from regime and the opposition have demonstrated irresponsible behavior during the second round of the Constitutional Committee writes Enab Baladi.
The Syrian pound has hit an all new high against foreign currencies, while the regime government does little to halt the devaluation writes Brocar Press.
