Political, military and economic support from Russia, China and Iran was crucial to anti-terrorism fight, Syria’s president says
The Syrian actress and peaceful anti-government activist passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer. She was 46 years old
World powers may have warmed to the idea of Assad remaining, but the president will not survive long after the transitional phase, Walid al-Bunni writes
Damascus condemns anti-ISIS coalition for recent bombing on Raqqa city which killed 17, government media reports
Ali al-Youssef is convinced the sounds emanating from the White House about a revised Afghan strategy will herald a new global vision for the U.S.
Shiite fighters killed in suicide attack days after government forces retake last ISIS-held town in Homs, opposition website reports
Syrian army and allied militias are making strides in their campaign for control of the southeastern border region, Zaman al-Wasl reports
In an op-ed for the loyalist Syrian Now site, Assad’s chief propagandist points the finger at Israel for planning the fragmentation of the region and the attempted downfall of Syria
In televised address, Hezbollah’s general-secretary hails efforts by Lebanese forces to ensure the defeat of Syria-based terror groups
Editor of Saudi-owned Okaz newspaper Abdullah al-Ghadawi claims that Washington and Moscow have come to share similar visions for the future of Syria
Russian diplomat says 2016 peace deal would have witnessed breakthrough had the U.S. worked to separate moderate opposition from terror groups, state media reports
The Euphrates basin area is witnessing a rebel campaign against the regime on one side and the Islamic State on the other, as ISIS stages a last-ditch effort to defend its eastern stronghold
Anti-ISIS coalition bombing kills civilians in the town of Markada, which lies on a strategic supply route connecting Hassakeh with Deir-ez-Zor
Syrian government will ‘not allow’ the Kurdish administration to divide the county by holding independent elections, Deputy FM tells foreign press
Parents in northern Syria are trying and failing to save their children from conscription in areas under the control of U.S.-backed forces, Tamaddon writes
Damascus urges international community to respond to the coalition massacre of more than 60 people this week, state media reports
Jamil al-Hassan, who once told Russian media Assad showed too much restraint in ending the war, is kept on as head of Syria’s brutal Air Force Intelligence branch
Turkey-backed group names Sheikh Hassan Sofan as leader after alliance was left weakened by infighting and defections, opposition website reports
Strikes by the anti-ISIS coalition targeted a number of villages in the eastern countryside of the province, local sources tell SANA
Syrian forces are just kilometers from the provincial capital ahead of push through ISIS lines to reach regime-held districts of Deir-ez-Zor city
