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
Kremlin has attempted to discredit Zaman al-Wasl’s claims that Iranian experts are working on developing long-range missiles near Assad’s coastal stronghold
Government media reports U.S.-led forces struck residential areas amid coalition campaign to expel ISIS from the eastern province
With news of an agreement between big powers for a a safe zone in the south, the opposition is becoming aware that decisions on Syria’s future are increasingly out of their control, Ali Ayed writes
Russian foreign minister says main parameters have been agreed on as Moscow leads negotiations around proposed safe zones
U.N. reported last month that coalition airstrikes on Raqqa had led to a ‘staggering loss of life,’ as rights groups slam U.S.-led force for violations
As international focus shifts to Deir-ez-Zor, ISIS is attempting to strengthen its defenses in the eastern province in anticipation of the next big clash, Enab Baladi writes
Anti-ISIS alliance warplanes targeted civilian homes on the western bank of the Euphrates, government media reports
Western-backed forces accused of shelling civilian neighborhoods as the fight for the heart of the ‘caliphate’ continues, Souriatna writes
Assad’s failure to secure the areas he retakes will be the opposition’s last hope in gaining public support, a former media executive writes for Saudi-owned newspaper
Veteran opposition figure Michel Kilo asks if the cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on the de-escalation zones proposal is a step forward, or just hot air
A pro-regime columnist says that Syria will be a test to know if Trump can face the American deep state and succeed in normalizing relations with Russia
Local sources confirm coalition bombing on the village south of Al-Shaddadah city, government media reports
Writing for regime mouthpiece Al-Watan, Maysoun Youssef claims that U.S.-backed groups attempted to blame the Syrian government for its own use of chlorine gas in Ain Termeh
