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A U.S. official said this week that the coalition striking Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants “can’t succeed” without Turkey, the Istanbul-based daily Hurriyet reported. Brett McGurk, who is a deputy special envoy to the…

For Syrians, August may be the cruelest month. Two years ago at night, President Assad’s grim reapers in the form of rockets laden with chemical warheads visited Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus and claimed the lives of 1400 civilians,…

Scores of Syrian refugees who recently arrived on the Greek island of Kos began registering early Sunday on a ship sent by the government following tensions over a huge influx of arrivals. The Eleftherios Venizelos, docked in Kos since…

Homs province: Regime forces bombarded areas of al-Waer neighborhood with shells, no reports of losses. Regime forces raided houses in al-Ferqlis town in the eastern countryside, no reports of arrests. The warplane raided Gharnata village…

al-Raqqa province: IS executed a man in al-Karama area east of al-Raqqa city in the charge of "Murder", IS led him into a public yard and shot him in the presence of dozens of civilians. 

Hama province: Explosive barrels were dropped on areas of Kafr Zita, al-Zayara, al-Qarqour, al-Deqmaq, al-Mansoura, and Tal Wasit. The warplane raided al-Madiq castle, no reports of losses. A commander in an Islamic battalion was killed by…

Aleppo province: A militant in IS detonated himself in a car between Mare' and Sandaf village in the northern countryside, reports of casualties, followed by clashes against rebels in the area, reports of losses on both sides. The warplanes…

Dar'a province: Regime forces opened heavy machine gun fire on area of Alma town, Kafar, Shams, no reports of losses. Surface to Surface missiles fell on Dar'a camp , and al-Naema town amid targeting the town with explosive barrels, no…

Al-Quneitra Province: Clashes took place between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions in the vicinity of the town of Hodr in the northern section of the countryside of Quneitra, amid…

Idlib Province: The warplanes carried out a raid on Ebdita village in Jabal al-Zawiyah, while the helicopters shelled areas in Ma’erzita village in the southern countryside of Idlib, no information about casualties. Hama…