( Al-Monitor )- Maxim Suchkov writes that following the visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow this week, “the departure of President Bashar al-Assad was and remains a non-starter for Russia. What neither Lavrov nor Putin would probably say to Tillerson, but do expect him to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army on Monday killed 9 fighters loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the southern countryside oif Hama province, rebel commander told Zaman a-Wasl. 10 more militants were wounded in the surprise attack on checkpoints near Salamiya town. Rebel said they had seized...

The Syrian army regained the strategic town of Soran near the city of Hama in the central part of western Syria on Sunday with an assault backed by heavy Russian air strikes, rebels and residents said. Most of the rebels had retreated from the town after troops stormed it following dozens of...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army forces pounded strategic military airport of Hama city with more than 40 Grad rockets as the regime regained strategic town of Soran, rebel news feeds said Sunday. Hama military airport is not operating due to heavy surface-to-surface rockets attack,...