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Despite his many brutal crimes, Rifaat al-Assad's return to Syria via European complicity is another example that we do not live in an age of accountability, writes Sam Hamad.
Detainees who control Hama prison have reportedly reached an agreement with the Syrian regime, which would see prison guards return, but inmates eventually released and no retaliation against them.
Syrian political detainees who took over Hama prison on Monday have requested rebel groups carry out no violent acts in their names, as conditions worsen in the jail.
Recent airstrikes in Syria by Russia, Israel and Turkey have not received adequate global attention. Syrians are paying with their lives as each power fights for its particular interests. Silence only adds to this tragedy, writes Sam Hamad.
Comment: The root causes of Islamic State in Syria were never adequately addressed, and now, as the world is distracted, a resurgence seems afoot, writes Sam Hamad.
Both Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have claimed that the FSA 'does not exist', so Syrians took to Twitter to counter the claim.
Comment: In Idlib, the Assad regime will play on the presence of al-Qaeda-affiliated groups, to justify their use of massive force to target civilians, writes Sam Hamad.
Residents of Eastern Qalamoun are displaced, forced from their homes under a deal between opposition fighters and Russia. Photos by Ghaith al-Sayed.
While Assad continues his brutal offensive on Syria's farming provinces, hopes that the vulnerable agricultural industry may be spared continue to diminish.
While Sunday's Oscar signalled recognition of the rescue organisation's life-saving work, on the ground in Syria it was business as usual in a conflict defined by grotesque suffering and destruction.