the Raids are, according to the SOHR head Rami Abdel Rami the largest militäroperationerna which IS carried out after having lost its last stronghold, the enclave of al-Baghuz, in march. It writes several news media.
al-Assad has regained control over large parts of the country, which the government lost in the war, among other things, with help from Russia. The president met Friday and Saturday, Russian officials to discuss the ongoing peace talks, reports the state news agency.
A new constitution in the country has been put forward as a possible way forward to get a stop on the civil war. President al-Assad, however, has refused to negotiate with the Syrian constitution.