Tag: President Bashar al-Assad
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad hospitalised
Reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights suggest Bashar al-Assad has been hospitalised in Moscow following an alleged poisoning…
Ukraine invasion: Syrian president Assad backs Putin
Syria on Tuesday recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine that Putin has said he was seeking to protect via…
2 die, 317 injured celebrating al-Assad’s poll victory
At least two persons were killed and 317 others injured by gunfire at celebrations in Syria marking President Bashar al-Assad’s…
Syrian opposition insists President Assad resign to restore peace
The leader of the Syrian opposition’s negotiation team insisted on Friday that President Bashar al-Assad resign as a precondition for…
Al-Assad accuses France of sponsoring terrorism
President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria attacked France on Tuesday, accusing it of supporting bloodshed in his country making it unfit…
French policy responsible for Paris attacks, says Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that French policy had contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that culminated in attacks…
70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…
Turkey denies new deal with Saudi on supporting Syria rebels
Ankara (AFP) – Turkey on Friday denied it had struck a secret new pact with Saudi Arabia to back Islamist…
US must talk to Assad to end Syria war – Kerry
The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war now entering its…
Syria’s Assad forms government, appoints 11 new ministers
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad formed a new government on Wednesday, two months after his reelection, leaving key ministries untouched as…
Syria troops kill at least 50 jihadists near Lebanon
Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have killed at least 50 jihadists from the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front groups…
Obama rallies global support for Syria strikes
DAMASCUS(AFP) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of…
Syria: Assad won’t quit yet
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car…
Assad’s regime collapsing, says former PM
Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad’s government is falling apart and only controls 30…
Syria’s defence minister killed in suicide attack
Syrian defence minister General Daoud Rajha died in a suicide attack in Damascus on Wednesday, as raging battles across the…
Pressure mounts on Syria’s Assad to go
International leaders Friday urged the UN to ratchet up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by threatening tough sanctions, as…