Bashar al-Asad
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
Middle East
March 31, 2016
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree on a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but…
Syrian troops seize territory from rebels in northwest
Middle East
January 13, 2016
Syrian troops seize territory from rebels in northwest
Syrian troops and allied militiamen are expanding their area of control around a rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of…
Syria regime bastion welcomes Russian ‘friends’
Middle East
January 5, 2016
Syria regime bastion welcomes Russian ‘friends’
In the windows of his father's shop in coastal Syria, Ihab replaces bottles of the national tipple arak with vodka,…
Syria peace conference opens with rifts over Assad
World
January 22, 2014
Syria peace conference opens with rifts over Assad
Syria's government and opposition, meeting face to face for the first time at a UN peace conference, angrily spelled out…
Syrian regime offers reward for captured rebel fighters
World
September 6, 2013
Syrian regime offers reward for captured rebel fighters
Syria's government announced on Friday it would pay rewards to those who catch foreign opposition fighters in the war-torn country. Authorities…
Egypt has no intention of waging Syria “jihad”: minister
Egypt
July 20, 2013
Egypt has no intention of waging Syria “jihad”: minister
Egypt has no intention of a waging a holy war against Syria, but still supports the Syrian peoples' hopes for…
Morsy’s departure key to solving Egypt crisis: Syria
Egypt
July 3, 2013
Morsy’s departure key to solving Egypt crisis: Syria
DAMASCUS - Egypt will overcome its current crisis if President Mohamed Morsy leaves office, Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said…
Hezbollah Beirut heartland hit as Syria war rages
World
May 26, 2013
Hezbollah Beirut heartland hit as Syria war rages
Two rockets hit Hezbollah's heartland in Beirut on Sunday as the Lebanese Shiite group battled alongside Syrian regime forces and…
Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt
World
March 30, 2012
Young Syrian activists put life on hold in revolt
TRIPOLI, Lebanon— Last year, Khalid was a 19-year-old Syrian university student whose modest dreams were to land a job and…