Bashar Al Assad
Russia to reduce troops in Syria by end of year
Middle East
November 24, 2017
Russia to reduce troops in Syria by end of year
Russia’s military plans to reduce its involvement in Syria this year as it nears the completion of its goals there,…
Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Middle East
November 23, 2017
Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib
Middle East
September 28, 2017
Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib
Russian and Syrian jets killed at least 150 civilians and injured dozens in over a week of heavy bombing that…
Short of allies, Syria’s rebels are down but not out
Middle East
June 1, 2017
Short of allies, Syria’s rebels are down but not out
They are veterans of Syria’s rebellion, trying for years to bring down President Bashar Assad. But these days they’re doing…
Assad’s mother in Dubai: Syrians
World
January 20, 2013
Assad’s mother in Dubai: Syrians
Anisa Makhluf, the mother of President Bashar al-Assad, has left the war-torn country and joined her daughter in Dubai, Syrian…
Syrians stage protests in Cairo against Russian support for Assad
Egypt
September 18, 2011
Syrians stage protests in Cairo against Russian support for Assad
Scores of Syrians staged protests outside the Russian Embassy in Cairo on Sunday, condemning Russian support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime,…
Egypt’s Tantawi expresses hopes of ending Syrian-Egyptian estrangement
Egypt
March 11, 2011
Egypt’s Tantawi expresses hopes of ending Syrian-Egyptian estrangement
A Syrian news agency reported that Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces--which…
Syria-Egypt rapprochement failed, says al-Assad
Egypt
October 26, 2010
Syria-Egypt rapprochement failed, says al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that overcoming long-term discord in Egyptian-Syrian political relations requires an Egyptian initiative. "I haven't…
Rights researchers say thousands forcibly disappeared in Syrian prisons
World
June 14, 2010
Rights researchers say thousands forcibly disappeared in Syrian prisons
Paris--Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the death of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad's and the nomination of his son…