Posts Tagged: Assad
Hezbollah Under Pressure After Facing Losses in Syria, Opposition in Lebanon
Hezbollah has suffered severe and serious losses in the battle for an important mountainous region that serves as a natural buffer between war-torn Syria and...
Syrian Opposition Leader Visits Wounded Countrymen in Israeli Hospital: ‘Assad Slaughters Us, You Heal Us’
An exiled Syrian rebel leader visited countrymen wounded in fighting being treated at an Israeli hospital this week, in a first-ever such visit...
When the Only Winners are the Benchwarmers
The battle of Mohammed's heirs is being fought anew in the Middle East. Tired of jostling for isonomy in Iraq and dismayed at the malversation...
BBC Trust Censures Show for Inaccurate Portrayal of Six Day War
The BBC Trust has decided that Dan Snow breached its Editorial Guidelines on accuracy when he implied that Israel had started the Six Day...
Kerry Praises Assad for Starting to Destroy Chemical Weapons
Reuters - Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President...
Assad: I Should Have Won Nobel Peace Prize
JNS.org - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar as saying that he could "shut Israel up" with or without...
Defected Syrian General: Assad is Sending Chemical Weapons to Hezbollah to Avoid Detection
Times of Israel - Syrian President Bashar Assad has been sending his chemical weapons to Hezbollah and Iraq in order to avoid giving them...
Watchdog Group Denounces UN Human Rights Council for Ignoring Syria While Censuring Israel (VIDEO)
UN Human Rights Council. Photo: wiki commons. UN Watch, a watchdog NGO, denounced the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday for behaving...
Syrian Rebels Claim Assad Forces Committed New Chemical Weapons Atrocity
Times of Israel - Syrian rebels claim that the army of President Bashar Assad again used poison gas in an attack on rebel forces...
Israeli President Peres: ‘Assad Cannot be Trusted’ to Honor Agreement on Chemical Weapons
Israeli President Shimon Peres voiced skepticism Wednesday over a Russian proposal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international custodianship. Speaking at the Israeli Navy graduation ceremony...
Analysts: Congressional Vote on Syria Could Prove Short-Term Domestic Boon for Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to seek authorization from Congress for a strike on Syria may be part of a more comprehensive short-term...
Report: Assad Moves Weapons Underground as U.S. Strike Looms
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has begun to move his arsenal of advanced weapons underground in preparation for a possible strike on the country by the...
Report: Russia Yet to Deliver S-300s to Syria; Plans Remain for Summer 2014 Delivery
Russia has not yet delivered the promised advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria, but maintains it plans to by next Summer, Russia's Vedomosti daily reported...
Report: Russia Withdraws Military Personnel from Syria
The Hill - Russia has withdrawn all its military personnel from Syria amid escalating violence, Russian media report, avoiding any chance of Russian...
