Posts Tagged: Bashar al-Assad
Bashar Assad’s Dangerous Game
JNS.org - The resumption of nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and world powers does not appear to affect Israel, which continues its actions to...
Can Moderate Sunni States Pry Assad From Iran?
JNS.org – After years of shunning Bashar al-Assad as his despotic regime fought for its survival throughout Syria’s bloody civil war, Sunni Arab countries have...
Report: Rift Opens Between Syrian Dictator Assad and Head of Iran’s Terrorist Army in Syria
A major rift has opened between Syrian President Bashar Assad and the head of Iran’s terrorist army in Syria, Arabic-language media reported Wednesday. According to the...
Analysis: Arabs Ease Assad’s Isolation as US Looks Elsewhere
While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West, which blames him for a decade of brutal civil war in Syria, a shift is under...
Turkey to Press Russia to Restore Calm in Syria’s Idlib
i24 News – Vladimir Putin is hosting Tayyip Erdogan at Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi, where the Turkish leader will press for a return...
Syria’s Assad Says Funds Frozen in Lebanese Banks Biggest Impediment to Investment
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the main impediment to investment in the country was money stuck in ailing Lebanese banks. In a speech after...
US Strikes Deal with Russia to Continue UN Syria Aid Access
The UN Security Council on Friday extended a cross-border aid operation into Syria from Turkey after Russia agreed to a compromise in last-minute talks with...
Ahmed Jibril, Founder of Pro-Syrian Palestinian Guerrilla Group, Buried in Damascus
Palestinians turned out in Damascus on Friday to mourn Ahmed Jibril, whose Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command fought Israel in...
Tom Friedman’s Latest Stratagem Is Having US Taxpayers Subsidize Syria’s Assad
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman floats an unconventional idea in his latest article: having the US pay the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, to...
Syria Gets Donation of 150,000 COVID Shots from China
A donation by China of 150,000 doses of its Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Damascus on Saturday, with another batch of the same size planned,...
Former US Envoy to Syria: Assad Was Willing to Break With Iran and Hezbollah, Broker Israel-Lebanon Peace Treaty in Exchange for Golan Heights
A veteran US diplomat who served in various high-level positions related to Syria revealed Wednesday that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad said he was willing to...
Turkey Tells Russia That Attacks in Syria’s Idlib Must Stop
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday he told his Russian counterpart that attacks in Syria's northwestern Idlib region must stop immediately and that...
Assad Is Trying to Stir Up Trouble Among Israel’s Druze
JNS.org - During the first week of September, a large group of Druze sheikhs from the Golan Heights sought to visit Syria, but were stopped...
In Syria, Russia Reveals Its Nefarious Aims and Alliance with Iran
It is amazing how little Bashar Assad and the Syrian government have to do with the disposition of Syrian assets and territory, as the murderous rampage of the last...
