Posts Tagged: Bashar al-Assad
The Free Syrian Army Can’t Shake Al Qaeda Ties
Cooperation between the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, continues even as the FSA tries to obtain more American arms. The...
President Obama’s Syria Sideshow
Syria's chaos is growing, with increased fighting among the opposition groups and fresh evidence that Bashar al-Assad is again using chemical weapons. But the chaos...
Senior Diplomat Says Syria Hiding ‘Substantial’ Part of Chemical Weapons Arsenal
Aljazeera - Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, a senior Western diplomat has said, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States. "We have some...
Hezbollah Claims Responsibility for Israeli Patrol Bombing on Lebanon Border
Hezbollah was responsible for a March 14 roadside bomb attack on an Israeli patrol in Shabaa Farms, along the border with Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah...
Former Israeli Ambassador Pins Dead Peace Process on American Wishful Thinking, Says Kerry ‘Smothered in a Middle East Sandstorm’ (INTERVIEW)
Yoram Ettinger, the former Israeli Ambassador for U.S. Congressional Affairs, on Thursday had harsh words for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who he said...
Mr. President, Time to Act in Syria
For better or for worse President Obama has not acted decisively with Western allies in an effort to end the horrific civil war in Syria....
Ya’alon: Israel Holds Assad Responsible for All Attacks on IDF Forces
The IDF targeted several Syrian army positions on Wednesday morning, March 19, which aided and abetted the Syrian attack against IDF soldiers on Tuesday according...
John Kerry Says No Role for Assad in Syria Transition
USA Today - Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday sharply rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad at the international peace conference on the Syrian Civil...
Hamas Leaders Looking for Rapprochement With Iran
JNS.org - The Palestinian terror group Hamas has indicated that it is rekindling ties with old patron Iran. "Relations between us are now almost back...
Report: Assad’s Forces Kill at Least 25 in ‘Barrel Bomb’ Raid Over Aleppo
Forces loyal to Syrian President Basher al-Assad bombed a crowded vegetable market in the city of Aleppo on Saturday, Israeli daily Ma'ariv reported. The air...
Escalation in the Golan: Roadside Bomb Targets IDF Patrol
For the first time in decades, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was the direct target of an attack in the Golan Heights, where an improvised...
Obama Sides With Putin, Assad, and Khamenei
When protests broke out in Syria in late 2011, Russia hoped for a short, nasty war as a matter of Russian national interest -- just...
U.N. Security Council Was Late on Syria, Says Deputy Secretary General; ‘Veto Power Needs to be Limited’
The United Nations Security Council was late to act on Syria, the international body's deputy secretary-general, Jan Eliasson, told Hurriyet Daily News in an interview...
Hezbollah Official Says Assad Would Have ‘Collapsed in Two Hours’ if Terror Organization Hadn’t Intervened
A Hezbollah official has said that if it weren't for his organization's intervention in the Syrian war, the regime of President Bashar al -Assad would...
