Posts Tagged: Bashar al-Assad
Israeli Security Official: Assad Still Transferring Advanced Weaponry to Hezbollah
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has not given up on his effort to move advanced weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah, behavior Israel considers to be crossing a...
Saudi Arabia Declines UN Security Council Seat
JNS.org - In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia has refused to accept its election to a seat on the United Nations Security Council. As its reasons...
Assad Says Syria Doesn’t Need Chemical Weapons Against Israel
Times of Israel - Syria has shifted the focus of its military industry from Israel to the internal insurgency, President Bashar Assad told a...
Hamas Leader: We Must Forcibly Liberate Jerusalem
Hamas must forcibly liberate Jerusalem, the terror organization's leader, Khaled Meshaal, said during a phone conference from Turkey on Tuesday, Israeli daily Ma'ariv reports. Telling reporters during...
Syria’s Assad Tells Turkish TV ‘Undecided’ Over Seeking Third, 7-Year Term in 2014
AP / Washington Post - Syrian President Bashar Assad said it's still too early to say whether he'll run for re-election next year, but that...
Turkish Parliament Introduces Motion to Engage Syria Militarily
On the first day of its new legislative year, Turkey's parliament wasted no time introducing a motion to engage Syria militarily, Hurriyet Daily News reported...
Obama Calls Denial of Syrian Regime’s Chemical Weapon Use an ‘Insult to Human Reason’
U.S. President Barack Obama criticized members of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday for not taking a greater role in stopping the bloodshed in Syria,...
Israeli PM’s Office Denies Claims Made by U.S. Ambassador Oren; Israel to Remain Neutral in Syria
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied claims made by the country's ambassador to the U.S. Tuesday that Israel is backing rebels battling...
Report: Turkey to Ask U.S. to Prepare ‘Plan B’ For Syria
Turkey is set to ask the United States to prepare a "Plan B" for Syria if a current agreement to rid the country of...
Netanyahu Tells Kerry Israel Supports U.S. ‘Efforts to Rid Syria of its Chemical Weapons’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support Sunday of U.S. efforts to rid Syria of its chemical weapons stockpile. "We have been closely following - and...
Hezbollah’s Support of Assad Creates Conflict With Southern Lebanon’s Sunni Population
Lebanon based terror group Hezbollah's support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's ongoing civil war has become a source of conflict with the...
Peres Backs Obama on Syria: ‘Thoughtfulness Should Not be Confused With Indecision’
Israeli President Shimon Peres believes the United States "will respond in the right way" to the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, despite President Barack...
Obama Prepares for Week of Lobbying Congress to Back Syria Strike
WSJ - The White House is girding for more than a week of battle with Congress over President Barack Obama's plan to launch limited...
Report: Russia Suspends Delivery of S-300 Missile Defense System to Syria
Russia is delaying the transfer of advanced S-300 missile defense systems to Syria because Damascus has failed to provide payment for them, Russia's Kommersant newspaper...
