Posts Tagged: Syria Assad
Retribution in Syria: What It Means for Israel and the Region
The carnage in Syria is terrifying, horrifying, and gruesome -- particularly if you are a member of a Syrian minority group -- Christians, Druze, Kurds....
Syria’s Dictator Survives, War Crimes and All
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has put restoration of control of all of Syria at the core of efforts to manage multiple Middle Eastern rivalries that...
German Court Sentences Syrian to Life in Prison for Crimes Against Humanity
A German court on Thursday sentenced a former intelligence officer in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services to life in prison after convicting him of...
UAE Foreign Minister Meets Assad, in Most Senior Emirati Visit to Syria Since War Began
The United Arab Emirates foreign minister met President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, a sign of improving ties between Assad and a US-allied Arab...
Exiled Syrian Who Helped Light Fuse of Uprising Mourns the Terrible Cost
When Syrian teenager Basheer Abazed was arrested a decade ago for scrawling anti-government graffiti on his school wall, he never imagined an uprising would flare...
Assad Must Understand the Cost of Giving Iran Free Rein in Syria
JNS.org - The overnight strike in Syria the IDF carried out in response to explosives being planted in the southern Golan Heights was necessary --...
Syria Splinters, Even as Assad Regains Some Territory
JNS.org - As Syrian President Bashar Assad continues solidifying his hold around Damascus -- with the aid of Russian airstrikes -- it is becoming clear that the regime will...
Who Will Rebuild Syria?
The fighting in Syria that began in 2011 between President Bashar Assad and the opposition forces seems to have reached its final stages. It is...
How Assad Has Stayed in Power: Cunning and U.S. Fumbling
When Basil Assad, oldest son and heir apparent to the late President Hafez Assad, was killed in a car accident in 1994, the father turned...
CIA Head Meets With Israel’s Defense Minister During Surprise Visit
Times of Israel - CIA director John Brennan arrived in Israel Thursday evening and held consultations on the situation in Syria, amid fears...
Why Western Governments Should Support Assad
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Photo: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr via Wikimedia Commons. Analysts agree that "the erosion of the Syrian regime's capabilities is accelerating,"...
50 Years of Syrian Misery
The horrors of today's Syria - repression, civil war, barbarity - resulted from many developments; one of the most important occurred 50 years...
