Posts Tagged: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
Syria’s Assad Steps Up Efforts to Crush Last Besieged Rebel Enclaves
The Syrian government on Thursday stepped up its efforts to retake the opposition's last besieged enclaves, as rebels prepared to withdraw from one and a...
Syria’s Assad Prepares to Assault Last Rebel Enclave Near Damascus
The Syrian army began preparatory shelling for an assault on the last area outside its control near Damascus on Tuesday, a commander in the pro-government alliance said, building on its recent capture...
Official: Trump Administration Delays New Sanctions on Russia
US President Donald Trump has delayed imposing additional sanctions on Russia and is unlikely to approve them unless Moscow carries out a new cyber attack or...
Assad Ally Hezbollah Does Not See ‘Total War’ Over Syria
Lebanon's Hezbollah does not believe the latest Syria crisis will spiral into a direct US-Russia conflict or a wider all-out war, its deputy leader said...
British Ministers Back Action to Deter Syrian Chemical Weapon Use
British Prime Minister Theresa May won backing from her senior ministers to take unspecified action with the United States and France to deter further use...
Prospect of US Attacks in Syria Raises Security Concerns in Israel
Israel held top-level security consultations on Wednesday amid concern it could be targeted by Syria or Iran if the United States strikes Syrian government forces...
Special Report: How a Secret Russian Airlift Helps Syria’s Assad
In a corner of the departures area at Rostov airport in southern Russia, a group of about 130 men, many of them carrying overstuffed military-style...
Syrian Rebels, Russians Said to Be Negotiating End to Ghouta Suffering
A Syrian rebel group in one besieged eastern Ghouta pocket said on Friday it would try to negotiate an end to an army assault there,...
Syrian Ruler Assad Films Himself Driving to Ghouta to Demonstrate Victory
President Bashar al-Assad flaunted government advances in Syria's seven-year war by filming himself driving to meet frontline soldiers near Damascus, making a video of the...
Assad Says He Will Confront Plans Against Syrian Unity
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to confront what he described as Western plans targeting the unity of his country, the Syrian presidency quoted him as...
Syrians Flee Government Advances in Eastern Ghouta
Thousands of civilians have fled advances by Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta over the last two days, a war monitor and a resident said...
Public Reports ‘Clearly Show’ Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons: McMaster
US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on Saturday that, despite denials, public reports showed that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons, and added that it was time for the international...
Russian Toll in Syria Battle Was 300 Killed and Wounded: Sources
About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar...
Damascus Warns Israel of ‘More Surprises’ in Syria
Israel will face "more surprises" if it attacks Syrian territory again, Damascus said on Tuesday, after Syria's air defenses shot down an advanced Israeli warplane during the...
