Editorial: The case for arms to Syria

BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given an interview to German media. He says extremism is the biggest challenge to Syria. Assad pointed out in the interview that "external factors" are the main reason extending ...

Although the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad split the Group of 8 summit, leaders manage to come up with a statement of common goals. By Patrick J. McDonnell, BEIRUT Global economic leaders, including the United States and Russia, reiterated ...

The G8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the

DAVID Cameron made a direct appeal to Syrian regime loyalists last night to switch sides and topple dictator Bashar Assad. The world leaders gather together at the G8 summit In an apparent change of strategy making no mention of arming the rebels he ...

Quitting power while his government battles a countrywide uprising would be a "national betrayal," Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has told a German newspaper in an interview. "If I decided to leave office under these circumstances, it would be national ...

With the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland concluded, Vladimir Putin -- one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's few remaining allies, and the main obstacle to achieving international consensus on a way out of the Syrian civil war -- appeared before ...

Rome, June 18 (IANS/AKI) A young Italian who converted to Islam and joined rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been killed in Syria, an Italian daily said.

Despite Russia's disagreement on the recent U.S. assessment that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, the two countries will work together for a Syrian political settlement, the White House said on Friday. Ben Rhodes, the White ...

BEIRUT: Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad pushed forward a bid to crush rebel bastions near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, a monitoring group and activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops battled rebels ...