Damascus opponents demand guarantees Assad will quit

AMMAN ABOUT 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. If confirmed, ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, denies that his government would employ chemical weapons, as the governments of western and regional countries and variations predicted a possible military invasion against the country. The claim was that they used ...

font size decrease font size increase font size Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says insurgents from 29 different countries are now fighting against the government in different parts of the country. The official SANA news agency reported on ...

Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have retaken most of the strategic city of Al-Qusair in Homs province in central Syria, destroying tunnels used by rebels and seizing large amounts of weapons, the state-run SANA news agency said today. The ...

The Turkish media has failed to take a stand against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was quoted as saying May 19 while speaking with a group of journalists during an official visit to Washington.

Syrian President Bashar-al Assad gave a hard line interview with Argentina's Clarín newspaper, dismissing international peace efforts and blaming the West for supporting terrorists fighting his government. No state talks to terrorists," he said, ...

Russian deliveries of advanced anti-ship missiles and air-defense systems to Syria risk leading Bashar al-Assad's regime to miscalculate its military power, according to the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shipments are "at the very ...

an online group that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was behind the incident which followed a phishing attack on the company's email accounts, FT reported on its website. The attack is the latest in which hackers commandeered the Twitter account of ...

In an interview with an Argentine newspaper, President Bashar Assad says he doubts the West wants a solution to the Syrian conflict. He also reiterates that he does not intend to resign. By Patrick J. McDonnell, BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad ...