Assad to the world: Im not stepping down

BEIRUT: President Bashar Assad of Syria, in a rare interview with a foreign newspaper, appeared to dismiss the possibility of serious progress arising from peace talks planned for next month, and to back away from earlier statements by Syrian ...

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.

Some groups that criticize Turkey's policy on Syria claim that Turkey is being unfair to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime by expecting to see democracy in his country. There are even some who think there is hypocrisy in Turkey's expectation ...

Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, backed by Hezbollah fighters, launched an attack on rebel-held town Qusayr on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP. "The assault on Qusayr has started. There is fierce fighting ...

Johannesburg, May 19 (ANI): Syrian president Bashar Assad has said that claims of the West that the Syrian government used weapons of mass destruction against its countrymen are nothing but a pretext for waging war against Syria.The statement comes ...

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 ...

by RFE/RL The top U.S. military officer has denounced Russia for providing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime with antiship missiles, saying the weapons will only worsen the Syrian war. The comments by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the ...

SOCHI: France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference for Syria if Bashar Al Assad's regional ally Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a US-Russian initiative to end the two-year-old war. No date has yet been agreed for ...

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 ...