Ain al-Medina explains the reason Moscow sent non-Russian special forces to a foreign country as part of a special mission for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union
Government news agency SANA publishes transcript of Syrian president’s interview with Japanese journalist regarding the state of the current ceasefire, this week’s peace talks in Kazakhstan, and what is likely to come from a Trump presidency
President Bashar al-Assad has accused the US of sponsoring terrorist groups in Syria by labeling them ‘moderate opposition’. In an interview with the Russian TV channels, Russia 24 and NTV, the Syrian president said the United States tried to promote the idea of so-called moderate opposition in Syria.
Following is the full text of the interview:
Syrian foreign minister underlines need for concerted international efforts to fight terrorism during meeting with Chinese delegation in the Syrian capital
Syria’s envoy to U.N. urges countries to support the Syrian government in its fight against terrorism if they are serious about the interests of the Syrian people
Despite the president-elect’s promises to withdraw American power from the region and revert to a more isolationist strategy, history shows us that major changes in US foreign policy rarely occur with the rotation of presidential administrations, writes Eyyad al-Jaafari
“It’s not pressure that created the problem — it’s the intellectual cultivation and the mentors who were raised by the teachers of Al-Qaeda and the Wahhabi ideology… This is the fruits of decades of sectarian broadcasts and miseducation.”
Following is the full text of the interview, as appeared on SANA, the official news agency
The Syrian war, which displays open geographical boundaries, requires closure at the level of all the region’s nations. This is a measure demanding coordination which is still not there, due to the sharp Russian-American clash.
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed in an interview to Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the smell of WWIII is in the air. Following is the full text, as published by SANA, the official news agency.
If what we hear is true, the solution is based on acknowledging the status quo and surrendering to the rule of the current regime despite the killing, destruction and displacement that it has carried out over the last five years.
Sources claim that Saudi-backed opposition developed a detailed scenario for what is required by the transitional stage and determining the fate of the political situation to save the Syrian people
Top diplomats meet on sidelines of G20 summit in Chinese city of Hangzhou
Beijing and Damascus look to further cultural ties through education measures by increasing the number of scholarships and opening a Chinese language center in the capital
The new mechanism will be composed of intelligence services, foreign ministries and militaries of the two parties
Has there been a change in the positions of the European Union toward the Syrian revolution following the EU delegation’s visit with Assad?
Opposition leader calls on Beijing to flex greater influence towards the Syrian file during meeting with Chinese envoy in Turkish capital
President Bashar al-Assad said the Syrian people surprised the world once again with their unprecedented participation in the country’s parliamentary elections. This speech is republished as it appeared in SANA, the Syrian official news agency
American policies in the strategic sense are not governed by ethical rules or attractive political speech, but by what are called strategic interests, American national security and the tendency toward hegemonism
It would be naïve for Washington to imagine that the Arabs, including those in the GCC and their leaders, are unable to read and comprehend the changing realities
