The Assad regime is standing at the same crossroads that Saddam Hussein’s regime reached prior to the 2003 war
Assad was anything but conciliatory
Demonstrators expressed thanks to the countries supporting Syria in the face of aggression, especially Russia, China and Iran
Should Obama not react forcefully, it would be a highly significant message to rogue states across the world that they were free to cross red lines without retribution
Oil companies cite local disturbances for reason for departure
Chinese Foreign Ministry says only solution to the crisis in Syria is a political solution
America has waged many wars, but has never been able to achieve its political objectives from any of them: Assad
Western U.N. delegates say Syria has no place on the Council
Medvedev expressed deep sadness and regret over how things had unfolded in Syria
The West is starting to realize the horror of the situation in Syria, but their wake up came too late
NCC asks the authorities to uncover the fate of al-Khayer
Abdulke has held dozens of art exhibitions and published hundreds of cartoons, many of which are critical of the Syrian regime and the Assad family
Syria hopes to involve Chinese companies in tender process of electricity supply goods
The move is “a prime example of our dysfunctional Syria policy,” a senior aide to a Senate Republican tells Josh Rogin
Halqi says the government is addressing media and economic attacks by other states
Subsistence living in a once thriving city
Even a reverse reading of Afghanistan’s experience would be a misleading one, as the concurrence between the Americans and the Jihadists was an agreement of interest, rather than an alliance under one regional political umbrella
Syria’s Ambassador to Jordan, Bahjat Suleiman said that the American administration will give “decisive orders” to its allies and partners that it is now “Game Over”
The National Coordination Commission for Democratic Change (NCC), Hassan Abdulazim said Monday the group will propose new ideas and to the regional and international participate in proposed international conference to solve the Syrian crisis.
Below is the full interview as published by SANA, the state’s news agency, of an interview given by President Bashar Al-Assad to Argentinian daily, Clarin.
