President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to the Chinese television CCTV. Following is the full text of the interview
Oil companies cite local disturbances for reason for departure
Chinese Foreign Ministry says only solution to the crisis in Syria is a political solution
Syria hopes to involve Chinese companies in tender process of electricity supply goods
Subsistence living in a once thriving city
Now with the regime using Scud missiles and chemical weapons, it has become too late to even demand no-fly zones
Hezbollah supporters are celebrating the capture of Qusayr with sweets. He who laughs last laughs best, opposition activists answer them.
Hezbollah supporters are celebrating the capture of Qusayr with sweets. He who laughs last laughs best, opposition activists answer them.
The opposition National Coalition will not participate in Geneva 2 conference, while the moderate opposition group, the National Coordination Committee, says it would participate and that its delegation has been finalized
For analysts familiar with the politics of Syria, the country’s descent into chaos amounts to an all-too-predictable pattern. It also parallels what Rami Makhlouf, a major regime figure and first cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bluntly announced that, among other things, Syrians faced the Assad regime or domestic and regional chaos.
Several bodies of international law provide standards applicable to the Syrian crisis, including international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international human rights law
Today, the Syrians are fighting a security-dominated and suppressive regime that resembles all fascist dictatorships. However, it cannot be labeled sectarian, as Maliki says, because Sunni and Christian pockets are fighting alongside Assad because they share the same interests or fears.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expressed his country’s support to President Bashar al-Assad’s initiative to resolve the crisis in Syria.
“The Russian-Chinese veto has foiled this imperialist intervention three times, to uphold the international law regarding the Syrian case.”
The damage done by playing for time has extended to areas outside Syria in the last two months. The members of the alliance supporting Assad, from Russia and Iran to Lebanon, have found the opportunity to play off the regional situation; they have taken steps, whose importance varies one country to another.
