Opposition leader denounces Russian attacks on Syrian civilians, while calling on Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing to sever its alliance with the radical Islamist group
President Assad told the French Magazine Valeurs Actuelles Thursday that you cannot fight terrorism while you follow or pursue the wrong policies that support terrorism directly or indirectly. Following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA.
Around 15 rebel factions merge with rebel alliance after SDF forces seize al-Hol in the eastern countryside of Hassakeh last week
“Daraya has been under siege and intensive shelling for over three years. More than 3,000 barrel bombs have been dropped on the city, and recently it has been escalating.”
Accounting for more than 25 percent of Greater Syria’s population at the beginning of last century, Christians are now believed to number no more than 5 percent of Syria’s current population
Delegation of Syrian émigrés from a dozen nations land in Beirut ahead of trip to Syria
Russian deputy FM says Moscow in regular contact with opposition parties as foreign powers meet in the Austrian capital to discuss a political solution to the Syrian crisis
Western countries, including France, continue to support and provide political cover to terrorists, Syrian president tells visiting French MPs
Right-wing French MP says cooperation with Syrian president essential to fighting terrorism and restoring stability to the region
French NGO forces Syrian asylum seeker to vacate shared housing facility after promising accommodation
But does this almost Hollywood-style Russian intervention have an American director?
Syria’s Assad gave an interview to the Iranian Khabar TV channel. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA
Western nations have recently softened their rhetoric toward Assad in apparent acceptance of the president’s mandate to serve during a transitional period
UN and Damascus not informed about French airstrikes in Syria prior to operation, Russian news agency reports
Relatives verify reports of award winning cartoonist’s death under torture by regime forces following his arrest in 2013
Diplomats suggest separation of Assad and Syria’s state institutions in the context of a political settlement will help avoid a repeat of the ‘Iraqi scenario’
Russia is engaging in a tacit competition with Iran – especially amid talks about the impending creation of a regional and international “contact group” after America’s ratification of the Iran deal next month
Foreign Ministry slams Western nations for distorting the meaning of Security Council charter, stating any armed presence on Syrian land would be violation of sovereignty
Syrian musicians refused permission to enter France to perform in Strasbourg religious music festival
ISIS planted several improvised explosive devices inside the temple and detonated them, leading to the destruction of large parts of the temple
