Mazzeh Airport Attack Kills 10 Soldiers
Zaman Al-Wasl (Opposition website)
June 18, 2013
10 regime soldiers killed and another 10 wounded in Sunday night’s attack
10 regime soldiers killed and another 10 wounded in Sunday night’s attack
Power will change hands only through the ballot box, Zoubi says
What is truly suspicious is the emergence of American signs pointing to the toppling of the balance of power in a way rendering it unlikely to see President Al-Assad stepping down in the near future
Foreign Ministry says the massacre was instigated by one of the Salafi sheikhs in Kuwait, Shafi al-Ajami
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his Syrian counterpart could have Avoided war by implementing reforms
Obama chose the wrong stance in syria and allowed the Assad regime, along with the Iranians and Hezbollah, to besiege the popular uprising until it became a danger to the region
Manna said the meeting should settle on one consensual leader for all opposition forces to present a complete political vision
New poll suggests less than half of Britons support arming the opposition in Syria
New poll suggests less than half of Britons support arming the opposition in Syria
British and French pressure overturns ban, but EU agrees to wait for talks before supplying arms
The Daily Beast reports exclusively that the White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a no-fly zone inside Syria
Syria condemned a decision by the European Union to lift an arms embargo on Syria, paving the way to arm the rebels
France says 150 French fighting alongside jihadists in Syria, and the government is angry with a leaked video that shows her Ambassador reprimanding opposition figures in Istanbul
The FSA Chief has warned Hezbollah that it will take “all necessary measures” in Lebanon if the Party does not stop attacks in Syria
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague calls on Syrian opposition to negotiate with Assad regime
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.
An-Nahar newspaper asked the opposition Syrian National Coalition and the National Coordination Commission (NCC) to speculate about possible scenarios at ‘Geneva 2’.
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.
Syrian press editorials expressed the regime’s suspicion of the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Haitham Manna rejects any form of intervention in Syria and said Israeli strikes against the country have come at a time when Syria are more vulnerable than ever to external intervention.
