Halki Meets President Rouhani
SANA (State news agency)
December 17, 2014
Halki relays message from Assad
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Halki relays message from Assad
The visit is expected to last several days
Khamenei sent a message to the regime’s shabeeha in Nubbul and Zahra
The three parties agreed to continue coordination to combat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Nusra Front, and other Al-Qaeda offshoots
The Cabinet also approved a bill on foster care for children as part of a comprehensive social security system
A general lack of employment for Syrian refugees in Lebanon has forced some young people to join the new Syrian Hezbollah to fight as mercenaries
Israeli warplanes attacked two Syrian sites on Sunday afternoon
Syrian regime has turned a blind eye to Iran’s sectarian policy within its territory
“We are running the ground battles against [ISIS], and we have noticed no change, especially with Turkey providing direct support to these regions.” Bashar al-Assad told Paris Match. The Syrian Observer republish the interview as it appeared in SANA
The regime is trying to circulate news that ISIS is in the Horan
Iran had clarified its position to the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
The Arab League and its countries are completely absent from the Syrian events
Offices that aim to spread Shiism have been established in al-Amarah, and in al-Amin there is also an office that supervises missionaries who live in the neighborhood and have recently become Shia
Khatib met defectors in the Turkish camps eager for any sign of hope
Khatib says the main reason for Assad’s survival is the continuous disintegration of the opposition
Assad would exit power and a hybrid administration consisting of the remains of the current government and the moderate opposition would be formed, and each party would continue to control the areas it currently oversees
Military dissidents, especially officers, were not in line with the vanguard of the rebel fighting groups, which is organized along the lines of militias
Asharq Al-Awsat speaks with the US State Department’s Daniel Rubinstein about continuing efforts to secure a political solution to the conflict
A political solution is not viable unless all foreign forces are expelled from Syria
A conference in Moscow is being prepared in coordination between the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Egyptian authorities and the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria
