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
No one claimed responsibility and Syrian and Iranian state media did not mention the attack, which occurred in an area controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad
Khatib denied the attendance of any Iranian delegation in the meetings, or that Walid Jumblatt had a role
The Syrian opposition also complains that President Barack Obama’s administration doesn’t allow them to attend meetings with senior officials
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem spoke to Al-Akhbar unreservedly, and tells the reporter to“publish whatever you see fit from what I said. I will let you judge the situation”
The group’s leader Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani warned Nasrallah in a Tweet
Secretary General says youth would not have joined ISIS if FSA was supported
Turkey’s policy on Syria serves the national interests of Syrians and its own people
Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun met with a delegation from the Islamic Action Front in Beirut
The regime is now trying to lift the blockade imposed by Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on the neighborhoods and nearby villages still loyal to Assad in Aleppo, as well as seizing the military initiative in the rest of northwestern Syria
Observers say recruitment campaign aims to replace soldiers killed in prolonged and intense fighting across country
When a certain tribe joined the Nusra Front and became its leader, it was isolated. Other tribes refrained from joining the organization, since tribes usually refuse to be led by rival tribes at any cost
Moscow, Tehran and Damascus hope that fighting ISIS will help restore the regime’s legitimacy and Iran also wants a place in the new regional system that is emerging
De Mistura will visit Tehran after Beirut
The jihadist group’s trade in crude is still booming despite coalition air strikes on its oil network
Why does Ankara refuse to play a decisive role and leave the area open to others —is it afraid of military involvement?
Two decisions by the government to increase the price of oil products and to allow imports from the private sector were taken only a few days after the bombing of most oil refineries handled by ISIS.
Laham slams world response to Syria’s warnings since the outset of the crisis about the spread of international takfiri terrorism
