Those who want to go to Geneva are linking the conference’s fate to the position that will be adopted by the United States, as though they were wishful to test this position once again
No detainees have been received by the Turkish authorities from the Assad regime, as was agreed with the mediators
Walid al-Bunni, the former Spokesman for the National Coalition, asks if it is still possible to talk about a revolution of a people against a tyrant as it was in its first year
Save us from death. Save us from the hell of Assad’s killing machine
The worst case scenario overcome by the regime is that it is no longer required to account for its use of WMDs against civilians through a clear and blatant violation of all international laws and human and ethical considerations
More political pressure must be placed on the regime to permit the delivery of necessary humanitarian relief
Germany’s German Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs stressed that extremist groups’ acts should be confronted
The existence of those Takfirists among Bashar’s enemies is something that does a great favor and pleases Bashar himself
What is suspicious about the story of the rise of hardline extremist groups is that they do not target the Assad regime
Erdogan has never uttered a single truthful word since the crisis in Syria began: Assad
The opposition says it will not negotiate unless President Bashar al-Assad leaves office
Senior advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker, Hossein Sheikholeslam says a ceasefire must be implemented
If we confine our choices to leaders with broad appeal in the Arab and Islamist mainstream — excluding both al-Qaida and Kurdish leaders — we get the following five, listed in order
Elsewhere, activists claim to have discovered mass graves for victims of government forces
President Bashar al-Assad has given a interview to the Italian Rai News 24 TV channel in which he said he complies with every treaty he signs. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA
Below are excerpts of the speech delivered by Ahmad Jarba, President of the National coalition at the extended meeting of the Friends of Syria at the United Nations on Thursday September 27. The excerpts were translated by the National Coalition
Assad said he does not discount the possibility of a U.S. military attack even though threatened action was forestalled when he agreed to give up chemical weapons
There must be a strong Security Council Resolution to verify that the Assad regime is keeping its commitments, and there must be consequences if they fail to do so
Lavrov accused Western countries of exploiting the Russian-U.S. agreement in order to carry out regime change
The Free Syrian Army denied responsibility in Abu-Abdallah al-Libi’s death
