President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Croatian newspaper Vecernji List published Thursday, in which he reflects on six years of conflict, the negotiation process and the fight against terrorism. The following is the full text as published by government news agency SANA
As key players look to fill the vacuum after the expected fall of ISIS’ capital of Raqqa, Al-Hayat columnist Ibrahim Hamidi breaks down the serpentine motivations behind the recent surge in international action on Syrian soil
After an Israeli attack against an Iranian weapons shipment to Hezbollah in Syria, the writing is on the wall that Assad no longer commands respect anywhere as Russia and Iran try in vain to prop up a discredited regime
Syria’s forceful response to the recent Israeli aggression is a Russian message that U.S. hegemony is ending in the region
Assad’s political and media advisor highlighted the importance of reuniting Arab armies in the fight against terrorism and Zionism, in a bid to foil American and Israeli plots to divide Arab states
Kremlin spokesperson denies that Russia allowed Israel to strike Hezbollah from Syrian airspace and says talks between Putin and Netanyahu will focus on Syria, state news agency reports
Although almost everyone cooperated with the Russian project, including Turkey, Gulf countries, and the Trump administration, this wasn’t enough
The international body, along with its influence, has been compromised by the Russian veto which on several occasions stood to thwart any attempt at salvaging Syria today
The Trump administration’s opposition to the US-Iranian nuclear agreement is not shared by its allies among European countries and in the UN
Government news service quotes military source as saying Israeli air craft targeted civilian building with rocket in southern Syrian province, while other sources reported that the strike was in response to a tank shell landing in the occupied Golan Heights
Religious and political figures pay tribute to the Aleppo-born priest and controversial activist, who was once convicted of smuggling weapons to Palestinian militants in the 1970s, after passing away earlier this month in the Italian capital
Editor-in-chief of the pro-regime online newspaper admonishes the US president for continuing to support key regional allies and failing to back Syria, Russia and Iran’s fight against terror in the Middle East
Obama’s two terms and the lie of the bloody Arab Spring made us feel that George W. Bush was a dove of peace. Bush did not, in practice, destroy anywhere but Iraq, given that Afghanistan was already destroyed, whereas Obama went ceaselessly from Syria to Libya and Yemen.
Foreign Ministry urges UN to end attacks by Israel after strikes targeted a major military airport outside of the capital late last week
Cases of Syrian soldiers being stabbed and run down with cars is on the rise in regime-controlled areas of the country
Military source confirms Israeli attack on the area southwest of the capital, adding that no casualties have been reported
Israeli activists launch awareness campaign and call for communal prayers on Jewish holiday for the “hundreds of Syrians who are dying daily in Syria, men, women and children, while the world is silent”
Russian PM says high-level Israeli officials expressed their desire for someone who can control the situation on the ground in Syria
Strike coincided with an attack by militants on the village of Hadar
Syria’s envoy to the UN strongly condemns Nickolay Mladenov’s insistence on not tackling the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
