President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Associated Press published Thursday. Following is the full text as appeared on SANA, the Syrian official news agency:
Besides the U.S., no one but Assad and the Russians has an air force in Syria
Delegation calls on Western officials to provide protection for civilians and put an end to the Assad regime’s mass forced displacement policy against residents of the besieged areas
Erdogan says Turkey has begun to give citizenship and work permits to Syrian refugees residing inside the country in an effort to reduce economic burden
Raid strikes a medical center for the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations killing five workers from the charity
Regime warplanes strike besieged area as US-Russian brokered truce collapses
The danger does not lie only in what has happened so far, but more in what the Obama administration may do during what remains of its term
Price of produce like eggplant, parsley and mint have increased by more than six times their usual price while a barrel of diesel jumped to $93
HNC and Coalition present framework for political solution during UN General Assembly in New York
“No place for Bashar from the beginning of the transitional period,” key opposition figure tells EU foreign minister
Shiite groups want to remove all Sunnis from the district while Alawite militias are calling for only the removal of only those carrying weapons, according to the Alsouria correspondent
Head of the group’s “health diwan” in Deir-ez-Zor countryside flees ISIS-controlled areas amid a crackdown after locals attacked Islamic State members and checkpoints
Syria has become divided between conflicting forces into spheres of influence
The Syria Times congratulates President Bashar Assad as he celebrated his 51st birthday on Sunday, September 11
About 45,000 civilians faced with choosing between leaving towards Jarablus or letting the regime declare it a military area, activist claims
Objective gives hope for peace and will create the necessary environment for a political settlement, Russian spokesperson tells reporters
Foreign ministry source says Damascus will refuse entry of all humanitarian aid to the besieged city, especially that provided by Turkey, without coordination
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham has become an integral and indispensable factor in the fight against ISIS
All “fleeing” capital has its own reasons, but the final result is the flight of capital and the stopping of the wheel of production in the Syrian economy
Syrian army facilitating the looting of the Damascus suburb after Shiite militias enter the city following their victory against opposition forces, sources claim
