Syrian Government Ready to Resume Dialogue With Opposition: Shaaban
SANA (state news agency)
October 31, 2016
Assad’s top aide tells interviewers that Syria is moving toward national reconciliation
Assad’s top aide tells interviewers that Syria is moving toward national reconciliation
Syrian government says it rejects selective approach of UN member states which refer exclusively to the suffering in eastern Aleppo
Following is the full text of the interview, as appeared on SANA, the official news agency
Emergency respondent says Russian strikes hit medical storehouse in Tarmanein’s residential areas as diplomats meet in the Swiss city for negotiations to end the intensification of fighting
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed in an interview to Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that the smell of WWIII is in the air. Following is the full text, as published by SANA, the official news agency.
This development represents a departure by the opposition because of the blatant shift in Russia’s role from a joint position in international oversight of the political process, alongside the US, to a direct party to the war, alongside the regime, against the Syrian people
President Bashar al-Assad told Danish TV that the United States doesn’t have the will to reach any agreement about Syria. Following is the full text of the interview, as appeared in SANA
“It is Syrians alone — opposition or loyalist — who have no interest in continuing the conflict and this absurd war, and this back and forth between two nihilistic forces, the regime and its opposition”
Syrian minister says US unable to distinguish Nusra Front from other armed terror groups in Syria because it constitutes the “backbone” of opposition forces
Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday addressed the 71 session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York. Below is the full text of the speech as published by SANA
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:
The opposition meets with high-level diplomatic figures in London to discuss its three-stage political vision, which includes six months of negotiations, a transition period lasting 18 months, and ending in elections
Syria calls on UNSC to take punitive measures against countries that support terrorism following several deadly attacks on civilian areas
Foreign ministry statement condemns Turkish army’s actions in northern city of Jarablus in fighting against Kurdish forces and the Islamic State group in the area
Top Syrian diplomat urges United Nations members to end suffering of Syrian people by banding together and fighting terror with the Assad government
Apart from their sharp, and at times contradictory stances, Syria’s opposition in Turkey has indeed given a lesson in how opposition should behave
Warplanes cause heavy material damage to emergency center and damage most ambulances in the area, media sources report
Sources claim opposition figures are looking to undermine the HNC and regional supporters’ stance on Assad leaving office prior to a transitional process
“American administrations are famous for creating problems, but they never solve any,” Assad told the Australian SBS TV channel. The following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA.
Was the aim of the Russian defense minister’s visit to Syria an act of contempt against Assad in an attempt to portray him as being obedient to Russian orders?
