President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Portuguese state television, RTP, following is the full text as published by SANA
Should we really worry about cleaning up the language of the news, with embarrassing terms like “sexual jihad,” or should we instead focus on the reality of an unprecedented phenomenon that sees dozens of teenage girls leaving their parents’ homes each year in order to join jihadist groups?
There is now an absence of an effective Arab axis, capable of countering Iranian ambitions that exploit sectarian divides, along with the Israeli ambition to fragment and burn the region
The Middle East has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity in recent months, including visits by various leaders from around the world to the region’s capitals
The US administration can – if it wanted – work to remove the factors responsible for the creation of ISIS in order to prevent the strengthening of it and similar organizations
Khaled Yacoub Oweis, a visiting fellow at SWP, the German international affairs think tank, argues that the objective of international envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura should be the protection of civilians and not the creation of freeze zones, which, short of a balance of interests on the ground, will become killing fields
Details of future meetings between opposition and regional powers revealed by Coordination Commission chair
“Washington is indifferent to what is happening in Syria because its priority is to achieve its objectives with Iran”
Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood leader warns of ISIS, Iran, calls for alliance with Gulf states
Syria welcomes UN Security Council resolution cracking down on the financing of terrorist groups
Assad talks about the devastating civil war, the use of barrel bombs, the battle against ISIS and Al-Qaeda and relations with the US
Those states which participate in the brutal ISIS campaign on Syria are its neighboring countries which arm, finance train and harbor terrorists
What is needed now in Syria is a semi-miracle to end corruption and fragmentation, whilst pushing for an internationally-backed political solution
Syria demands action against perpetrators and backers of terrorist acts, both regionally and internationally
The White House leaks that it is tilting toward Assad and Iran
President Assad to Foreign Affairs Magazine: Israel is supporting terrorist organizations in Syria. President Assad gave an interview to the American magazine Foreign Affairs published on Monday. Following is the full text of the interview, as published by SANA
The money is for development and relief projects in “areas liberated by the moderate Syrian opposition,” it said in a statement, including food deliveries, public services and supporting local rebel councils
Israel committed to perpetual war in Syria while Turkey’s relationship with ISIS is bound to mirror that of Pakistan and Al-Qaeda, says Deputy PM Muallem
I was killed by an army that holds my own nationality because the same leaders who marched in Paris a few days ago kept their mouths shut
Bouthaina Shaaban: “My position in the government does not mean that I cannot be considered an opposition supporter”
