Asharq Al-Awsat speaks with the US State Department’s Daniel Rubinstein about continuing efforts to secure a political solution to the conflict
Minister says Syrians will not forget that the Turkish regime has supported, financed, armed and harbored terrorists
Group now requires European recruits to undergo background checks, fearing infiltration by Western intelligence agents
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem spoke to Al-Akhbar unreservedly, and tells the reporter to“publish whatever you see fit from what I said. I will let you judge the situation”
Foreign Ministry says the relation between Turkey and terrorist organizations constitutes a breach of the U.N. Security Council’s resolutions
Turkey’s policy on Syria serves the national interests of Syrians and its own people
Report indicates the Turkish community’s general satisfaction with the Syrian presence in their country
The regime is now trying to lift the blockade imposed by Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on the neighborhoods and nearby villages still loyal to Assad in Aleppo, as well as seizing the military initiative in the rest of northwestern Syria
The U.S. airstrikes on ISIS bastions have pushed loyalists of the extremist group to fight under its banner
Moscow, Tehran and Damascus hope that fighting ISIS will help restore the regime’s legitimacy and Iran also wants a place in the new regional system that is emerging
Some opposition figures could not travel because they had been in exile or without passports
Mikdad says the relationship between the Turkish regime and the ISIS terrorists is no longer hidden
The Kobani operation has brought the people of Iraqi Kurdistan closer to Baghdad, paving the way for the convergence of interests between Iraq’s central government and Kurdish parties
Shortsighted policy results in ineffective airstrikes with no partner on the ground
Besma is just one of thousands of Syrian children caught up in the unforgiving conflict in her home country who have fled to Turkey
Why does Ankara refuse to play a decisive role and leave the area open to others —is it afraid of military involvement?
Munther Khaddam says request by Syria envoy to open the Turkish border for volunteers to fight against ISIS was unusual
Foreign Ministry slams Turkey’s attempts to create a buffer zone inside Syria as a violation of the principles, goals and Charter of the U.N.
Nusra said the priority will be for old men, women and children, with no further details about when or where the exchange will take place
Ankara worries divisions between FSA factions may lead to problems domestically
