France says 150 French fighting alongside jihadists in Syria, and the government is angry with a leaked video that shows her Ambassador reprimanding opposition figures in Istanbul
The Syrian ambassador to Jordan, who a cousin of Assad, the father, warns of a “third World War”, and lashes on turkey and the Gulf states, describing them as “Sheikhdoms of gas and oil
The Syrian National Coalition, in coordination with Geneva Call, has released a series of Internet and television advertisements aiming to educate Syrians about the rules of warfare and human rights.
Below is the full interview as published by SANA, the state’s news agency, of an interview given by President Bashar Al-Assad to Argentinian daily, Clarin.
Visitors crossing from Turkey to Ras al-Ayn, a sleepy border town in eastern Syria, are now welcomed by the unlikeliest of characters: a Catholic member of what is considered an extremist Islamist rebel group.
The Syrian press call Turkish PM to resign and accuses the opposition of contacting Israel
For analysts familiar with the politics of Syria, the country’s descent into chaos amounts to an all-too-predictable pattern. It also parallels what Rami Makhlouf, a major regime figure and first cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bluntly announced that, among other things, Syrians faced the Assad regime or domestic and regional chaos.
Syria’s ministerial committee overseeing the implementation of a political program to end the crisis in the country met Monday, warning that terrorist groups in the country would face annihilation by the Syrian army.
Antakya residents have taken to the streets daily to express their rage and condemnation at Ankara’s support for the Syrian opposition fighters following the bloody double bombing which struck Reyhanli in southern Turkey Saturday.
Syrian Information Minister, Omran al-Zoubi Sunday condemned the bombings which rocked the city ofReyhanliin southern Turkey as terrorist act and an affront to all moral, human and legal standards.
A Turkish newspaper said Sunday that the Syrian President, Bashar Assad, has sought political refuge for himself and his family as a result of the conflict in Syria.
The former president of Syrian National Council, Abdul Basset Seida said that the a replacement for Ghassan Hitto, the current president of the Syrian Transitional Government is possible during a meeting of the executive body of the Coalition decided to be held in Istanbul on 11-12 May.
Sana: “the bravery of Erdogan reveals in sending chemical weapons to terrorists in Syria, in explosive cars and in training terrorists who kill people and destroy graves and mosques and in stealing factories”.
The temporary president of the National Coalition George Sabra said that: “the coalition has enough information to say that the kidnapped bishops Bolos Al- Yaziji and Youhanna Ibrahim are fine and we will resume the efforts to release them”.
An opposition website says the two bishops were kidnapped by the Chechen Brigade, which has close relations with the regime’s security agencies
Our major desire is for Bashar Al-Assad to act realistically, and not to remain detached from reality. His persistence in his current approach means bringing greater and greater ruin to Syria.
The SNC is fragile, and more likely to implode than become institutionalised. This is highlighted by three issues: the political initiative of its then president, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, in proposing talks with the regime; the decision in Istanbul to form a Syrian government in exile; and the fact that Syria’s seat in the Arab League was handed over to the SNC at the recent meeting in Doha.
Syria was in the third place internationally in terms of security but an internationally- and Gulf-backed element of destruction represented in the terrorist groups with takfiri thinking worked to sabotage the atmosphere of security in Syria, says al-Jaafari
President Bashar al-Assad said that foreign interference is a red line, adding that if the unrest in Syria leads to the partitioning of the country or if the terrorist forces take control of Syria, or both of the above, the situation will inevitably first spill over into neighboring countries and then create a domino effect throughout the Middle East and beyond.
Several bodies of international law provide standards applicable to the Syrian crisis, including international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international human rights law
