United States FM affirms President Assad will have no place in Syria’s future, during phone call with Syrian opposition leader
Hopes for Syrian political solution will remain futile as long as Moscow maintains its preconditions on Assad’s departure in an attempt to deprive Obama of a final diplomatic triumph
As the Syrian regime embraces the “Russian protection”, it finally becomes ready to engage in arbitration and partnership without the fear of being forced to divide its power
Is Moscow truly capable of offering real guarantees that the current regime will not rise once again, in a new form?
The foreign ministers of Russia, US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia said they will reconvene next week, invite other regional powers
Moscow to consider proposal from US to convene international meeting on Syria, with the participation of Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Russian president hits out at Washington for refusing to host high-level meeting on Syria
Comments disqualify the EU of playing any positive role in finding a solution to the current crisis in Syria, says FM source
But does this almost Hollywood-style Russian intervention have an American director?
It is quite interesting that Washington is still blabbering that “there is no place for Assad in a future Syria”
Experiences of the past do not arouse optimism that this group will make a difference
UN envoy earns approval from Syrian government and opposition to launch parallel negotiations on a number of issues in an effort to end the four-year crisis
Russia is engaging in a tacit competition with Iran – especially amid talks about the impending creation of a regional and international “contact group” after America’s ratification of the Iran deal next month
Russian military support to Syria is part of long-standing and existing agreements, says deputy FM
Assad’s regime even boasts that Moscow’s decision to hunker down demonstrates the strength of bilateral relations
Assad has given a lengthy interview to Hezbollah’s channel al-Manar. Below is the interview as translated and published by SANA, the Syrian official news agency
Rebels accuse Assad regime of using Egyptian military equipment against opposition fighters as Damascus denounces Turkey for “supporting terrorist groups”
No one has expected or demanded that every party should drop their weapons and forgo their means of pressure
“We open our hands to every Arab initiative. We say hello to those who knock on our door as we seek to stop the bloodshed,” Syria’s foreign minister tells Egyptian press
At some point, I was optimistic that all fighting parties would work seriously to reach a political solution, but the recent massacre in Douma killed my optimism
