The viewpoint of Jordan talks about the need to maintain the Syrian regime and the state apparatus in a transitional phase
The parties discussed Russian ideas about holding a Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Moscow
According to Al-Akhbar, Muallem is pessimisic towards the two initiatives
Washington is not convinced by the envoy’s “bottom up” approach
Asharq Al-Awsat speaks with the US State Department’s Daniel Rubinstein about continuing efforts to secure a political solution to the conflict
Arrest comes just hours after Assad agrees to study de Mistura’s proposal
The Syrian opposition also complains that President Barack Obama’s administration doesn’t allow them to attend meetings with senior officials
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”
Assad and Daesh are two sides of the same barbaric coin. Assad largely created this monster by deliberately setting free the jihadists who fueled this terrorist movement
Some countries, and particularly those in the West, should use some of the millions of dollars that they are spending on airstrikes targeting ISIS positions to establish new intelligence apparatus and place restrictions on travel and the movement of money in order to confront ISIS from another equally important direction
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
Kurdish fighters weathered an onslaught by ISIS on Tuesday as they awaited promised reinforcements
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
Shortsighted policy results in ineffective airstrikes with no partner on the ground
A decision expected shortly could turn the table of the war
Friends pay tribute to the lawyer who dedicated his own life to defending political detainees
Kerry says U.S. still determined to punish Assad of chemical weapons use
Suri singled out those Arab countries, saying they had lined up “on the side of oppression and of the infidels” and that “this will have consequences”
Louay Hussein, the head of an opposition party based in Damascus, tells The Syrian Observer of the need for the opposition to convince loyalists that it will not treat them as the enemy
Churkin told American Fox News that Washington should respect international law
