Through a series of workshops the NGO seeks to build the confidence of disadvantaged youth, including those coping with mental difficulties, and will soon look to help some of the youngest and most vulnerable victims the Syrian conflict
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
Moscow-Washington phone call maintains support for a political resolution to the Syrian crisis
From the outset, American officials have acknowledged that there cannot be a clear distinction drawn between Syria and Iraq in the battle against ISIS, largely because the terrorist group doesn’t recognize one and acts accordingly
The plan is part of the U.S. strategy to roll back the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group that has seized much of eastern and northern Syria
Syria’s dictator has not given up his dream of an atomic weapon and has apparently built a new nuclear facility at a secret location
Syria’s Deputy FM says Syria defiant in the face of Saudi- and Western-sponsored terrorism
Government attitudes towards the Russian Syria talks initiative
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
