Items related to Bashar al-Assad

Morsy: Time for the Syrian regime to leave
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Aug 2012
"It is time for the Syrian regime to go," said President Mohamed Morsy during the closed session of the...
A Free Syrian Army soldier stands at the Bab al-Salam border crossing to Turkey on 22 July 2012. Anatolia reported that rebel fighters took Salam on 22 July after hours of fighting during the night, and that the sounds of the battle could be heard from the Turkish side of the border.
Syrian rebels seek new leverage with abductions
AP 15 Aug 2012
BEIRUT — With gunmen standing in the background, a Syrian rebel video purported Tuesday to show their latest...
Blasts in Aleppo, Damascus as US pushes for regime fall
AFP 11 Aug 2012
  Syrian forces shelled rebels in the battle-scarred Aleppo and blasts rocked Damascus on...
This photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows Syrian rescue teams investigating the scene after an explosion in a residential neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, 18 March 2012. The state news agency said the explosion was a "terrorist bombing." The report by SANA gave no information on casualties in what appeared to be the second attack in two days on cities where President Bashar Assad's regime enjoys strong support. (AP Photo/SANA)
Rebels pull back in Syria's Aleppo, UN says no one will win
Reuters 10 Aug 2012
ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes...
Egypt: We've evacuated more than 1,300 citizens from Syria
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Aug 2012
  More than 1,300 Egyptians have been evacuated from Syria since 19 July, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Amr...
Syrian president Bashaar al-Assad in uniform.
Syria's Assad returns to public eye with ally Iran
AP 07 Aug 2012
Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance on state TV in nearly three weeks Tuesday in a show of...
Riyad Hijab is sworn in as new Prime Minister by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) in Damascus in this handout photo distributed by Syrian News Agency (SANA) 26 June 2012. REUTERS/SANA/Handout
Syrian prime minister defects, flees to Jordan
AP 06 Aug 2012
BEIRUT — Syria's prime minister defected and fled to neighboring Jordan, a Jordanian official and a rebel...
Manaf Tlass is to date the most high-profile defector from the Syrian regime. Tlass has held talks with Turkish foreign ministry officials during a surprise visit to Ankara, a Turkish diplomat told AFP.
Defected Syrian general holds talks in Turkey
AFP 04 Aug 2012
  Defected Syrian general Manaf Tlass held talks with Turkish foreign ministry officials during a surprise visit...
A Free Syrian Army soldier stands at the Bab al-Salam border crossing to Turkey on 22 July 2012. Anatolia reported that rebel fighters took Salam on 22 July after hours of fighting during the night, and that the sounds of the battle could be heard from the Turkish side of the border.
US defense secretary: Syria strikes putting 'nail in Assad's own coffin'
Reuters 30 Jul 2012
TUNIS — Attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo are putting the nail in the coffin of President Bashar al-Assad'...
Female fighters of the Kurdish milita YPG at an roadblock in Derik, North East Syria. The woman on the right is Arabic Christian.
Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution
Benjamin Hiller 28 Jul 2012
DERIK, Syria — The Kurdish rebellion in northeastern Syria intensified in fighting that erupted Saturday 22 July...