Bashar Al Assad

Russia to reduce troops in Syria by end of year
Middle East

Russia to reduce troops in Syria by end of year

Russia’s military plans to reduce its involvement in Syria this year as it nears the completion of its goals there,…
Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Middle East

Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face

Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East

Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa

The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib
Middle East

Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib

Russian and Syrian jets killed at least 150 civilians and injured dozens in over a week of heavy bombing that…
Short of allies, Syria’s rebels are down but not out
Middle East

Short of allies, Syria’s rebels are down but not out

They are veterans of Syria’s rebellion, trying for years to bring down President Bashar Assad. But these days they’re doing…
Assad’s mother in Dubai: Syrians
World

Assad’s mother in Dubai: Syrians

Anisa Makhluf, the mother of President Bashar al-Assad, has left the war-torn country and joined her daughter in Dubai, Syrian…
Syrians stage protests in Cairo against Russian support for Assad
Egypt

Syrians stage protests in Cairo against Russian support for Assad

Scores of Syrians staged protests outside the Russian Embassy in Cairo on Sunday, condemning Russian support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime,…
Egypt’s Tantawi expresses hopes of ending Syrian-Egyptian estrangement
Egypt

Egypt’s Tantawi expresses hopes of ending Syrian-Egyptian estrangement

A Syrian news agency reported that Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces--which…
Syria-Egypt rapprochement failed, says al-Assad
Egypt

Syria-Egypt rapprochement failed, says al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that overcoming long-term discord in Egyptian-Syrian political relations requires an Egyptian initiative. "I haven't…
Rights researchers say thousands forcibly disappeared in Syrian prisons
World

Rights researchers say thousands forcibly disappeared in Syrian prisons

Paris--Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the death of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad's and the nomination of his son…
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