DAMASCUS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad released on Monday his first public statement since leaving Damascus on Dec. 8, detailing the chaotic moments leading up to his departure for Russia. The statement, released via the Syrian Presidency's Telegram account, addre...
DAMASCUS, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq, Falih al-Fayyadh, in the capital Damascus Monday to discuss strengthening cooperation in combating terrorism and border control, according to the state news agency...
2024, after rebel forces entered Syria's third city overnight. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. ...
The advances in the past week were among the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaida and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the United Nations. In their push to overthrow Assad's government, the insurgents have ...
DAMASCUS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday put forward his own roadmap for a political solution to the country's 22-month old crisis, which is based on halting the international support to the armed groups currently fighting on ground. ...
Bashar al-Assad's Personality: Bashar al-Assad was not groomed to be a leader. Where his brother Basil was gregarious, outgoing, charismatic, arrogant, Dr. Assad, as he was referred to for a while, was retiring, shy, and appearing to have few of his father's wiles or will to power-...
Four years ago, the Obama administration declared that Syria's Bashar al-Assad must go. Today, President Assad is still there, but much of the country has gone. Assad's Syrian government has lost control over significant amounts of its territory -- to either ISIS or Syrian rebel groups. ...
The main commander of the fighters who toppledBashar al-Assadsaid on Wednesday that anyone involved in the torture or killing of detainees during the ousted Syrian president’s rule would be hunted down, and pardons were out of the question. ...
DAMASCUS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Sunday discussed preparations for the upcoming Arab summit, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.
TEHRAN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on a brief visit in Tehran on Sunday, Iran's state TV reported. During the meeting, Khamenei praised the Syrian people and government's resista...