Manaf Tlass, a Syrian general who was the first member of Assad's inner circle to break ranks and join the opposition, said "we are at a turning point and the train of the revolution will be victorious." Tlass, who defected in July, said he urged Assad to listen to the people's dem...
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Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss TV there were “strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof,” that rebels seeking to oust Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had used the nerve agent. But she said he...
Since the civil war began, however, Ankara has supported the many stripes of the anti-Assad coalition in this part of Syria, including elements of the Free Syrian Army and a plethora of jihadist groups. At first, Turkey was committed to the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As it...
During the prison raid, opposition forces released 300 inmates, around half the total number of prisoners. The rest, including around 30 registered female prisoners, were taken to Idlib city as the officers and prison director -- a relative of President Bashar al-Assad -- fled under the cover...
Syria's rebels, who took up arms following the regime's crackdown on protesters, are outgunned by armored units loyal to President Bashar Assad but have opted for hit-and-run raids and ambushes. The Syrian government cites the rise in such attacks to boost its argument that the uprising is...
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a U.S. official told Martin the forces of President Bashar Assad fired six missiles in the past two or three days at the depot near Aleppo in northern Syria. The official asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter publicl...
This, as Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted on Russian TV Friday at there's no civil war in his country. Anadolu Agency said Friday the fleeing officers were among a group of 71 people who arrived in the Turkish border province of Hatay seeking refuge. They were taken to a camp that ...
BEIRUTSyrian rebels and Islamic militants seeking to topple President Bashar Assad took full control of a strategic northwestern air base Friday in a significant blow to government forces, seizing helicopters, tanks and multiple rocket launchers, activists said. ...
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