How Assad ‘won the war’
“Al Assad has won the war,” declared Charles Glass in a recent piece for Stratfor, comparing the Syrian dictator to a Chicago mayor winning a re-election after…
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Syria: Truck bomb kills dozens fleeing fighting against IS
BEIRUT – A spokesman for U.S.-backed local forces in Syria says more than a hundred people have been killed in a truck bomb blast in…
Assad sets sights on Kurdish areas, risking new Syria conflict
t Bashar al-Assad and his Iranian allies appear to have been emboldened by events in Iraq, where Kurdish authorities have suffered a major blow since…
Syrian children flee after kindergarten is bombed in besieged Ghouta
Dozens of Syrian children were forced to flee a kindergarten on Sunday after it was allegedly bombed by government forces, highlighting the suffering of civilians…
Syrian regime traps 400,000 civilians in east Ghouta
At least 400,000 civilians have been blockaded and trapped by the Syrian regime on eastern Ghouta region near the capital, Damascus, leaving them struggling with malnutrition….
Is Bashar al-Assad winner?
When Donald Trump sits down with Vladimir Putin in Hamburg Friday, he’ll be taking an unusual posture for a big-time dealmaker—that of the suppliant, begging…
Tillerson: Russia should think carefully about supporting Syrian regime
The US top diplomat said Wednesday that it is time that Russia thinks “carefully” about their support to the Syrian regime following the chemical attack…
Assad says that Israel is aiding terrorists
President of Syria Bashar al-Assad was asked about the fear of a war against Israel in an interview with a Croatian newspaper. He responded that…
Boris Johnson: Assad behind deadly chemical attack
Boris Johnson has dismissed Syrian government denials that it was responsible for a chemical weapons strike which killed dozens of people, including children. The Foreign…
Rex Tillerson fails to resolve disputes on first visit to Turkey
The United States and Turkey were unable to make any headway in their dispute over the role of Kurdish forces in the fight against “Islamic…