Assad: Sow chaos and suffer
Amman - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to “sow chaos” in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that...
Syria: UN observers evacuated after bomb hits convoy
| The blast occurred on Tuesday in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. None of the observers was wounded, but they had to spend the night with rebel forces in the area. Maj-Gen Robert Mood, head of the United...
Obama administration denies role in arming Syrian rebels
| President Barack Obama's administration has repeatedly said over the past few months that it won't ship arms to Syria's outgunned opposition, warning that doing so will only escalate the bloody conf...
Syria's Assad says he will show foreign 'mercenaries' being held captive
| IAN BLACK | SYRIA'S PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad has promised to display captured foreign "mercenaries" who have been fighting his regime and he denounced western governments for failing to protest at ...
America Shifts Gear For War On Iran
| Americas war plans for full spectrum dominance in the oil-rich Middle East and Central Asian region shifted up a gear this week with three significant and inter-related developments. | Forget about...
Syria Leader, in Rare TV Interview, Disparages Opponents
| BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he faced no real domestic opposition in the 15-month-old uprising against him, the violence i...
Iran flouts UN sanctions, sends arms to Syria: Experts
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet UNITED NATIONS: Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a UN Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according ...
US helping get arms to Syria rebels: Report
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet WASHINGTON: The United States is helping bring more and better weapons to Syria's rebels, including anti-tank weaponry, for their fight against President Bashar al-Assad reg...
Network in Syria plays its cards close to its chest
| Damascus: Every stop on what has become a sort of underground railway is shrouded in secrecy: requesting supplies, confirming the needs, delivering goods, fundraising and collecting donations are ca...
Syrian rebels get significant boost in arms, logistical support
| Washington: Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar Al Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Gulf nations and coordina...
Turkey to raise Syrian threat at Nato gathering
| Washington: Syria will also be on the agenda at this weekend's Nato summit in Chicago, according to US administration officials. | Although the alliance has repeatedly said it will not get involved ...
Aid groups defy Syrian government's diktat
| Damascus: For 48 hours, the two Damascus residents struggled to reach the besieged city of Homs by car, trying to deliver boxes of blood bags so surgeons there could operate on the wounded. But gunf...
At least 15 summarily executed by Syrian regime
| Beirut: At least 15 civilians were "summarily executed" by regime forces in a neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ...
More attacks in Syria after arrival of UN observers: Assad
| Moscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of terrorist attacks in Syria has increased since UN observers arrived in the country, President Bashar al-Assad told the Rossiya 24 TV channel. | ...
Assad warns against sowing chaos in Syria
Countries that "sow chaos" in Syria could find the tables turned, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a state-run Russian television station. | Assad gave one of the few interviews he has conduc...
Syria fighting foreign mercenaries - Assad
| IN his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian President Bashar Assad has claimed that his regime had captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition in a bid to show his for...
