Bashar al-Assad
‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against...
‘No Doubt’ Syria Has Retained Chemical Weapons
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said during a visit to Israel Friday that there can be "no doubt" that Syria has retained...
Syria Evacuees On Move Again After 48-Hour Delay
Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again Friday after being blocked for 48 hours at a transit...
US Defence Chief In Israel For Talks On Iran, Syria
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel on Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two...
Syria Evacuees On Move Again After 48-Hour Delay
Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again Friday after being blocked for 48 hours at a transit...
Iran Not ‘living Up To Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal
Iran is "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear deal struck with world powers in 2015, US President Donald Trump...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Israel Boosting Border Defences
Lebanon's Hezbollah sought Thursday to show that Israel is building up defences in anticipation of another conflict,...
US Urges UN Council To Focus On ‘chief Culprit’ Iran
The United States on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to devote less attention to the Israeli-Palestinian...
US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions
The US secretary of state has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the Middle East...
Scared Syrian Evacuees Stuck At Site of Deadly Bombing
Hundreds of frightened Syrians being evacuated from besieged towns were stuck Thursday at a rebel-held transit point...
Chemical Arms Watchdog To Vote On Moscow Bid For New Syria Probe
The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to...
US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’ Amid Nuclear Tensions
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of “alarming ongoing provocations” aimed at destabilising the...
Thousands Evacuated After Deadly Syria Bombing
Thousands of Syrians were evacuated from besieged towns on Wednesday with tight security in place after a weekend...
France Says Will ‘prove’ Damascus Behind Syria ‘chemical Attack’
France will produce proof "in a few days" that the regime of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical strike on a Syrian...
US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the...
Syria Evacuations Resume After Deadly Bombing
The evacuation of civilians and fighters from besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday after a weekend bombing at a...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...
British MPs Call For Assad’s Wife To Lose Citizenship
UK lawmakers are calling on the government to strip Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife of her British citizenship,...
Dozens of Children Dead In Syria Evacuees Bombing
Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from...