Bashar al-Assad

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Pro-Russia and Fixated On Islamic Extremism

President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned late Monday over his controversial...

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Pro-Ankara Rebels, Syria Regime ‘agree Security Line’ In Al-Bab

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces have created a security corridor to avoid clashes in...

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Turkey’s Erdogan In Saudi On Gulf Tour

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday to further strengthen ties as part...

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Delayed Syria Peace Talks To Resume Next Week

Delayed UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending Syria's civil war will resume on February 23 in Geneva, a few days...

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Netanyahu To Test Trump Policy At Washington Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warmly welcomed Donald Trump's election as US president, will visit the...

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Syrian Forces Used Chemical Weapons In Final Push For Aleppo

Syrian government forces carried out at least eight chemical attacks during the final weeks of the battle for Aleppo,...

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Some Uighurs Fighting and Dying In Syria

An exiled advocate for China's ethnic Uighur minority said Monday that some of the group were fighting and dying in...

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Damascus Ready For Prisoner Swap With Rebels

Syria's regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by rebels, the official SANA news agency...

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Russia Releases Drone Footage of Fresh Palmyra Destruction

Russia's military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State...

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Hezbollah Urges Lebanon Plan For Syria Refugee Return

The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged the government to coordinate with Damascus to help...

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Syria’s Assad Sees Trump’s Islamic State View As Promising

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U. S. President Donald Trump prioritizing the fight against jihadists by Islamic...

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Thousands Hanged At Saydnaya Prison, Amnesty Says

As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in...

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Russia, Turkey, Iran Discuss Syria Ceasefire In Astana

Representatives from Russia, Turkey and Iran have kicked off a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital Astana to...

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War of Words As Peace Talks Open In Astana

The Syrian government's lead negotiator has denounced what he called his rebel counterpart's "provocative" comments at...

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Senate Democrat Says He Will Oppose Tillerson For State Department

The most senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he would not support President Donald...

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Expectations Low As Syria’s Warring Sides Meet

Syria's warring sides met for talks in Kazakhstan's capital on Monday, flanked by intermediary nations seeking to...

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U.S. Envoy To Kazakhstan To Attend Syria Talks As An Observer

The U. S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks...

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Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and...

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Syria Accuses Israel of Bombardment

The suburb of Mezzeh is situated on the western outskirts of Damascus Syria has accused Israel of bombarding an area...