Presidency of Hafez al-Assad
US Special Ops Chief Confirms CIA Ending Support For Syria Rebels
The head of the US military's special operations confirmed Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency is shutting down...
War Has Cost $226 Billion To Syria Economy
Syria's six-year conflict has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to...
Syria’s Assad Says War’s ‘worst Is Behind Us’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of...
Syria To Buy Latest Russian Anti-Missile System
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus is negotiating with regime ally Moscow to buy the latest Russian...
Trump Says Assad’s Future ‘not A Deal Breaker’ On Syria
US President Donald Trump told UN Security Council ambassadors that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was...
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...
Syria’s Assad Is An ‘arch-Terrorist’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an "arch-terrorist" and it is time Russia realised he is "literally and...
Syria’s Assad Says Chemical Attack ‘100% Fabrication’
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of fabricating a suspected chemical weapons attack that prompted...
Syria Dominates G7 Meet Before Tillerson Heads To Russia
Syria is set to dominate Tuesday's meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
US Strike Wiped Out Fifth of Assad Air Force, Mattis Says
The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim...
Russia Responsible ‘by Proxy’ For Suspected Syrian Chemical Attack
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon on Sunday accused Russia of being responsible "by proxy" for the death of 87...
US Envoy Says Syria’s Assad Must Go After ‘chemical Attack’
Washington's UN ambassador said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cannot stay in power after a suspected chemical...
Top US Diplomat Haley Says No Syria Peace With Assad
Coming closer to embracing regime change in Syria, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that with President...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Urges Assad To Step Down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling...
Why Would Syria Mount ‘chemical Attack’?
While Western powers have blamed Syria's regime for this week's suspected chemical attack, questions remain over why it...
Trump Strikes Syria But No Plan Yet To Oust Assad
Donald Trump's cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base drags Washington deeper into the country's tragedy but does...
‘Chemical Attack’ Leaves US Syria Policy In Disarray
The United States' stumbling response Tuesday to the latest apparent chemical weapons strike in Syria underlined the...
Syrian People Do Not Want Assad In Power
The United States believes the Syrian people do not want President Bashar al-Assad to remain in power and does not...
Bashar Al-Assad’s Overthrow No Longer A Priority
The United States has said that it is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy...