Air strikes on Syrian rebel enclave intensify
Air strikes targeted rebel-held cities in northwest Syria on Friday, a war monitor reported, widening bombardment of the last major insurgent enclave to areas that...
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UK foreign minister: Assad will be around for a while
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will remain in place for “a while” thanks to support from Russia,...
Major powers seeking deal on new Syria constitution body
Russia, Iran and Turkey are nearing agreement on the composition of a Syria committee that could pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution and...
Germany continues to believe Syria must one day see regime change
Germany continues to believe that the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad must be replaced at the end of a peace process, but acknowledges the realities...
Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta
The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a deal by which the opposition would surrender its last major...
Russia’s Putin hosts Syria’s Assad for talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to talk about the need to move from military operations to the search for a political...
Syria’s Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army had not...
US chemical weapons warning to Syria ‘unacceptable’ (Update)
Russia denounced a US warning to the Syrian leadership that it will pay a heavy price for any chemical weapons attack, and dismissed White House assertions...
FBME: Assad’s WMD front company implicated in Magnitsky case
A report drafted by the accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) on FBME Bank (Cyprus) in 2014 appears to implicate Balec Ventures Inc, a front company linked...
Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on edge of Damascus
Suleiman Al-Khalidi The Syrian army and its allies are on the verge of completely seizing the rebel-held district of Qaboun on the edge of...
Outcry over White House Assad-Hitler gaffe
White House spokesman Sean Spicer triggered an uproar on social media on Tuesday by saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, which critics said...
The vanishing civilians of Aleppo
Did it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the “250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo” have gone? As...
Turkish foreign minister calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria on Friday, describing the situation in Aleppo as critical and saying that President...
US suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia, blames Moscow
The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to...
Archbishop Chrysostomos meets Assad in Damascus
Archbishop Chrysostomos and a Cypriot delegation was on Monday received by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. According to Syrian news agency SANA, talks during...
Syria’s Assad says Putin has not talked about political transition
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has never talked to him about leaving power, despite...
Syria withholds aid to 900,000 people, risks new siege in Aleppo – UN
Syria’s government is refusing UN demands to deliver aid to 905,000 people including in Aleppo, the city at the centre of an eruption of fighting...
Syrian govt says Assad’s future not up for discussion
The Syrian government’s chief negotiator said President Bashar al-Assad’s future was not up for discussion at peace talks, underlining the bleak prospects for reviving UN-led...
Putin: Russia can make powerful Syria comeback within hours
By Denis Dyomkin and Dmitry Solovyov Vladimir Putin said Russia’s military success in Syria had allowed him to order a partial draw down of forces,...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote (Updated)
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the opposition...
