Bashar Al-Assad

On Thursday afternoon (24/6), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Jordan held talks on bilateral relations between the two states and ways of boosting their association in...

During a recent interview, the chief of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, denied that his movement is behind the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv on November 21;...

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad said on Wednesday that the meeting held by the Syrian Opposition in Doha amounts to "a declaration of war". He noted that the...

Egypt's Foreign Minister has insisted that Sinai is Egyptian land and his country is the only one with legal sovereignty over it. Speaking about the security situation in Sinai...

The President of the Tunisian Renaissance Movement, Sheikh Rashid al-Ghannouchi, has strongly criticized the Syrian-Iranian attack on Khalid Meshaal, head of the Hamas' political bureau, for supporting the Syrian...

Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad named his minister of health as the new prime minister of his government yesterday, replacing caretaker Omar Ghalaounji who was appointed just three days ago...

Ezzat Al-Reshq, a member of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) political bureau, denied on Thursday that its head, Khaled Meshaal, had said that the "Syrian president is still supporting...

A Syrian pilot who defected from the regime's air force has used his aircraft to attack supporters of Bashar Al-Assad's government. Details of the incident were revealed by the...

Yair Lapid, the leader of Yesh Atid, the second largest party in the Israeli Knesset, has said that incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to impose "strict" austerity...

Israeli sources have said that the Israel Defence Forces' decision to prevent its citizens from going to the border area with Egypt and the security zone comes after the...

Qatar has announced that it is to provide another $2.5 billion to support the Egyptian economy; $500 million will be an outright grant and $2 billion will take the...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria has rejected the speech given by Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, saying that his words and presence no longer mean anything to Syrians. The Islamic...

The Russian Defence Ministry has revealed that its armed forces have started military manoeuvres in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast, at a time when Moscow is...

Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi broke his silence yesterday for the first time since he left Syria in December, saying that he left the country because he couldn't...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called for the international prosecution of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad for the commission of war crimes. Pillay reiterated...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it is prepared to talk with anyone ready for dialogue, including the armed opposition. The ministry did not mention whether fighters would...

At a time when Syrian President Bashar al-Al-Assad warned his southern neighbour, Jordan, about the repercussions of allowing "terrorists" to infiltrate Syria, he has also expressed his hope that...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has laid out his most pessimistic image of Syria so far, saying that the humanitarian crisis there is "tragically indescribable". The country...

The Union of Syrian Journalists has announced that at least 153 journalists and media activists have been killed in the two-year old revolution in the country. A union spokesman...

A member of the National Council and Syrian Coalition, Ahmad Ramadan, has revealed that the regime in Damascus has destroyed 780 mosques in the country since it started its...

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Zuhair Salem, asserted that a number of domestic and international reports have reliably confirmed that the Syrian regime's forces used chemical...

A senior Turkish official has revealed that there are three scenarios on the table before the United States and its allies for the departure of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad....

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon stated on Thursday that the Israeli border with Egypt is Israel's most dangerous border at the present time. Israeli media reported Yaalon saying that...

According to the Al-Rai newspaper in Kuwait, high-ranking sources say that Western nations have requested Israel to exercise restraint over possible retaliation from the Syrian regime and its allies...

The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Al-Ibrahimi, has said that Geneva II is already facing challenges after both the Syrian regime and opposition set unrealisable conditions....

Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Al Mu'allem, on Saturday rejected suggestions that the future of President Bashar Al Assad should be decided during a possible peace conference in Geneva in...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has praised the Egyptian army and its so-called war on "terrorism" led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying that Syria and Egypt both face "one...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Monday that he could run for president in the elections slated to take place in 2014, and reiterated that the conditions to make...

The head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Ahmed Al-Jarba, announced on Tuesday that "the Syrian people have become bored with the pledges of certain countries" and that right...

Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad has issued a formal decree sacking Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jameel from his position. Jameel is alleged to have carried out meetings "without coordinating with...

A leading official in Syria's Muslim Brotherhood, Zuhair Salem, has urged the Syrians to re-read the national, regional and international scene objectively as three years have passed since the...

The international body charged with the disposal of Syria's chemical weapons has enough money to fund its mission only until the end of this month, and urgently needs more...