bashar al assad

Syrian rebels capture Hamdan airport near Iraq border

Syrian rebels say they have captured Hamdan airport near the border with Iraq. The airport of Hamdan in Deir al-Zour…

12 years ago

France is the first Western power to back anti-Bashar al-Assad coalition

France has become the first Western country to recognize Syria's opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian…

12 years ago

Moaz al-Khatib, former Sunni Muslim imam in Damascus, is the new leader of Syrian opposition

Moaz al-Khatib, a leading Damascus cleric who fled Syria, has been chosen at a meeting in Qatar to head a…

12 years ago

Syrian opposition groups to meet in Doha

Syrian opposition groups are preparing for a crucial meeting on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha, to discuss how to…

12 years ago

Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, Syrian air force general, killed by rebels in Damascus

Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, a senior Syrian air force general, has been killed in a Damascus suburb, state television reports. Abdullah…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad agrees to Eid al-Adha ceasefire

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's envoy to Syria, says President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to abide by a ceasefire during…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi meets Bashar al-Assad in Damascus

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has met Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Lakhdar Brahimi, who represents the UN and…

12 years ago

Syria accused of being behind Beirut car bomb attack that killed Wissam al-Hassan

Anti-Syrian politicians in Lebanon have accused Damascus of being behind a car bomb attack that killed the head of Lebanon's…

12 years ago

Turkey bans all Syrian planes from its air space

All Syrian planes have been banned from Turkish air space, Turkey’s foreign ministry has announced. The ban follows similar restrictions…

12 years ago

Syria bans Turkish civil flights over its territory

Turkish civilian planes are no longer allowed to fly over Syria, Damascus has said, amid growing tensions between the two…

12 years ago

Turkey intercepts Syrian plane suspected of carrying weapons

Turkish fighter jets have forced a Syrian passenger plane suspected of carrying weapons to land in Ankara. Military communications devices…

12 years ago

Turkey fires into Syria for a fourth day after a mortar landed near Akcakale

Turkey has fired into Syria for a fourth day after a Syrian mortar landed near Turkish village Akcakale, reports say.…

12 years ago

Turkey approves military action in Syria

Turkish parliament has authorized troops to launch cross-border action against Syria, following the deadly shelling of the town of Akcakale.…

12 years ago

Turkey: Syrian shells kill five people in Akcakale

Turkey has contacted the UN and NATO after Syrian shells killed five people in Turkish town Akcakale near the border…

12 years ago

Syrian refugees will be 700,000 by the end of the year

UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, has warned that as many as 700,000 people could have fled Syria by the end…

12 years ago

Free Syrian Army moves its command centre from Turkey to liberated areas inside Syria

The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has announced that it has moved its command centre from Turkey to "liberated areas"…

12 years ago

Syria: heavy fighting in Damascus suburb and Aleppo

Further heavy fighting took place today in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the northern city of Aleppo. Activists said government…

12 years ago

Vladimir Putin first interview: about working with Mitt Romney and Pussy Riot controversy

Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted he will still be able to work with Mitt Romney if he's elected U.S. president…

12 years ago

Syria: at least 25 people killed in a warplane strike in Aleppo as UN envoy starts job

Violence is continuing in Syria, with opposition activists saying that a warplane may have killed as many as 25 people…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi says Syria mission is “nearly impossible”

Lakhdar Brahimi, the new UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, has given a deeply pessimistic view of the task ahead of…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad says Syrian government needs more time to win the battle against rebels

President Bashar al-Assad has said Syrian government needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces. In an interview…

12 years ago

Syrian opposition say scores of bodies have been found near Damascus

Syrian opposition activists say scores of bodies have been found in a town near the capital, Damascus, accusing government troops…

12 years ago

UK joins US in warning Syria over chemical weapons use

The UK has decided to join the US in warning Syria that the use or threat of chemical weapons would…

12 years ago

Russia warns against US unilateral action over Syrian crisis

Russia has warned against unilateral action in Syria after President Barack Obama said the US might intervene militarily if Damascus…

12 years ago

Barack Obama warns Syria’s chemical weapons use may spark US intervention

President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change…

12 years ago