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Articles of the author Syrian President Bashar al
Assad ‘willing to form new govt' with opposition
Assad has said it would not be difficult to agree on a new government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday that no administration would be legitimate while he remained in office. Assad, bolstered by military victory (...)

31 - 03 - 2016
Assad must quit or be forced out, asserts Al-Jubeir
Assad has two choices: "Either to leave through negotiations or be forcibly removed from power," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said in Riyadh on Thursday. He was speaking to reporters during a two-day meeting of Syrian opposition groups (...)

11 - 12 - 2015
Syria's Assad visited Moscow and met Putin
Assad flew into Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the two men discussed their joint military campaign against Islamist militants in Syria, a Kremlin spokesman said. "The president of the Syrian Arab (...)

21 - 10 - 2015
Prince Saud Al-Faisal Attends Foreign Ministers' Joint Regional Meeting on Syria 2 Abu Dhabi
Assad that has prevented this." The Ministers cited the Geneva communique of June 30, 2012 as the appropriate basis for the attainment of this solution if the legitimate aspiration of the Syrian people are met, and on the understanding that (...)

14 - 05 - 2013
Baathist named new Syria PM
Assad Wednesday named a Baath Party stalwart to form a new government, signaling no political concessions to a 15-month-old uprising, as helicopters and tanks pounded rebels near the Mediterranean coast. The appointment of Riyad Farid Hijab, (...)

07 - 06 - 2012
Syrian regime's survival ‘almost impossible': Turkey
Assad blew his chances of survival by failing to implement democratic reforms at the early stages of the Arab Spring, Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday. “I don't think that this regime, with these characteristics, can survive. It is against (...)

23 - 03 - 2012
Unity eludes Assad's opponents
Assad's opponents have taken a step toward unity by forming a national council to represent the uprising but have a long way to go until they create a broad-based alternative to his rule. Six months after protests demanding political freedoms broke (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Syria comes under global reproach for crackdown
Assad meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Damascus Tuesday. — Reuters Army continues offensive despite Turkish talks BEIRUT— Syria's president held talks with neighboring Turkey's foreign minister Tuesday as the regime faced (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
Assad blames unrest on saboteurs, vows reforms
Assad Monday pledged to introduce reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen. Assad said a national dialogue would start soon to (...)

21 - 06 - 2011
Assad tactics fail to stop unrest
Assad has tried brute force and political concession, often simultaneously, to quell protests in Syria but neither has halted the uprising and his double-edged tactic may alienate a vital support base. Since the outbreak of unrest 11 weeks ago, the (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Syrian president decrees general amnesty
Assad issued a general amnesty Tuesday for prisoners that includes those deemed to have committed political “crimes” as pressure built from a 10-week-old uprising that his regime has failed to quell with overwhelming military force. The offer was (...)

01 - 06 - 2011
Syria defiant as US sanctions bite deeper
Assad claimed the country's “crisis” is drawing to a close even as forces unleashed tank shells on opponents Wednesday and US sanctions took aim at the Syrian leader and his senior aides for their brutal crackdowns. The messages from Damascus and (...)

19 - 05 - 2011
Syria frees activists, may end emergency
Assad's government Thursday said it may scrap an emergency law in place since 1963 and announced the release of all activists detained this month, following a week of deadly protests in the south. “Under a directive by President Bashar Al-Assad, (...)

25 - 03 - 2011
Al-Assad arrives today in Kingdom for talks
Assad arrives in the Kingdom today to discuss with King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, a range of thorny political issues concerning the Middle East and beyond, with the Arab response to continued Israeli settlement building and (...)

17 - 10 - 2010
Arab Leaders start works of 21st Arab Summit 2 Doha
Assad shed light on the events witnessed by the region and the world, notably the global financial crisis. "The world does not serve except the one who serves himself and it does not restore rights except to the one who works for the (...)

30 - 03 - 2009
Peace with Israel possible: Al-Assad
Assad sees the possibility of a peace deal with Israel if it ends its conflict with the Palestinians. “There will perhaps be an embassy and formalities, but if you want peace then it has to be comprehensive,” Al-Assad was quoted as saying in the (...)

10 - 03 - 2009
Bashar, Saud hold talks
Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic received here Wednesday Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal. They discussed the Arab situation and its challenges, citing the recent Arab divisions, according to Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). President (...)

05 - 03 - 2009
Mediterranean summit to open in Paris today
Assad, who made a comeback on the international stage on Saturday with a visit to France, asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to assist in direct peace negotiations between Syria and Israel, alongside the United States. Assad, in his talks with (...)

13 - 07 - 2008
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