President Bashar al-Assad – Asia Times

Trump now admits he was gung-ho to kill Assad

by Dave Makichuk September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Another day, another outlandish statement by America’s president. As part of a lengthy diatribe against former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wanted to order an assassination against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2017, but that Mattis “was against it,” a statement which contradicts previous statements made by the president. “I […]

Geir Pedersen, left, when he was UN coordinator for Lebanon, walks past a damaged mosque during a tour of the devastated town of Bint Jbeil in Lebanon with Hezbollah deputy Hassan Fadlallah, second left, in March 2007. Pedersen now has the post of UN envoy for Syria. Photo: AFP / Mahmoud Zayat

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

UN Syria envoy assumes post as Arabs restore links with Assad

by Sami Moubayed January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

A man carries a child rescued from rubble after Syrian regime and Russian air strikes in the rebel-held town of Nawa, 30km north of Daraa in southern Syria on June 26. Syria's army launched an assault on Daraa on Tuesday, after a week of bombardment on the nearby countryside caused mass displacement. Photo: AFP/ Ahmad al-Msalam

European Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Cauldron in Syria’s southwest traps thousands

by Jonathan Gorvett June 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, Syria, World

Crown Prince’s overture to Syria’s Bashar while in the US

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 1, 2018February 18, 2020

The drums of war beat. Photo: iStock

Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Bannon out, bombing in

by Jerry Bowyer April 8, 2017April 9, 2017

A Syrian man from Idlib is carried by Turkish medics wearing chemical protective suits to a hospital in the border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province. Photo: Ferhat Dervisoglu / Dogan News Agency via Reuters

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Why did Assad use nerve gas?

by Stephen Bryen April 7, 2017

Syrians carry their belongings through streets of rubble as they flee clashes between government forces and rebels in Tariq al-Bab and al-Sakhour neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo towards other rebel-held besieged areas. Photo: Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail

France, Middle East, Syria, World

France calls for UN Security Council meeting on Aleppo

by Agencies November 29, 2016February 18, 2020

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