Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is ready to hold a referendum over his presidency in the war-ravaged country. The rebels have been insisting upon the move throughout the almost six-year-old conflict. The
Damascus: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad today ordered Minister of Electricity Emad Khamis to form a new government, the media reported. Assad appointed Khamis as prime minister of the new government, replacing former Prime Minister Waerl
Moscow: Russia's defense minister visited Syria on Saturday to meet the country's leader and inspect the Russian air base there, a high-profile trip intended to underline Moscow's role in the region. Sergei Shoigu met with
Washington: US President Barack Obama once again renewed his call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, saying there is no alternative to his removal.Obama also called on Russia and the Syrian government to honour
Beirut: Two blasts in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 32 people and wounded 29 Sunday in the latest wave of violence to hit the city in recent weeks, state TV said.The television
Damascus: Iran on Sunday said it would keep up with its full support for the Syrian government amid the ongoing civil war that has gripped the country for almost five years."The Islamic Republic of Iran
Paris/Cairo: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday said that West's ‘flawed' policies in Syria especially that of France was partly to blame for rise of Islamic State.His statement came amid the worldwide condemnation of a
Manama (Bahrain): The United States ramped up its support for Syria's opposition with a pledge of nearly $100 million in fresh aid on Saturday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's top diplomat described the timing of the departure
Washington: Russia and the US are expected to hold military talks over Syria, where both countries have been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants, as soon as this weekend, the Pentagon said."The department of
Paris: The presidents of Russia and France, which both started bombing Syria this week, held talks Friday about their military operations as they tried to overcome differences on whether Syrian President Bashar Assad should stay
Moscow: Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria Thursday, but there were conflicting claims about whether they were targeting Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants or trying to shore up the defenses
Moscow: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview published on Wednesday by several Russian media outlets, blamed Europe for the refugee crisis since "it supported terrorism"."Europe is responsible because it supports terrorism, as I said
Beirut: The Islamic State (IS) has executed at least 38 people in July in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.The total number of deaths in the country in the hands of the IS
Damascus: The administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad supports the Russian efforts on holding a second round of talks on the Syrian crisis in Moscow next month, media reports said Sunday.Assad made the remarks during
Ankara:Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sharply criticised the remarks of US Secretary of State John Kerry that the US would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in the end."There is no difference
Climate change between 2006 and 2009 was most likely to have caused extreme drought in Syria, one of the factors which triggered the violent uprising against president Bashar al-Assad in March 2011, says a study
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that "international cooperation" was necessary to crush the Islamic State group, which is the target of a US-led campaign."The region is going through decisive times" and the most
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that international acknowledgment of the threats of terrorism is one of the factors determining the future of the region.Addressing the members of the ruling Al Baath Party on
Washington: The Islamic State has become the world's wealthiest terror group, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion, officials said on Thursday.It earns US dollar 1
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday reiterated that his administration was moving forward in battling terrorism in the region.The president made the remarks during his meeting with the visiting Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh
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