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A member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, watches as a convoy of buses gets ready to enter the towns of al-Foua and Kefraya to evacuate their residents on 18 July 2018. Picture: AFP.

Syrian president bashar al assad

Buses arrive to evacuate two besieged pro-Assad Syrian villages

By Reuters

Rebels and Iran-backed forces agreed on a deal to evacuate the two mostly Shi'ite villages in return for the release of hundreds of detainees in state prisons,...

  • FILE: Free Syrian Army fighters battle with regime loyalist soldiers in Syria's northern city of Aleppo. Picture: AFP

    Syrian rebels say Washington tells them it won't intervene in southern Syria

    Washington had earlier warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies that violations of a 'de-escalation' zone agreed by the United States and Russia last year would have 'serious repercussions'.

    1423 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia on 17 May 2018. Picture: Reuters.

    Syria's Assad flies to Russia for talks with Putin - Kremlin

    Since fighting broke out in his country in 2011, Assad has travelled only rarely, but has made three publicly-acknowledged visits to Russia, each time for meetings with Putin.

    1460 days ago
  • An image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows unidentified volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town on 8 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    West weighs Syria attack that could lead to confrontation with Russia

    President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday that missiles ‘will be coming’ in response to the 7 April gas attack.

    1495 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian forces gestures as they carry the national flag in the village of Suway'iah, near the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    Air strikes pound Syria's last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians

    President Bashar al-Assad’s government has vowed to retake all of Syria from rebels who have lost large swaths of the territory they have held in a war now entering its eighth year.

    1561 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following a suicide car bombing in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, that targeted buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns. Picture: AFP.

    US to fight Islamic State in Syria 'as long as they want to fight': Mattis

    Russia, which has a long-term military garrison in Syria, has said it wants foreign forces to quit the country eventually.

    1645 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syria investigator del Ponte says enough evidence to convict Assad of war crimes

    The Syrian government led by Assad denies reports by the commission documenting widespread war crimes committed by government-backed forces and Syria's security services.

    1737 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab shows Abd Alkader Habak, a photographer and activist, running with a boy in his hands after a bomb attack in Syria. Picture: CNN.

    Syrian army and allies step up bombing of rebels in Deraa city

    The troops being sent as reinforcements are considered to be the Syrian army’s elite division, which has the best training and equipment.

    1800 days ago
  • White House spokesperson Sean Spicer. Picture: AFP

    Trump spokesperson sparks outcry with Hitler comment

    White House spokesperson Sean Spicer triggered an uproar on Tuesday by saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons.

    1860 days ago
  • FILE: A picture taken on 4 April 2017 shows destruction at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack. Picture: AFP

    Assad allies say US attack on Syria air base crosses ‘red lines’

    US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, meanwhile, blamed Russian inaction for helping fuel the chemical weapons attack it had reacted to.

    1863 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP

    Iran’s Rouhani wants chemical attack in Syria investigated

    Tehran is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main regional ally and has provided military and economic support for his fight against rebel groups.

    1864 days ago
  • A Syrian man receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, on 4 April 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Kremlin TV shows Syria gas attack - without the victims

    Western governments have unanimously pointed the finger at Syrian government forces for the attack.

    1866 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Assad: Syria is owned by the Syrians

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his family did not "own" the country they have run for 46 years.

    1924 days ago
  • FILE: A grief-striken Syrian man is comforted by people as rescuers pull the body of his daughter from the rubble of a building. Picture: AFP.

    Turkish foreign minister calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria

    Mevlut Cavusoglu has describing the situation in Aleppo as critical, adding President al-Assad was unfit to rule.

    1991 days ago
  • Syrian civilians from the town of Daraya are evacuated from the rebel-held town of Moadamiyet al-Sham on 8 September, 2016 to be taken to a shelter in the government-controlled town of Harjala. Picture: AFP.

    Syrian Observatory: 25 killed in Aleppo attacks on Saturday

    The Syrian military announced the major new offensive against the area on Thursday night.

    2060 days ago
  • A handout image released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on 5 May, 2016 shows a car burning at the site of a bomb attack in Mukharram al-Fawqani in Homs province. Picture: AFP.

    US-backed forces advance against Islamic State in Syria

    A 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo announced by Russia on Thursday has had little impact on fighting.

    2158 days ago
  • Syrian opposition body (HCN) members: Syrian Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for the Forces of Democratic Change Hassan Abdel Azim, member of the Syrian National Coalition and the National Coordination Body Safwan Akkash, Head of the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) Riad Hijab, HNC spokesman Salem al-Meslet and HCN delegation head Asaad al-Zoabi attend a meeting of the HNC delegation on the sideline of Syrian Peace Talks on 18 April, 2016 in Geneva. Picture: AFP.

    Syrian opposition negotiator quits after peace talks' failure

    Mohammed Alloush said the peace talks had also failed to secure the release of thousands of detainees.

    2177 days ago
  • FILE: Iraqi pro-government forces advance towards the city of Falluja on 23 May 2016 as part of a major assault to retake the city from the Islamic State group. Picture: AFP.

    US-backed Syrian alliance launches new attack near Isis capital

    There has been no indication of when a full assault on Raqqa city might take place.

    2182 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian security forces evacuate medical staff after rockets reportedly fired by rebels hit Al-Dabbeet hospital the in government-controlled neighbourhood of Muhafaza in the northern city of Aleppo on 3 May, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Heavy air strikes hit rebel road to Syria's Aleppo

    The city of Aleppo, about 50 km south of the Turkish border, is divided between the government & rebels.

    2185 days ago
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