Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on the country’s Druze community to do military service, days after members of the minority were released following a mass abduction in July by the Islamic State group. …
Russia on Saturday said Syrian rebels are preparing a chemical attack in Idlib province which will be blamed on Damascus and used as a pretext for Western powers to hit government targets in the war-torn country. …
US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Wednesday that the United States is not seeking to oust Iran’s leadership but wants “massive change” in its behaviour. …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended a mosque in the country’s west on Friday for prayers marking the end of Ramadan, in a rare appearance outside Damascus, images on his social media showed. …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang’s state media reported Sunday, potentially becoming the first head of state to meet Kim inside the isolated country. …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Thursday and said the situation in Syria is now favourable for the beginning of a “political process” which would lead to the withdrawal of foreign forces. …
Russian, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers on Saturday talked up their successes in brokering a political solution to the Syrian conflict at a meeting in Moscow. …
Syria returned to France the prestigious Legion d’Honneur it gave to President Bashar al-Assad, saying Thursday he would not wear the award of a “slave” to America.Assad was decorated with the Legion’s highest rank of Grand Croix, or Great Cross, by former president Jacques Chirac in 2001… …
