Tag: Bashar Assad
US envoy calls Lebanon a ‘failed state’ as Syria expected to join anti-IS coalition
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.'s special envoy for Syria on Saturday called Lebanon “a failed state” in remarks…
Druze community in Syria’s Idlib province on edge after targeted shooting kills 3
KAFR MARIS, Syria (AP) — The small Druze minority in Syria’s northern Idlib province was shaken by an…
Syria holds first elections since Assad’s ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday held its first parliamentary elections, nearly a year after a rebel-led…
Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary election since Assad’s fall
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The streets of Damascus barely showed sign Saturday a parliamentary election was set to…
How Syria’s first elections since autocrat Assad’s ouster is expected to unfold
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria is set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the…
Druze seek Sweida autonomy and turn toward Israel, adding new twist to Syria’s tensions
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid…
For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria’s president addressed the U.N. General Assembly,…
A Syrian president arrives in New York for UN General Assembly for the first time in nearly 60 years
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in New York on Sunday to take part in…
At a mass grave on the outskirts of Damascus, some families learn the fate of missing loved ones
OTAIBA, Syria (AP) — Search teams on Friday pulled some 25 bodies out of a mass grave believed…
Saudi Arabia to supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude to aid civil war recovery
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude…
Israeli drone strikes kill 6 Syrian soldiers in Damascus suburb, reports say
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli drone strikes on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed six…
The complex story behind strained Syria-Lebanon relations
BEIRUT (AP) — A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border.…