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Syria’s Assad receives Saudi invitation to Arab summit: presidency

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an invitation to next week's Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the presidency said Wednesday, the first such invitation...

Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalize

CAIRO: The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President...

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad re-elected for 4th term

The parliamentary speaker announced Thursday that Assad garnered 95.1 percent of the votes cast, trouncing two virtually unknown challengers.

Militants kill over 60 fighters of Assad forces across Syria

Regime fighters also came under attack on another front of Syria's grinding eight-year war, the Britain-based monitor added.

Moscow-Damascus coordination ‘key factor’ in victories over IS: Assad

Russia has been a key player in the Syrian conflict since launching a military intervention in 2015 in support of Assad's regime.

Assad’s warning to Kurds: You are only a bargaining chip for US

Apart from fighting IS, the Kurds have largely stayed out of Syria's civil war, working towards semi-autonomy in the northeast of the country.

Islamic State ‘living its final moments’: US-backed forces

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said the SDF were making “great progress ... but the fight continues”.

‘With us or with them’: Syrian opposition asks Arab leaders to not mend ties with Assad

"We are surprised that our brothers are reaching out and building relations with this regime," opposition leader Nasr al-Hariri

Syrians in govt-controlled areas vote in local elections

DAMASCUS: Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots on Sunday in the first local elections there since 2011, when uprising in the country erupted...

Iran’s defence minister meets Assad, Syrian counterpart

Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defence and military officials as part...

Syria’s Assad to meet Kim in North Korea

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.

‘Terrorist’ Assad cannot be part of Syria solution, warns Erdogan

TUNIS: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday a political solution to the Syrian conflict was impossible without the departure of President Bashar al-Assad,...

In new shift, France urges Syria transition without Assad

PARIS: Bashar al-Assad “cannot be the solution” for Syria after six years of conflict, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday, returning to...

Assad leads prayers in rare appearance outside Damascus

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led Eid al-Fitr prayers in the central city of Hama on Sunday, appearing in public outside the capital for...

Tillerson to confront Russia over support for Assad

MOSCOW: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew into Moscow on Tuesday to confront Russia about its support for Syria's Bashar al-Assad after a...

Trump’s UN envoy says ouster of Assad is a priority of US

WASHINGTON: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that she sees regime change in Syria as one of the Trump...

Syria ‘did not and will not’ use chemical weapons: minister

DAMASCUS: Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against militant groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Thursday.  "I stress...

Syria attack ‘crossed a lot of lines,’ says Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime had crossed a line with its latest alleged chemical attack and faces...

Erdogan blames ‘murderer Assad’ for suspected Syria chemical attack

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday blamed the Syrian government for a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people including...

Russia defends Syria against ‘chemical attack’ outcry

MOSCOW/DAMASCUS: Russia defended its ally Damascus on Wednesday against international outcry over a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of civilians, saying a Syrian...

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