Syrian President Bashar Assad paid a working visit to Tehran for the first time in more than three years and met with the Iranian leadership on Sunday, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. Assad discussed bilateral relations as …
General Ali Mahmoud Abbas became the new Syrian Defense Minister. This is stated in the Syrian leader's office. "President Assad issued Decree 115 on the appointment of Major General Ali Mahmoud Abbas as Minister of …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s weekend trip to the UAE should come as no surprise, even though it appears to have thrown some observers in Washington off balance
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad paid a working visit to the UAE. According to the Syrian President’s press service, he met with the Vice-President, the UAE Prime Minister, and the Ruler of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al …
On Tuesday, February 15, a meeting was held between Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "On behalf of Russian …
Despite strengthening relations with US, Qatar still reluctant to join other regional states in establishing formal ties with Israel
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a presidential decree on pardoning military deserters, according to the state news agency SANA. The amnesty covers the desertion-related crimes of military personnel who fled their positions to …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sent a New Year message to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. In his message, the Syrian leader expressed hope for the further strengthening of bilateral …
Moscow urging the US to remove some of the sanctions it has imposed on Iran
Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world -- or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert -- feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many nations, it's all a façade, …
America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has made its Kurdish allies in eastern Syria nervous. The White House was quick to reassure the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that it would not initiate a …
Last week, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was re-elected with 95 percent of the vote. He has been keen to portray the poll as a sign that the country is returning to normality after a decade of chaos and civil war. That is important if …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was among those to be vaccinated after Syria received a first shipment of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to Syrian ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad. The ambassador did not …
Heavy Russian assistance helped Damascus avoid a disaster and Syria's surrender to Islamists, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Friday. "Over the past 4-5 years heavy assistance from our country …
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Bashar al-Assad on his victory at the presidential elections in Syria, according to a congratulatory telegram circulated by the Kremlin press office on Friday. "The voting results have …
Speaker of the People’s Council of Syria Hammouda Sabbagh announced on Thursday the results of the vote in the May 26 presidential election. "The incumbent President Bashar al-Assad won the election, securing the support of …
The Syrian People's Council received applications from 51 candidates from the Supreme Constitutional Court for the presidential elections on May 26. A total of 51 hopefuls have put their name into the hat to challenge Bashar …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the issue of supplying Russian coronavirus vaccines to Syria in a phone call with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, the Kremlin reported Monday following the conversation initiated by the …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday submitted documents to run for a third term in an election scheduled for May 26, parliament's speaker said on state media. Parliament announced the election on Sunday. Washington and the …
A woman from Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria, the parliament speaker said, making her the first female to make a bid for the country's top job. The presidential election, the second since the country’s …
