Bashar al-Assad

Netanyahu hails Trump for re-imposing sanctions on Iran

Jerusalem - Xinhua

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday praised U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to re-impose "most severe" sanctions on Iran. Netanyahu's remarks came in the wake of Washington's move to restore all sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and the world powers during Trump's predecessor Barack Obama. Speaking in the Israeli parliament, Netanyahu, a long-time vocal..Read more

President al-Assad decrees the establishment of Children’s Hospital in Tartous

Damascus - SANA

President Bashar al-Assad issued on Sunday decree no.300 for 2018 stipulating for establishing a public health and scientific training institution called “the General Authority of Children’s Hospital” based in the province of Tartous. According to the decree, the Hospital enjoys legal personality and financial and administrative independence...Read more

Kurds invited to join Syria peace

Moscow - Egypt Today

Russia said Monday it has invited Kurds to take part in an upcoming Syrian peace congress in Sochi despite a Turkish offensive against Kurdish militia in northern Syria. "Kurdish representatives have been included on the list of Syrians invited to participate in the Syrian National Dialogue Congress which will take place in Sochi next week," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...Read more

Hezbollah slams US decision to keep troops in Syria

Beirut - Egypt Today

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Friday said a US pledge to keep its troops in Syria to defeat the Islamic State group was just a "flimsy excuse" to occupy the country. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that US forces would remain in Syria to both fight IS and counter the influence of President Bashar al-Assad. Assad is a..Read more

Russia-led Syria peace congress to be held Jan 30: negotiator

Moscow - Egypt Today

Russian-led peace talks on Syria will be held Jan. 30 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia's chief negotiator Aleksandr Lavrentyev said Saturday. Russia, a steadfast supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is set to co-host the summit with regime ally Iran and rebel backer Turkey with the aim of setting up a new constitution for post-war Syria. Organizers..Read more

Assad regime promotes Syria as a 'tourist' destination

Madrid - Egypt Today

It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad's regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded the rebel-held east of Aleppo into submission. Buildings were flattened, those who survived were left terrorised, hungry and filled with despair, and the stench of dead bodies rose up from the rubble as families searched for their loved ones. Now,..Read more