Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the United States on Monday, saying Washington will have to deal with another Vietnam scenario if it chooses to militarily intervene in the conflict-ravaged country after allegations that his regime has used chemical weapons in a Damascus suburb attack...
Abu Dhabi Police are warning residents against an international criminal gang luring male victims using explicit videos and then blackmailing them. According to officials, the gang would draw men into participating in online sex chats and then record the encounters, using the footage to...
Maher al-Assad, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brother, is being accused of involvement in Syria’s recent chemical weapons attack, the Guardian reported on Saturday. Not seen for a year, Maher has remained in the shadows commanding Syria’s most formidable military division,...
A Syrian opposition diplomat told Al Arabiya on Monday that the “coming hours” will mark a crucial phase in the Syrian conflict and will be filled with developments “the region and the world have not witnessed in years.” “Wait until tomorrow [Tuesday] and you will hear a very important...
The footage shows some of the casualties of the chemical attack that has targeted the outskirts of Damascus. Throughout the footage, primitive ways of treating the casualties (e.g. water spraying) and symptoms of chemical exposure (e.g. muscle spasms and shortness of breath) can be...
A new book by the Veteran Arab thinker and Philosopher Dr. Azmi Bishara "Syria: Via Dolorosa toward freedom-an attempt at contemporary history" ( 687 pages), published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies . The book is an...
Russia has no plans to be drawn into war over Syria if Western powers launch a military attack on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. “We have no plans to go to war with anyone,” Lavrov said on Monday, according to Reuters....
Secretary of State John Kerry says chemical weapons were used in Syria and is accusing President Bashar Assad of destroying evidence. "President Obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people,"...
Syria's opposition Bureau in London has restricted its activities according funding problems, the National Coalition envoy to Britain said . Mr. Waleed Saffour revealed in a private message, obtained by Eqtsad, Coalition...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday an international response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was possible without unanimous UN Security Council backing. "Is it possible to respond to chemical weapons without complete unity on the UN...
Turkey would join any international coalition against Syria even if a wider consensus on action cannot be reached at the U.N. Security Council, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying on Monday. "We always prioritise acting together with the...
Activists reported to Zaman Alwasl that FSA fighters have taken control of “Al- Khomeini Hospital which situated in Diabeieh near Al-Sayyedeh Zainab area after violent clashes led to death of 15 militants of the pro-Assad armed groups and Iran proxy, Hezbollah. The hospital...
Mammon Said Nofal, a Syrian activist, from Sweidah province was killed under torture in Asad’s regime’s detention centre on Friday. After 9 months of absence, as he was arrested by pro Assad regime militias in Jaramana, where he used to livem his parents were told to go...
East Ghouta, Syria – I am trying to replay that day in slow motion in the hope of bursting into tears as any “normal” person is supposed to do. I am terrified by this numbness in my chest and the fuzziness of images running around in my mind. This is no normal reaction after a long day...
45 people have been killed and dozens have been wounded by Bashar al-Assad's airstrikes on Ariha city in Idlib province; more than 55 air raids with massive destruction in infrastructure, activists said. Tens of Ariha's people are under rubble, the Assad offensive came day after...
Royal Navy vessels are being readied to take part in a possible series of cruise missile strikes, alongside the United States, as military commanders finalise a list of potential targets. Government sources said talks between the Prime Minister and international leaders, including Barack...
Britain said on Sunday that evidence of a chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus could have already been destroyed ahead of a visit to the site by U.N. inspectors. Earlier in the day Syria agreed to let experts from the United Nations on Monday visit the...
President Barack Obama discussed a possible coordinated international response to the reported use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria with French President Francois Hollande, the White House said on Sunday. " President Obama and President Hollande...
The governor of the Hama province in central Syria was assassinated on Sunday in a car bombing, regime television reported while according the blame on opposition fighters, according to Agence France-Presse. “Terrorists assassinated Anas Abdel Razzaq al-Naem, the Hama governor, in a car bomb...
Syria agreed to let the United Nations inspect the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack from Monday but a U.S. official said any such offer would be "too late to be credible" and there was little doubt the government was to blame. Foreign powers have been searching for a response...
