(ANSA) – ISTANBUL, 10 JUN – Syrian President Bashar al Assad said that if Turkey attacks Syria there will be a direct confrontation with the Damascus army. “If there is an invasion, first there will be resistance from the population,” Assad said during an interview with Russia Today, as reported by various Turkish media, adding […]
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Syria: UN envoy welcomes Assad amnesty
The UN special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, welcomed the release by the Syrian government of more than a thousand political detainees, thanks to an unprecedented amnesty since the outbreak of the war eleven years ago and granted last month by the disputed President Bashar al Assad. According to Syrian and pan-Arab media, Pedersen told […]
Syria: Sana, Assad appoints new defense minister
(ANSAmed) – BEIRUT, APRIL 30 – Syrian President Bashar al Assad has appointed a new Defense Minister, General Ali Mahmud Abbas, who takes the place of General Ali Ayyub, who has been in office since 2018, according to the government agency Sana , which cites the presidential decree signed by the rais of Damascus. Unlike […]
Syria: USA, Assad assets more than one billion dollars
(ANSAMed) – BEIRUT, APRIL 29 – The value of net assets accumulated over the years by members of the family of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, in power for 22 years, for a decade hit by US sanctions, is more than a billion US dollars and European countries but which enjoys the political and military […]
Ukraine: NGO, Russian tanks in Syria with letter Z in sight
(ANSAmed) – BEIRUT, APRIL 06 – The letter ‘Z’, in support of Russian military operations in Ukraine, appeared in plain sight in the last few hours on Moscow tanks engaged in operations in north-eastern Syria, as eyewitnesses report cited this morning by the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria. Sources say that in the […]
Iran, ‘nuclear deal is closer than ever’
(ANSA) – ISTANBUL, 24 MAR – “We are closer to reaching an agreement than at any other time”. This was stated by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, as reported by the Irna agency, during a joint press conference in Damascus with the Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, speaking of the talks to relaunch the nuclear agreement […]
NGO, intense Russian bombing of Isis posts in Syria
(ANSAMed) – BEIRUT, MARCH 17 – In the last few hours, the Russian air force has conducted intense bombings in central Syria against alleged ISIS positions. This was reported by the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria, according to which the attacks took place east of Hama and Homs, in a semi-desert area where […]
Syria: Assad abolishes Grand Mufti post after 74 years
After 74 years, the office of Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest religious authority of Sunni Islam, is abolished in Syria with a decree signed by President Bashar al Assad and promulgated in the last few hours. This was reported by the Syrian government agency Sana, according to which the functions of the Grand Mufti, […]