Bashar Al Assad
Travellers warned as Syrian rebels set sights on airport
Zeina Karam SYRIAN rebels fighting to topple the President, Bashar al-Assad, have declared Damascus International Airport a ''legitimate target'' in an attempt to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between...
Hugo Chavez names successor after cancer relapse
After 14 years in power, the seemingly indefatigable Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced a relapse of his cancer and designated vice president Nicolas Maduro as his heir apparent.
Syrian rebels defy US to back jihadist group
Ruth Sherlock Syrian rebels defy the US by allying themselves with a jihadi group.
Blasts kill 38 near Syria capital
Simultaneous car bombings in a mostly Christian and Druze town near Damascus killed at least 38 people as rebels downed a military aircraft for the second successive day.
Rebels seize more ground but stall at Turkish border
DAMASCUS: Syria’s rebels have reportedly seized new territory in the eastern Euphrates valley from government forces but have run into resistance from Kurdish militia on the Turkish border in a...
Rebels seize more ground but stall at Turkish border
DAMASCUS: Syria's rebels have reportedly seized new territory in the eastern Euphrates valley from government forces but have run into resistance from Kurdish militia on the Turkish border in a...
Ceasefire lets Netanyahu keep focus on Iran, re-election
Karin Brulliard JERUSALEM: The criticism started pouring in almost as soon as Israel's ceasefire with Hamas was signed on Wednesday night.
Russia slams support of Syria's rebels
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev called France's support of Syria's rebels "unacceptable."
Turkey prepared to retaliate against border attacks by Syria
Richard Spencer CAIRO: Turkey has begun evacuating villages close to its border with Syria and scrambled its air force as the Assad regime bombarded rebel positions close to the frontier fence.
Rebels in fierce battle to seize military airport
Dahlia Kholaif KUWAIT: Syrian rebels clashed with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad near the Taftanaz military airport in Idlib after taking control of an air defence battery in the city at the weekend, an...
Atrocity footage hints at crimes on all sides
BEIRUT: A Syrian rights group has released videos of pro-regime fighters apparently killing prisoners and cutting ears from bodies, after a video showing rebels executing soldiers raised...
Human rights groups condemn 'war crimes' by Syrian rebels
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stamp on their bodies.
Syrian massacre highlights disregard for human rights on both sides
Ruth Pollard THE terrified men lie huddled in a group on the dusty floor of an abandoned building as armed opposition fighters kick and stomp on them.
Syrian rebels film troop execution
Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT: Syrian rebels have executed at least a half-dozen unarmed government troops after attacks on checkpoints near the town of Saraqeb in north-western Syria.
Heavy clashes in Syrian cities
Damascus Syrian rebels clashed with regime troops in Damascus and Aleppo as the opposition held makeover talks in Qatar and diplomatic efforts to end the violence spun their wheels.
Former Syrian PM reveals Assad in favour of all-out war
Ruth Sherlock AMMAN: The most senior politician to defect from Bashar al-Assad's regime has revealed that the President repeatedly rejected calls by his own government for a political compromise, in favour of...
Syrian exodus swells to 20,000 in one day
Ruth Pollard Middle East Correspondent IN THE largest exodus of refugees for months, as many as 20,000 Syrians have fled their war-torn country in just 24 hours, as the humanitarian crisis caused by the 20-month-long conflict worsened.
Britain backs arming Syrian rebels
Ruth Sherlock DOHA, Qatar: The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has split the Western alliance with unexpected proposals to open the door to arming the Syrian opposition, just as the US is becoming alarmed...
Syria's opposition unites against Assad and elects a leader
Faisal Baatout DOHA, Qatar: Syria's opposition has agreed to unite against the President, Bashar al-Assad, and elected a cleric as its first leader, as Israel fired warning shots into the country after mortar fire...
Assad regime accused of 28,000 disappearances
Adrian Blomfield AT LEAST 28,000 people have vanished in Syria, victims of a state campaign to terrorise President Bashar al-Assad's subjects into submission, human rights groups say.
