Tag: Bashar al-Assad
China’s Xi meets Syria’s Assad, declares new ‘strategic partnership’
HANGZHOU: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad on Friday, and said the two leaders would unveil a new “strategic partnership.”…
Syria’s Assad scraps notorious military field courts
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad announced Sunday the scrapping of military field courts where thousands are thought to have been sentenced to death without due…
New forum aims to tackle Syria-Jordan drug smuggling
AMMAN: A new forum to combat drug smuggling from war-ravaged Syria through Jordan to the wealthy Gulf states held its first meeting in Amman on…
ISIL leader killed, 4 US troops injured in Syria raid: Pentagon
“The targeted ISIS senior leader, Hamza al-Homsi, was killed,” CENTCOM said in a statement without providing further details Al Jazeera Sat Feb 18, 2023 01:36…
Syrian President Agrees To Open 2 Border Crossings For Earthquake Aid: UN
United Nations, US: The UN chief said Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow in aid…
Explainer: Who is Russia’s new war commander Gerasimov and why was he appointed?
LONDON: President Vladimir Putin‘s defence minister has appointed Russia’s most senior general, chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov, 67, to lead its war in…
