Bashar Assad
# bashar-assad - Monday 6 May, 2013
Israeli PM visits China after Syria strikes
Benjamin Netanyahu’s signalling of a return to “business as usual” may indicate that Israel does not expect an immediate retaliation for this weekend’s airstrikes.
# bashar-assad - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Syrian refugees ‘now make up 10 per cent of population of Lebanon’
Oxfam said the figure is comparable to the entire population of Belfast, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Derry all moving to Dublin.
# bashar-assad - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Study finds 26 Irish people have fought in Syria
Researchers in London found that between 2,000 and 5,500 people from other countries have joined the rebel forces to fight against the Assad regime.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Syrian opposition in disarray as leader attempts to resign
But matters were confused by the Syrian National Coalition’s refusal to accept Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib’s resignation earlier today.
# bashar-assad - Friday 22 March, 2013
Assad vows to ‘cleanse’ Syria after attack
The statement was made after a suicide bomb at the Iman Mosque in Damascus.
# bashar-assad - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
There are now one million Syrian refugees
“This tragedy has to be stopped,” says UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. The refugees arrive “traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families”.
# bashar-assad - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Syrian conflict spills into Iraq as dozens killed in ambush
In a separate development rebel forces have seized parts of Raqqa city, the capital of the northern province of Raqqa, in what could be a significant development.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Iran: ‘Bashar al-Assad will run for Syrian president again next year’
Iran’s foreign minister says the country officially expects Assad to remain in power for the rest of his mandate, and run again.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Russia in ground-breaking talks with Syrian opposition
The development brings with it a glimmer of hope for the end of the bloody conflict.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 30 December, 2012
Syria’s war worsening ‘by the day’, says UN envoy
Lakhdar Brahimi believes he has a ceasefire plan that could be accepted by the international community, including Russia.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Syrian rebels claim capture of infantry base in Aleppo
The fall of the army installation in Syria’s largest city is the last blow to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
# bashar-assad - Friday 30 November, 2012
Syria cuts off internet and phone networks
Authorities say the interruption is “maintenance” – but activists are accusing the Syrian regime of preparing a massacre.
# bashar-assad - Friday 23 November, 2012
Syria state TV journalist shot dead: official media
The official state news agency said that the man was the latest in a string of employees of pro-government media to be killed.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 10 November, 2012
NGO: Two blasts kill and injure dozens in Syria
Meanwhile, Kurds say they have taken control of towns in the northeast.
# bashar-assad - Friday 9 November, 2012
Assad warns against armed intervention
Meanwhile the UN has said that the need for humanitarian aid in Syria could rise sharply early next year.
# bashar-assad - Thursday 8 November, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
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Syria’s Assad refuses to flee: ‘I’ll live and die in Syria’
The beleaguered Syrian president is defiant, telling Russian TV: “I am not a puppet, I was not made by the West”.
# bashar-assad - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
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# bashar-assad - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Syria ceasefire in tatters as fighting rages
The death toll on the first of of Eid al-Adha reached 146, according to reports.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Protestors try to storm Lebanese government headquarters
Police used tear gas to repel protestors who stormed the headquarters of the Lebanese Prime Minister following the funeral of the security chief killed in a car bomb on Friday.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Turkey, Syria ban flights to each other as tensions soar
Syria says it banned flights from Turkey “in accordance with the principle of reciprocity”.
# bashar-assad - Thursday 27 September, 2012
Syria: Over 305 killed on uprising’s deadliest day so far
A human rights watchdog yesterday’s death toll – which doesn’t include unidentified bodies – is the highest yet.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Syrian rebels move command from Turkey to Syria
Fighting continues to spill over borders, however, with violence reported near Jordan today.
# bashar-assad - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Syria: Air strike kills 30 as over 150 reported dead in nationwide violence
Clashes across the country have continued today as some estimates now put the death toll from the civil war at over 29,000 since early last year.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 15 September, 2012
UN envoy: Syria crisis is a threat to the world
The conflict’s death toll continues to rise with overnight air strikes killing 12 civilians and wounding 60 more.
# bashar-assad - Monday 10 September, 2012
Syria latest: Aleppo bombs, UN envoy and water crisis
Residents of the country’s second city are experiencing serious water shortages as a main water pipeline has been destroyed.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 9 September, 2012
Syrian filmmaker killed in Aleppo: opposition
A young filmmaker has been killed while shooting a video in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
# bashar-assad - Monday 3 September, 2012
Syria mission is ‘nearly impossible’, says new UN envoy
On the ground, activists say the death toll from the 18-month conflict has now reached 26,200.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 1 September, 2012
Syria: Rebels target government aircraft after seizing air defence building
A total of 125 people killed in violence nationwide on Friday including 74 civilians, 29 soldiers and 22 rebels according to one report.
# bashar-assad - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Assad: Forces ‘need more time’ to win Syria battle
The Syrian president made the comments yesterday, in which he also dismissed talk of buffer zones.
# bashar-assad - Monday 27 August, 2012
Syria: UN chief ‘shocked’ at massacre reports
Meanwhile, French president Hollande says he is ready to recognise a provisional Syrian government.
A butcher, a barber and a policeman: meet Syria’s rebels
Butchers, barbers and students are now getting used to guns, tanks and warfare.
# bashar-assad - Sunday 26 August, 2012
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Syria: Dozens of bodies filmed as opposing sides blame each other for massacre
Footage posted online but not independently verified purports to show rows of bodies lined up at a graveyard and sprawled on Syrian streets.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Costello to announce increase in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
The junior foreign minister will visit a refugee camp in Jordan this week where it’s expected he will announce a significant increase in humanitarian aid for people displaced by the civil war.
# bashar-assad - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Syria: Departing UN observer chief criticises failure to protect civilians
International obligations towards civilians “have not been respected” by either side in Syrian conflict,
# bashar-assad - Monday 13 August, 2012
Syria’s rep to UN human rights council joins opposition
The Syrian delegate to the UN Human Rights Council is the first based in Switzerland
# bashar-assad - Friday 10 August, 2012
Syria in danger of ‘long-term civil war’, says UN chief
Meanwhile, Syrian rebels have been forced from key area of Aleppo.
# bashar-assad - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Syria: Amnesty releases satellite images of Aleppo activity
Images taken in and around Aleppo recently show increased use of heavy weapons in the area.
# bashar-assad - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
Syria: President appears on television, vows to crush rebellion
“The Syrian people and their government are determined to purge the country of terrorists and to fight the terrorists without respite,” Assad said in a televised address.
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