Iranian FM urges all foreign elements out of Syria

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 22:43

Iran`s foreign minister is calling for all "foreign elements" to leave Syria so its people can decide their future themselves.

Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 23:17

Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on opposition-held neighborhoods there, activists said on Saturday.

Syrian forces take control of road needed to remove chemical weapons

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 18:31

Syrian Army has taken full control of a highway connecting Damascus to the coast which is needed to ship out chemical weapons from the country for destruction.

All Syrian chemical weapons munitions destroyed: OPCW

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 09:46

The international chemical weapons watchdog announced on Friday it has verified the destruction of all of Syria`s unfilled munitions, another milestone along the road to eradicating President Bashar Assad`s chemical weapons program by mid-2014.

Extremist groups hobble Syrian peace negotiations

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 18:02

Violent extremists seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad may instead have hurt negotiations to replace him, frustrating Western diplomats who continue to push for his ouster as a necessary part of a peace agreement in the Mideast nation`s bloody civil war.

I`ve made mistakes, Assad tells German magazine

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 00:58

Syria`s President Bashar Assad has conceded making mistakes and says no side in his country`s civil war is entirely free of blame, according to an interview to be published today by German magazine Der Spiegel.

Syria`s Assad: Early to say if he`ll run for re-election again

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 17:01

Syrian President Bashar Assad has said it`s still too early to say whether he`ll run for re-election next year, but that he would refrain from seeking a third term if he feels that`s what most Syrians want him to do.

Syrian rebels capture post near Jordan border

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 15:56

A Syrian activist group says rebels have captured a military post south of the country on the border with Jordan after four days of fighting.

Syria will allow access to chemical sites: Assad

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 19:49

Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites but rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations.

Bomb hits bus in central Syrian province, kills 19

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 15:57

The village is predominantly Alawite, a minority sect to which President Bashar Assad belongs, but it also has Christians and Sunnis. It was not immediately clear why the bus was targeted.

Kerry rejects Assad`s 30-day timetable

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 16:58

US Secretary of State John Kerry is rejecting Syrian President Bashar Assad`s suggestion he begin submitting data on his chemical weapons arsenal one month after signing an international chemical weapons ban.