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Syria's Assad visits UAE, first trip to an Arab state since war
The meeting is the latest sign of warming relations between Syria and the UAE, which had broken ties with Damascus in February 2012.
Published on Mar 19, 2022 06:08 AM IST
AFP |
Syria's Bashar al-Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide
US and European officials have questioned the legitimacy of the election, saying it violates UN resolutions in place to resolve the conflict, lacks any international monitoring, and is unrepresentative of all Syrians.
Published on May 28, 2021 04:44 PM IST
PTI | , Damascus
Syria's top court accepts three candidates to run for president
Assad won nearly 90% of the votes in the 2014 elections and is widely expected to win a fourth seven-year term. He has held power since 2000 when he took over after the death of his father, who ran the country for 30 years.
Published on May 03, 2021 03:15 PM IST
AP |
Syria says Assad, his wife have recovered from coronavirus
According to the statement, Syria's first couple had their PCR tests and the results were negative, and the mild symptoms of the virus that they had experienced before were now gone.
Published on Mar 30, 2021 01:23 PM IST
AP | , Beirut
Syria economic meltdown presents new challenge for Assad
After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long Western sanctions, government corruption and infighting, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria’s main link with the outside world.
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 07:04 PM IST
Beirut, Lebanon | Associated Press | Posted by: Shivani Kumar
Russia clashes again with US and allies over Syria attacks
Russia and close ally Syria deny responsibility for a suspected poison gas attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 11:47 AM IST
Associated Press, United Nations | Associated Press
After airstrikes, Syrians rally in Damascus in support of Assad’s military
Protesters waved Syrian flags at the demonstration, dubbed a “salute to the achievements of the Arab Syrian Army,” set off fireworks and unleashed celebratory gunfire.
Updated on Apr 16, 2018 05:26 PM IST
Associated Press, Damascus | Associated Press
Before dawn there was a streak of missile across Syrian sky, a photographer recalls US air strikes
Straight in front of us was the orange glow from fires on the city outskirts where the airstrikes carried out by the United States, Britain and France had hit, writes a photographer who captured images of the US air strikes in Damascus.
Published on Apr 15, 2018 03:59 PM IST
AP, Damascus | HT Correspondent
Syrians defy strikes, gather in Damascus squares holding flags of Iran, Russia
US President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the three allies had launched military strikes to punish Syria’s Assad for alleged chemical weapons use and to prevent him from doing it again
Updated on Apr 14, 2018 06:10 PM IST
Associated Press, Damascus | Associated Press
Loud explosions, Damascus sky turns orange as Trump announces Syria strikes
President Donald Trump announced Friday night that US, with Britain and France, had launched military strikes to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad for the alleged chemical weapons use and to prevent him from doing it again.
Updated on Apr 14, 2018 06:07 PM IST
AP, Beirut | HT Correspondent
US launches air strikes on Syria after chemical attack, Russia calls it military crime
US defense secretary James Mattis says the strikes are a “one-time shot” unless the Syrian government carries out more chemical weapons attacks, which could attract more retaliatory action from the allies.
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 07:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj