Bashar Al-Assad

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host Syrian leader Bashar Assad for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday that are expected to focus on rebuilding Syria after a devastating civil war. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two leaders would talk about postwar reconstruction and the continuation of the peace process in all of its aspects with an emphasis on the absolute priority of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Wednesday's meeting comes on the anniversary of Syria's 12-year uprising-turned-civil war that has killed nearly 500,000 people and displaced half of the country's prewar population. Russia has waged a military campaign in Syria since September 2015, teaming up with Iran to allow Assad's government to fight back armed opposition groups and to reclaim control over most of the country. While Russia has concentrated its military resources in Ukraine, Moscow has maintained its military foothold in Syria and kept its warplanes and troops there. Moscow ha

The two leaders had close ties before Turkey-backed Syrian rebels when the civil war erupted

The pretexts Turkey uses to justify its aggression on Syrian territory are false, misleading, and have nothing to do with reality: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Baykar claims 93 per cent of TB2 components are sourced within Turkey, and the company has invested copiously to upgrade software and communications, learning from every battlefield experience

In a statement posted on its social media pages, the office says that Assad met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai

Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country. The May elections were described by the West and Assad's opposition as illegitimate and a sham. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the presidential palace and attended by clergymen, members of parliament, political figures and army officers. In power since 2000, Assad's re-election in a landslide was never in doubt. His new term starts with the country still devastated by 10 years of war and sliding deeper into a worsening economic crisis. The U.N. estimates that more than 80% of Syrians live under the poverty line. The Syrian currency is in a free fall and basic services and resources have become scarce or are offered at exorbitant parallel market prices. Fighting has largely subsided, but parts of Syria remain out of government-control and foreign troops and militias are deployed in different parts of the country. Nearly half of Syria's pre-war population is either displac

Syrian President Bashar Assad's re-election ushers in his fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country. The election was described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition

Syria's civil war erupted when the Arab Spring protests of 2011 were met with repression, morphing into armed rebellion and chaos.

Syria is witnessing a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made a big change in the military service law, mainly for Syrian expatriates

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussedholding of a conference on refugees' return with a visiting Russian delegation, according to the presidential media office

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wanted to order the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2017 but was advised against it by then Defense Secretary Gen (rtd) James Mattis.

Since then, eight other civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes on different dates in the region

Assad has strongly denied the allegation that his forces used chemical weapons

Assad described India's stand on the Syrian war as one based on international law and the UN Charter

Says it is time Russia realised Assad is 'literally and metaphorically toxic'

Sarin gas attack is only the most recent on a long list of his other human rights violations

We cannot tell anything about what he's going to do, but if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, said Assad

He said the US lacked the will to join forces with Russia in fighting extremists

He also invited India to play an active role in the reconstruction of the Syrian economy