Assad regime

Merkel points finger at Assad regime over Syria 'chemical attack'

Berlin - Arab Today

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said there were indications that the Syrian regime was responsible for the suspected chemical attack there which left scores dead. "Unfortunately, there are elements showing that it came from the Assad regime," Merkel told reporters.Read more

Geneva 4: Going around in circles

Geneva - Arab Today

After the breakthrough in Geneva 4 talks on Friday, when the Assad regime negotiator for the first time met face-to-face with the opposition, negotiations have since been going in circles. A representative of the Moscow-backed Syria opposition, Hamza Monzer, said that opposition groups needed to form a single delegation if they were to enter talks with representatives of the DamascusRead more

30 persons killed at Homos’ Waar district

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Clashes resumed between the Syrian governmental troops and armed militias loyal to the Syrian regime on one hand, and ISIS extremist group on the other hand in the surrounding area of Jahar oil field in the eastern desert of Homos and other areas surrounding the oil fields in the city amid intensive air raids targeting the group’s strongholds to achieveRead more

US and UN slam heinous attacks in Aleppo

Lima , Peru - Arab Today

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice condemned “heinous” bombings of hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo Saturday, and top UN officials said they were “appalled” by the escalating violence. Rice warned the Assad regime and its Russian backers they are responsible for immediate and long-term consequences. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms these horrific attacks against medical infrastructure andRead more

Russian foreign ministry says intra-syrian talks to resume march 7

Moscow - QNA

Talks between the Assad regime and Syrian opposition are expected to resume in Geneva on March 7, a source at the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "Preliminary, the resumption of intra-Syrian negotiations will be in Geneva on March 7," TASS news agency quoted the source as saying. Meanwhile, the office of U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura,Read more

Aleppo siege spells doom

Paris - Arab Today

The siege of Aleppo has taken the West even further from achieving its key goals in Syria of stemming the refugee flow, removing the Assad regime and tackling the Islamic State group, experts say. As the joint forces of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Syria encircle the divided northern Syrian city, the so-called "moderate" opposition faces a potentially devastating turning pointRead more