Tag: bashar al-assad

Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad’s rule

AMMAN: A major insurgent-held town in southwestern Syria has accepted the return of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, pro-government media and a war monitor said...

Assad says US to leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas

SYRIA: President Bashar al-Assad said he would recover areas of Syria held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and that US forces should...

COMSATS students raise voice in solidarity with distressed Syrians

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) took the lead to arrange a first-ever peaceful protest walk to express solidarity with Syrian children being brutally...

Atleast 136 people killed in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

EAST GHOUTA: Russian and Syrian government forces have killed at least 136 civilians over the past 48 hours in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of...

Pakistani couple besieged in Syria finally contacted by embassy

FO spokesman says country’s embassy in Damascus had established contact with elderly couple on Tuesday LAHORE: Pakistan’s diplomatic machinery has been set in motion...

Multiple air strikes kill 43 in Aleppo

ATARIB: At least 43 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in three air strikes on a busy market in al-Atarib, a town...

Assad’s forces responsible for deadly sarin attack: UN panel

UNITED NATIONS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces were responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed...

Iranian hypocrisy: Solidarity with Rohingya, support for Assad

It would be funny if it wasn't so tragically real The idiom “pot calling the kettle black” was perfectly illustrated by Iran when the country’s...

Turkey, Russia, Iran to police Syria Idlib safe zone

ASTANA: Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to set up de-escalation zones in Syria for six months, negotiators for the three countries have said in...

In new shift, France urges Syria transition without Assad

Macron said in July that the removal of the Syrian president was not a ‘prerequisite’ for peace in the war-torn country, and that he did not see a “legitimate successor” to the leader who has been in power since 2000.

Trump is an American Assad

  As one looks out onto the world stage one can clearly identify the arrival of a new leading politics, one that replaces globalising neoliberalism...

Syria the ultimate mirror

 A mirror that should show who you really are   This month marks six years since the start of the Syrian Revolution. This was a movement...

Daredevil Waqar Zaka celebrates New Year in Syria

For those who don't know, Waqar Zaka is a Pakistani reality TV star popular for 'Living on the Edge'—call it poor man's Fear Factor...

Karachi witnesses protest in solidarity with Aleppo

A protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria, was held in front of Karachi Press Club today (Saturday). Hundreds of participants held a peaceful protest in...

Lahore witnesses protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria

A protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria, was held in front of Lahore Press Club today (Thursday). Hundreds of students from different institutions of...

Iran’s Rouhani congratulates Assad on Aleppo victory

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani phoned his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to congratulate him on the impending defeat of rebel forces in the...

Aleppo evacuation delayed, opposition blames pro-Assad militia

The evacuation of rebel-held eastern Aleppo was delayed on Wednesday and, while a war monitor said the reason was unclear, an opposition official blamed...