Posts Tagged ‘Assad’

Assad and Xi Summit Heralds a New Dawn in East and West Asia Relations

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360°  Vanessa BeeleyThe two Presidents sign multiple memorandums of understanding in Guangzhou and Beijing. On Thursday 21st September President Assad and the First Lady, Asma Al Assad arrived at the Chinese city of Ghuangzhou as honoured guests of President Xi Jinping. The Chinese President had chartered a private plane to […]

Qatar: ‘Our stance on Assad regime has not changed’

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani confirmed on Thursday that his country’s stance towards the Syrian regime has not changed. This came in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in New York for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly session. Concerning the Arab League, Al-Thani stated that the decision to allow […]

Xi, Assad Announce Strategic Partnership in China Summit

September 22, 2023 Source: Agencies Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad held Friday a summit meeting in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, wherein the two leaders announced strategic partnership between the two sides. Three partnership documents were signed in the summit. The first document was an economic cooperation agreement, while the second was a joint memorandum […]

Xi, Al-Assad announce milestone China-Syria ‘strategic partnership’

Sep 22, 2023 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English China’s president Xi says this move is a “milestone” in the history of relations between the two countries. China and Syria announced the establishment of a strategic partnership, Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed on Friday, just one day after China’s Foreign Ministry stated that this week […]

Syrian President Assad Visits China in First Trip since 2004

 September 21, 2023 In his first official visit to China in almost 20 years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his First Lady, Asma al-Assad, arrived in the country today, Thursday. Their official visit was in response to an invitation from the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. The highlight of the visit is a Syrian-Chinese summit, where […]

Syria’s Al-Assad lands in China on historic visit, marks new era

 September 21, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen + Agencies By Al Mayadeen English President al-Assad’s trip will include a Syria-Chinese summit where a number of agreements are expected to be signed between the two countries. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad touched down in Hangzhou’s China on Thursday, embarking on his first official visit to the Asian nation in nearly […]

Might Syria Become a Gateway of the New Silk Road with Assad-Xi Summit?

This week, President Bashar al Assad will be visiting Beijing on the direct invitation of President Xi Jinping and will be accompanied by a large economic delegation where the discussion of Syrian re-construction and integration into the Belt and Road initiative will be high on the agenda. Ever since President Bashar al-Assad first announced the […]

Syria Assad in China, seeks exit from diplomatic isolation

Being seen with China’s President at a regional gathering should add further legitimacy to Assad’s campaign to return to the world stage. Source

Al-Assad to visit China at Xi’s invitation: Syrian Presidency

19 Sep 2023 15:46 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English The Syrian Presidency confirms that President Bashar al-Assad and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a Syrian-Chinese summit. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the office of the Syrian President confirmed on Tuesday. Earlier in […]

Demonstrators in As-Suwayda tear down Assad picture as protests escalate

Demonstrators in the city of As-Suwayda in southern Syria tore down a picture of Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad on Friday, with the escalation of anti-government protests that began three weeks ago, with crowds flocking from nearby villages to participate. Pictures and footage posted on social media by activists showed a group of men tearing […]

Syrians who fled Assad fear he will soon choke off aid

Syrians who fled President Bashar Al-Assad's rule fear he may soon be able to choke off badly needed aid as Damascus acts to establish sway over UN assistance into the rebel-held north-west, the last major bastion of the Syrian opposition, Reuters reports. A tussle at the UN Security Council over the aid operation has played […]

Syria Assad receives invitation from UAE to attend COP28

The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, to the COP28 climate summit it is hosting at the end of the year, possibly placing him in the same venue as Western leaders who have opposed and sanctioned him for years, Syrian state news agency, SANA, reports. According to the report, the invitation was extended […]

Saudi Foreign Minister visits Assad, further easing Syria isolation

Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, received Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported, in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria's decade-long regional isolation, Reuters reports. Bin Farhan landed earlier on Tuesday for the first visit of a top Saudi diplomat to Damascus since ties were ruptured […]

France: ‘No reason to normalise ties with Assad regime’

The French Foreign Ministry has stated there is no reason to normalise ties with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, news agencies reported on Friday. “There is no reason to go ahead in the normalisation of ties with the Syrian regime, which has been cracking down on its people, preventing the return of refugees and causing […]

Assad: War on Syria proved West acts against own claims on democracy

Friday, 17 March 2023 7:05 PM  [ Last Update: Friday, 17 March 2023 7:24 PM ] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks in an interview with Channel One Russia on March 17, 2023. (Photo via social media networks) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the years-long foreign-backed war in his country has proven that everything the West does runs counter to […]

Bashar al-Assad’s visit to Moscow and the changing face of the Middle East

Today, it is becoming increasingly clear to everyone that the very effective diplomacy of Moscow and Beijing is radically changing the face of the Middle East. In particular, the unexpected breakthrough in Syrian-Turkish relations after Moscow’s proposal last December to Ankara and Damascus to resume dialogue and return to cooperation is indicative of this. On […]

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow for talks with ally Vladimir Putin

Syrian President Bashar Assad is in Moscow to meet with his top ally Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin steps up efforts to restore ties between Turkey and Syria. This visit comes on the anniversary of the uprising-turned-civil war in Syria that has killed nearly half a million people and displaced half the country’s […]

President Assad Holds a Summit with Sultan of Oman Bin Tariq

FEBRUARY 20, 2023 ARABI SOURI Syrian President Bashar Assad held a summit with the Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq in Muscat, Oman on a one-day business trip to the sultanate. The Syrian Presidency shared the news about the open and closed summits between President Assad and Sultan Bin Tariq with footage of the arrival […]

Syria struggles to cope with earthquake, as Assad demands aid flows through his regime

Lack of heavy machinery and well-equipped teams have slowed rescue operations in Syria, as the country’s death toll from the earthquake approaches 3,000. The Syria Civil Defence — internationally known as the White Helmets — is heading the rescue effort across the country, leveraging years of experience from the Syrian civil war. The group deployed […]

Iran on the Erdogan – Assad Rapprochement Path, Meaning and Timing

 FEBRUARY 6, 2023 It seems clear that the entry of Iran into the line came at the request of Damascus, which thus wanted to balance the Iranian role with the information that constantly talks about common and intertwined personal and official interests between Presidents Putin and Erdogan. The following is the English translation from Arabic of […]

President Assad Resisting Russian Pressure to Help Erdogan

ANUARY 14, 2023  ARABI SOURI– J Russian President Putin continues his extensive efforts to help the Turkish madman Erdogan in ruling Turkey, economically, Russia has done its uttermost to help the Turkish economy after the US and European Union pressure on it and despite the policies of Erdogan prior to the Russian special military operation in […]

Assad demands withdrawal of Turkish forces for continuation of talks

Lavrentiev stressed the importance of these meeting in order to resolve tensions between Damascus and Ankara January 12 2023 ByNews Desk-  On 12 January, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the special envoy of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s proposal to establish bilateral talks between Damascus and Ankara; however, Assad remarked that […]

Assad rejects Russia attempt to arrange meeting with Erdogan, sources say

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected efforts by his Russian allies to arrange a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refusing to give him leverage in next year's upcoming elections in Turkiye. According to an anonymous source with knowledge of the Syrian regime's thinking, cited by the Reuters news agency, Assad fears that […]

France top court upholds prison sentence of Bashar Al-Assad’s uncle

France’s highest court, on Wednesday, confirmed a ruling that found Rifaat Al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, was guilty of acquiring millions of Euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian State, Reuters reports. The verdict by the Cour de Cassation, which comes at the end of a long process […]

Syria: pro-Assad fighters recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine  

Russia is recruiting fighters from Syria skilled in urban warfare for operations in Ukraine, US officials are reported by the Wall Street Journal to have claimed. The move suggests that the Russian invasion is poised to enter another dimension within Ukrainian cities and face stiff resistance. Russian forces have been operating inside Syria since 2015 […]

Russia Does Not Only Defend Itself, But the World and Humanity – Assad

Posted on February 25, 2022 by fada1 February 25, 2022 By Staff, SANA Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a phone call on Friday with his Russian ounterpart Vladimir Putin. Talks dealt with the situation in Ukraine, and the special military operation carried out by the Russian Federation to protect civilians in Donbas region. Assad stressed […]

US does not support rehabilitating Syria’s Al-Assad

Commenting on Bahrain’s reappointment of its ambassador to Damascus, Washington declared that it does not support rehabilitating Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, Alhurra news website reported on Friday. “Washington does not support rehabilitating Bashar Al-Assad,” a spokesperson for the US Department of State was reported by Alhurra saying. According to Safa Press Agency, the spokesperson told […]

U.S. forces have left Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq

U.S. forces have left Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN — Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, head of the Joint Operations Command of the Iraqi army, announced on Monday that the United States military combat forces have withdrawn from Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq. Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji added that the American […]

Erdogan’s Reconciliations: ‘Israel’ is a Friend, Assad Remains an Enemy! مصالحات إردوغان.. “إسرائيل” صديق والأسد يبقى عدواً!

 ARABI SOURI DECEMBER 11, 2021

EU dismisses request to lift sanctions from Syrian businessman affiliated with Assad

The European Union’s (EU) General Court has dismissed a Syrian businessman’s application to have his sanctions lifted, ruling that he remains a prominent business associate of the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad. In its recent ruling, the court stated that it refused Samer Foz’s application as the “EU had shown that he is an influential […]

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