All posts tagged "President Bashar al-Assad"

Syrian rebels advance close to Hama city, piling pressure on Assad and his allies

Rebels and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said insurgents had captured villages including Maar Shahur a few miles north of the city.

Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syria’s rebel-held northwest

Iran sent thousands of Shi'ite militias to Syria during the Syrian war and, alongside Russia with its air power, enabled Assad to crush the insurgency and...

Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent