Posts Tagged ‘Assad’

Several US personnel injured in Iraq Ain al-Assad Airbase attack

August 6, 2024 Source: Agencies + Al Mayadeen A rocket attack injured US personnel in the strategic Ain al-Assad Airbase in western Iraq, following a US strike on PMF members last Tuesday. Listen By Al Mayadeen English Several American personnel were injured in a rocket attack that targeted United States forces in the Ain al-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 Views: 0

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 […]

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