United Press International
The Syrian president said Wednesday the situation in his country was improving as a member of an exiled opposition council resigned because of internal rows. French President Francois Hollande said this week that Paris would recognize a provisional...
Mail Online UK
29 August 2012 President Bashar al-Assad said talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory was unrealistic and that the situation in his country 'is better', but more time was needed to win the conflict against rebels trying to overthrow...
International Business Times
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected a proposal by Turkey and some Western countries of creating a buffer zone' for civilians within his country as "unrealistic. In an interview with Syria's pro-regime Addounia television, Assad declared: "I...
The Guardian
Bashar al-Assad gives an interview to the pro-regime Addounia TV channel, in which he praised the country's 'heroic' armed forces. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Syria 's president, Bashar al-Assad , has said there is no immediate prospect of an end to...
War In Context
The 133-page statement of goals and principles for a new Syria was six months in the making. It was produced by 45 Syrian opposition figures brought together by the State Department-funded institute's Middle East experts and partners from the German...
Sydney Morning Herald
Turkish government officials, alarmed by a surge in refugees from Syria, have told Syrian activists in Reyhanli and other cities in southern Turkey that their movement and activities will be restricted, an apparent change in policy toward the...