Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to respond to Israel’s large-scale air attack on Syria. “Yesterday I conveyed a clear message to the Assad regime: Our activity is directed against Iranian targets in Syria,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. “But if the Syrian army […]
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Assad should not be toppled by military force: Italy
Rome : Italy opposes the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a military operation, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday. “We have made it clear to our allies that we oppose a military escalation and that it is impossible to end the conflict just by removing the dictator Assad through force,” Gentiloni told […]
Assad says US-led missile strike coupled with lies
Damascus : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said that the US-led missile strike on Syria was coupled with a campaign of lies at the UN Security Council, according to the state news agency SANA. The tripartite strike on Syria, the campaign of lies and misdirection at the UN Security Council against Syria and Russia proved […]
Syria hits back after Erdogan calls Assad ‘terrorist’
Ankara/Damascus, Dec 28 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reignited a war of words with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad by calling him a “terrorist” who has no place in negotiations over the country’s future, with Damascus hitting back and accusing the Turkish leader of being “responsible” for spilling the blood of Syrians. Erdogan […]