Bashar Assad

By Jerry Gordon | 05/07/09 | 07:04 PM | 0 Comments Latest posts from your county 2009 Florida Legislative Session – A Summary Governor Crist Signs Confidential Informant... ECONOMIC GROWTH vs. ECONOMIC WELLBEING Ethnicans, Reps, Dems and $4 Billion in Tax Payer... I Did Not Vote for Barack Obama more » Is the US pulling out all the stops on the Syrian “peacemaking” opening, hence this report on Hamas moving to the Sudan? Anyone in the Obama Administration who would... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / World News / Syrian President Meeting With Sarkozy November 13, 2009 by hussnain   news under World News PARIS: Visiting Syrian President Bashar Assad said that peace in the Middle East will be the focus of his talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy, and that “France must act.” Assad’s visit to Paris two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving the impression that France is positioned so it has long sought – a greater... Read Full Story

The Syrian president said a facility bombed by Israel two years ago that the U.S. claims was a nearly finished nuclear reactor has been built over, but in comments published Monday denied it was a nuclear facility. President Bashar Assad's remarks in the Emirates' Al-Khaleej daily confirmed statements made last month by two Western diplomats with the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog. The diplomats quoted Syrian nuclear chief Ibrahim Othman as telling the International Atomic Energy Agency... Read Full Story

Whether is is preparation for an attack on Iran or some other nefarious plan–the fact remains that the Saudi King in is Damascus for a specific purpose. The Jewish news agencies based out of Israel are reporting and hoping that the Saudi King will be able to buy-off the last remaining Arab state that belonged to the rejectionist front. Libya has already been bought off, and Iraq has been destroyed. The Suadi-Syrian thaw may bring back Damascus into the Arab fold and improve relations between... Read Full Story

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Wednesday that he has been impressed by friendly gestures from President Barack Obama but is still waiting to see results. Assad was quoted in The Guardian newspaper as saying he is encouraged by the new U.S. president's promise to engage with nations that have been at odds with the United States. The Syrian leader welcomed the forthcoming visit by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, and... Read Full Story

Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed worry over what he sees as Israeli society's turn to the right, according to a newspaper interview published Wednesday. Assad also said he would like to meet President Barack Obama, the Rome daily La Repubblica reported. Expectations for Obama are high following the administration of George W. Bush, Assad said, according to the newspaper. He was quoted as saying Obama needs to restore American credibility, and his first steps are encouraging. "The... Read Full Story

Russian warships have returned to the naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, used by the Soviet Union since the late sixties, after more than a decade of absence. In August 2008, Syrian president Bashar Assad, during his visit to Russia, pointed out that his country is open for talks with Russia about reactivating the use of the naval base in Tartus. It was in 1967 that the Soviet Navy started using this Syrian port as one of its main Mediterranean stations. Read more Read Full Story

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Wednesday that he has been impressed by friendly gestures from President Barack Obama but is still waiting to see results. Story Continues Below: Most Recommended Posts Share Post | Add Comment | Get News Alert Assad was quoted in The Guardian newspaper as saying he is encouraged by the new U.S. president's promise to engage with nations that have been at... Read Full Story

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s leader praised President Barack Obama’s outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus in remarks released Friday just days after the United States said it plans to return its ambassador to Syria after a four year absence. Syrian President Bashar Assad comments came in a telegram he sent to Obama on the occasion of the July 4 Independence Day and in an interview he gave to Britain’s Sky News. Also on Sky News, Syria’s First Lady Asma al Assad said she... Read Full Story

By Caroline GlickIn an interview with Britain's Sky News over the weekend, US President Barack Obama was asked whether he is planning to accept Syrian President Bashar Assad's invitation to visit Damascus. The very fact that an American presidential visit to the Syrian capital is on the international agenda demonstrates how radically US foreign policy has shifted.Four years ago, president George Read Full Story