Bashar Assad

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it is horrified by the brutal attack in Syria that killed more than 90 people, including at least 32 children.National Security Council spokeswoman Erin Pelton said Saturday that the attack serves as a "vile testament to an illegitimate regime" of President Bashar Assad. The head of the U.N. observer team said the assault on Houla, a group of villages northwest of the besieged city of Homs, killed more...  

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government is blaming a massacre in central Syria on "armed terrorist groups," but activists say government shelling and thugs loyal to President Bashar Assad's regime are to blame. The activists say a string of villages ...  

“For Washington, the most important aspect of the Yemen model is its assumption, from the outset, that the leader — in this case, Bashar Assad — will exit,” said Robert Malley, head of the Middle East and North Africa for the ...  

President Bashar Assad's forces have killed at least 50 civilians including 13 children in central Syria, activists say, in one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an internationally brokered cease-fire went into effect last month. Syrian troops using tanks, mortars ...  

BEIRUT-- President Bashar Assad's forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said. It was one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an internationally-brokered cease-fire ...  

Meanwhile, Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar Assad’s ouster Friday, killing two people in the northern city of Aleppo as the regime struggles to vanquish the 15-month-old ...  

BEIRUT — Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar Assad's ouster Friday, wounding several people as the regime struggles to vanquish the 15-month-old conflict ...  

The information shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, and several other senior officials were indeed poisoned, just as the Free Syrian Army claims. But prompt medical treatment saved their lives. Israel views this as an ...  

BEIRUT: Israeli officials regard as credible recent reports of an assassination attempt on top Syrian figures, including President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, despite denials by Damascus, Haaretz reported Friday. The paper said Israel ...  

BEIRUT (AP) — Mohamed Nizar says he and his fellow rebels have the will, the fervor and the money to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. What they lack, he says, is the firepower. "If I make a phone call, I'll have maybe 2,000 Stingers," Nizar said ...  

Clinton said the United States would work with its international allies to increase the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad and his "cronies" after the reported massacre, saying their "rule by murder and fear must come to an end." "The United States ...  

a group that brings together Western and Arab countries that have called for Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down. The Security Council, where Syria’s allies Russia and China wield veto power, has come under increasing pressure to act ...  

France and the U.K. are urging increased international support for opponents of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after reports that government forces killed more than 90 civilians yesterday, many of them children. The international community must ...  

(CNN)-- Syrian government forces pounded the ... a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria noted the growing power of forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. "Whereas government forces had previously been ...  

He said the deployment of U.N. observers to Syria has had "some dampening effect" but the violence hasn't stopped. Ban said this requires "strong political will" by Syrian President Bashar Assad and full cooperation by opposition forces.