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16 Jul 2010, 10:18 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Friday criticized the human rights record [press release] of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad [BBC profile], claiming he has made virtually no progress on rights despite repeated promises for reform. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 6:10 pm
The individual designated by OFAC is Rami Makhluf, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's first cousin and brother of Syrian... [read post]
7 Dec 2004, 2:40 pm
President Bashar al-Asad pardoned the prisoners, many of whom are thought to be Kurdish minorities arrested during a riot last March. [read post]
6 Apr 2017, 8:08 pm
As someone who advocated that the administration to take a harder stance against the regime of Bashar al-Asad when the civil war first began, I should be pleased that the Trump administration launched cruise missiles against a Syrian regime airfield—but I’m nervous instead. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 10:26 am
Both Bashar al-Asad and the rebelling militias have perpetrated war crimes and crimes against humanity that include murder, torture, violence against civilians—and even the use of chemical weapons. [read post]
18 May 2014, 7:00 am
Editor’s Note: The conflict in Syria has attracted an unprecedented number of foreign fighters, with Muslims streaming in from the Arab world and Europe to take up arms against the regime of Bashar al-Asad. [read post]
PROF. JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Four weeks on: No answer from WaPo about empty links to Jessica Lynch storie…
25 May 2012, 5:38 am
Is this a matter of digital scrubbing, akin to Vogue magazine’s excising of a flattering profile of the wife of the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Asad? [read post]
27 Aug 2017, 12:29 pm
These developments include the following: increasingly authoritarian governance since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidential post in 2012; Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine; violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; Moscow’s intervention in Syria in support of Bashar al Asad’s government; increased military activity in Europe; and cyber-related… [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 7:34 pm
In late March, senior U.S. officials signaled that the United States would prioritize the fight against the Islamic State and said that Syrian President Bashar al Asad’s future would be determined by the Syrian people. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 4:30 pm
The Islamic State controls large areas of northeastern and central Syria, from which it continues to launch assaults on forces opposed to and aligned with the government of President Bashar al Asad. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 7:36 pm
The Islamic State controls large areas of northeastern and central Syria, from which it continues to launch assaults on forces opposed to and aligned with the government of President Bashar al Asad. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 4:27 pm
Members of Congress expressed a broad range of views regarding the potential use of force in Syria during intense debate in September, and Obama Administration officials have stated that they believe that the threat of the use of force by the United States was instrumental in convincing Syrian President Bashar al Asad to commit to the disarmament plan. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 7:00 am
Others include the Sayyid al-Shuhada Battalions, the Zulfiqar Brigade, the Ammar ibn Yasser Brigade (associated with the Hezbollah Battalions and Asaib Ahl al-Haq), the Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba Brigade, the Martyr Mohamed Baqir al-Sadr Forces (associated with the Badr Organization), and the Khorasani Vanguard Company. [read post]
15 Jun 2014, 7:00 am
Now, however, Erdoğan and Davutoğlu are completely invested in Bashar al-Asad’s downfall. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 8:20 am
“The U.S. and the international community will hold to account those who stand with the Asad regime as it trains the instruments of war against Syrian civilians. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 2:46 pm
ABOVE: Rami Makhluf Today the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (”OFAC”) designated as an SDN Rami Makhluf, the maternal cousin of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and owner of Syriatel, Syria’s largest mobile phone provider. [read post]
26 Sep 2021, 7:01 am
Daniel Byman *** The regime of Bashar al-Assad consistently supported the Islamic State (ISIS) when the group controlled significant amounts of territory, even as the regime struggled to retake control of Syrian territory from the various rebel groups engaged in the Syrian civil war, including ISIS. [read post]
27 Mar 2017, 5:07 pm
These developments include a trend toward increasingly authoritarian governance since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidential post in 2012; Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and sponsorship and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine; violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; Moscow’s ongoing intervention in Syria in support of Bashar al Asad’s government; increased military activity oriented… [read post]
18 Aug 2016, 12:57 pm
” The Washington Post revealed that a top Chinese military official visited Syria’s Defense Minister this week, in a sign of Beijing’s support for Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s embattled regime. [read post]
25 May 2017, 12:11 pm
It enables Tehran to shore up key allies like the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Asad. [read post]
