Tag: Al-assad

Smoke billows from sites of shelling in Homs (Photo: AFP/YOUTUBE)
Region

Alarms raised over possible chemical weapons in Syria

After the bloodshed in Tremseh, alarms are raised over the possibility of…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
A picture dated 7 July 2009 shows defected Syrian Emassador to Iraq Nawaf Fares in Damascus. Fares announced his defection to the opposition on 11 July (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)
Region

Syrian ambassador to Iraq defects, asks military to ‘turn guns’ on Al-Assad

Syrian National Council says more ambassadorial defections possible

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
A picture released by the official Syrian news agency SANA shows men at the scene after two huge bombs exploded outside the Palace of Justice in Central Damascus on June 28, 2012 (AFP PHOTO/SANA)
Politics

Explosions rock central Damascus

Two bombs have exploded outside the Palace of Justice in central Damascus,…

Maryam Ishani Maryam Ishani