# Bashar al-Assad

This year

2023

# Jeddah

Zelenksyy calls out Arab leaders for supporting Russia after Assad's return to the Arab League

This meeting marks the return of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – a staunch Russian ally.

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May 19th 2023, 3:38 PM

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# Bashar al-Assad

War-ravaged Syria is heading to the polls with Assad set to extend his grip on power

In the last multi-candidate poll in 2014, Bashar al-Assad took 88% of the vote.

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May 26th 2021, 7:21 AM

# Rebels

'Don't let hundreds of thousands of people be killed': Trump's warning to Syria

The US President has warned Syria against launching an attack on the country’s last rebel stronghold.

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Sep 4th 2018, 7:07 AM

# East Ghouta

Trump warns Russia over Syria situation, says missiles 'will be coming'

Russia has vetoed a US-backed motion in the UN to probe the chemical strikes in Syria.

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Apr 11th 2018, 12:19 PM

# Douma

Alleged Syria chemical attack unites nations in condemnation as Trump calls al-Assad an 'animal'

Widespread claims today suggest that an attack on the town of Douma, which killed 70 people, saw the Syrian regime use deadly chlorine gas on the town’s residents.

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Apr 8th 2018, 7:06 PM

Voices

'People aren't fleeing for no reason, they are forced to leave - forced by killing'

A Syrian refugee explains why he left his home country to start a new life in Ireland.

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Mar 18th 2018, 3:00 PM

# Chemical Weapons

France is in no doubt who it blames for deadly sarin gas attack

It says the chemical fingerprint was developed in Syrian laboratories.

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Apr 26th 2017, 11:54 AM

# Khan Sheikhun

US blacklists Syrian chemists over deadly sarin gas attack

It is one of the US’s largest-ever sanctions announcements.

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Apr 24th 2017, 7:48 PM

# Airstrikes

Syrian president claims chemical attack was faked by US

‘We don’t know whether those dead children were killed there … Were they dead at all?’

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Apr 13th 2017, 3:36 PM

# history lesson

Sean Spicer just said even Hitler 'didn't sink to using chemical weapons'

The White House Press Secretary is under fire once again for his comments.

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Apr 11th 2017, 8:40 PM

# six years of war

US points finger at Assad after suspected chemical attack kills dozens in Syria

At least 58 people died in the attack.

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Apr 4th 2017, 6:25 PM

# War

Assad says defending Syria is more important than UN action against him

The Syrian president also accused the UN of being biased because of American, French and British influence.

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Feb 7th 2017, 2:30 PM

# i saw deaths

Seven-year-old girl tweets of being "between death and life" as Aleppo on verge of falling

Retaking the beleaguered city from rebel forces is key for regime head Bashar al Assad’s strategy in the now five-year war.

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Nov 28th 2016, 10:45 AM

# five years of war

'Children are being killed': Hundreds flee to government-held districts in Aleppo

An estimated 275,000 people are trapped in terrible conditions in the city’s rebel-held eastern districts.

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Nov 27th 2016, 3:03 PM

# ceasefire collapse

UN suspends all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after deadly airstrike

The week-long ceasefire in the war-ravaged country has collapsed.

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Sep 20th 2016, 12:25 PM

# five years of war

'Civilians have no hope anymore': Unclear if rebels will agree to ceasefire in Syria

Rebels battling the Syrian regime and the political opposition are still weighing whether to abide by the agreement.

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Sep 12th 2016, 8:59 AM

# retaken

Islamic State has been forced out of Palmyra in a 'major symbolic victory' for Syrian forces

The so-called caliphate took over the world heritage site and city in May 2015.

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Mar 27th 2016, 7:51 AM

# Ceasefire

Syria's leader says ceasefire "does not mean everyone stops using their weapons"

Bashar al-Assad said his troops would continue fighting “terrorists”.

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Feb 16th 2016, 7:21 AM

# Aleppo Explainer

A city destroyed: What you need to know about Aleppo

Aleppo in Syria is under heavy attack by government forces. What does this mean for the rebels and the civilians inside?

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Feb 14th 2016, 7:45 AM

# Syria

At least 135 dead and 400 abducted in Islamic State 'massacre'

Syria’s state news agency SANA said at least 300 civilians were killed.

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Jan 18th 2016, 9:29 AM

# Syria

Isis kidnap more than 400 civilians in wake of deadly city attack which left "300 dead"

The kidnappings happened in the wake of the so-called Islamic State’s deadly attack yesterday on the city of Deir ez-Zor in the east of Syria.

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Jan 17th 2016, 1:53 PM

# Syria

Shocking videos show the starving children trapped in a Syrian town

The UN said the Syrian government has now given permission for aid deliveries after the images were shared all across the world.

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Jan 7th 2016, 8:00 PM

# Homs

Rare evacuations in Syria as latest blasts kill dozens

At least 32 people died in bomb attacks in Homs.

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Dec 28th 2015, 7:50 PM

# peace plan

The UN Security Council has backed a US-Russian plan for peace in Syria

The US and Moscow are ‘agreeing to disagree’ on the fate of Bashar al-Assad.

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Dec 18th 2015, 10:54 PM

# Terror

Assad says Britain's bombing campaign will only cause terrorism to spread

The Syrian president also said the air strikes targeting Islamic State militants are illegal.

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Dec 6th 2015, 5:33 PM

# surreal

A Syrian tourism campaign is not getting the reaction it might have wanted

#SummerInSyria has been met with an incredulous online reaction.

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Oct 28th 2015, 3:28 PM

# flying visit

Assad made his first foreign visit in four years. Guess where he went?

A Kremlin spokesman described it as a “working visit”.

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Oct 21st 2015, 8:41 AM

# dublin 7 says welcome

"Would we choose Isis or the regime? We want neither, we want a third choice..."

29-year-old Syrian Motasem Hajali has lived in Ireland since February 2014.

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Oct 17th 2015, 8:00 AM

# crossing paths

The US and Russia are starting "deconfliction" talks on Syria

The Pentagon was riled, after getting only one hour’s vague ‘heads-up’ from Russia that it was about to start bombing.

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Oct 1st 2015, 4:18 PM

# Syria

France launches air strikes targeting Islamic State

Western powers are ramping up efforts against the terrorist organisation.

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Sep 27th 2015, 10:23 AM

Voices

'Children are being targeted by snipers and civilians shot in the street'

Irish aid worker David Adams visited a clinic that helps to rehabilitate some of the casualties of the Syrian conflict.

May 20th 2015, 8:30 PM

# four years on

Deadly chlorine attack kills entire family in Syria

More than 200,000 people have died since the conflict began in 2011.

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Mar 18th 2015, 6:46 PM

# Syria

'The war has divided families more than decades of Israeli occupation ever did'

A newly-released Irish film documents the lives of people in Majdal Shams – one of five remaining Arab villages in the Golan Heights.

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Jan 17th 2015, 10:30 AM

# four years on

More than 76,000 Syrians were killed in 2014

Last year was the bloodiest since the conflict began in 2011.

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Jan 1st 2015, 7:02 PM

# Syria

Three dead as supporters celebrate Assad election win

At least three people are dead and others were wounded as a result of celebratory gunfire, as it was announced Assad won with a sweeping 88.7 per cent.

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Jun 4th 2014, 8:42 PM

Voices

Column: Western powers should not intervene in Syria

High-tech western military force does not end conflicts – it changes them.

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Apr 28th 2014, 7:00 AM

Voices

Column: "The bodies are all gone, eaten by the dogs"

Thousands have been killed and many more forced from their homes by the recent fighting in South Sudan. As the situation grows ever more serious, David Adams describes what he has witnessed.

Feb 16th 2014, 7:00 PM