Tag Archives: Hafez al-Assad

08Dec/16

End game in Aleppo

December 8, 2016WarAleppo, Assad family, Bashar al-Assad, Battle of Aleppo, City: Aleppo, Governorates of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, Politics, Shia Islam, Syria, War/Conflictsmbale

The Syrian army’s advance in Aleppo slowed Thursday but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Assad vowed that retaking the city would change the course of the war. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Continue reading →

19Sep/15

U.S. says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation

September 19, 2015WarAssad family, Bashar al-Assad, Hafez al-Assad, JOHN KERRY, Philip Hammond, Russia, Syria, United Statessmbale

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to step down but the timing of his departure had to be decided through negotiation. Kerry is in London for talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

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15Mar/15

Sec State Kerry on Syria’s Assad: “We have to negotiate”

March 15, 2015WarAl-Assad family, Asia, Assad family, Bashar al-Assad, CBS NEWS INC., Hafez al-Assad, JOHN KERRY, Politics, Politics of Syria, Secretary of State, Syria, Syrian uprising, United Nations, United States, War/Conflict, Washingtonsmbale

(NVO) – The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and is exploring ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News in an interview.
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