Al-Hayat: Sayyed Nasrallah, are we on the verge of a civil war in Lebanon?

Sayyed Nasrallah (Laughing): This interview is starting off with a difficult question.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Before the Bar Association, January 21, 2006.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Turkish TV on December 28, 2005.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Russian TV on December 12, 2005.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with France 3 on December 05, 2005.

The Syrian pound remains shaky as the country’s political perspectives remain very cloudy. On November 30th, the US dollar was selling at SYP 57.75, lower from its peak of SYP 60.00 it reached on the 24th of the month but yet stronger than the ra...

Syria was in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 as the third week of November began after a Syrian foreign ministry delegation failed to reach agreement with a UN team over the venue for questioning six Syrian officials allegedly involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Canadian citizen Arwad al-Boushi was freed from Sednaya prison west of Damascus on November 3 as part of an amnesty of 190 political prisoners ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at Damascus University on November 10, 2005.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with CNN on October 12, 2005.

"Syria is ready to review all the signed agreements with Lebanon and all these agreements are for Lebanon's interests. The cancellation of these agreements will not affect Syria’s interests. Syria is not a charity society for supporting Lebanon. Syria is a state and will deal with Lebanon as it does with all world states."

Following on from a momentum gathered up in the changes to the Ba’ath Party’s Regional Leadership during the recent Ba’ath Congress (Read Baath conference ends with mild reform recommendations) President Bashar al-Assad appeared to have asserted his authority over Syria’s powerful and multi-various security services with the dismissal on June 19 of General Bahjat Suleiman from his key position as Head of the Internal Security Forces.

The concluding recommendations of the 10th Baath Party Regional conference as printed in the official Al-Ba'ath newspaper on June 13.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the 10th Conference of the Regional Command of the Baath Party on June 06, 2005.

Politics in Syria is beginning to warm up again.

Bashar al-Assad’s speech on March 5^th announcing the withdrawal of his forces from Lebanon was welcomed with a sigh of relief in Damascus.

The English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the Parliament on March 05, 2005.

Syria’s huge debt to Russia has been largely written off following the visit to Moscow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad late January.

Compulsory military service in Syria has been reduced from two and a half years to two years by Decree No 1 for the year 2005 issued on January 6 by President Bashar al-Assad.

The United States has continued to send contradictory messages to Syria, reflecting dissensions within the US administration on the ways to deal with Syria.

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has appointed Terje Roed-Larsen as his Special Envoy for the implementation of UN Resolution 1559.

A transcript of remarks from Richard Armitage, US Deputy Secretary of State, following his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Farouq al-Sharaa in Damascus on January 2, 2005.

Before the many regional and international events that are taking place in November and that will be of concern to Syria, such the US Presidential election, the future of the Sharon government, Iraq's path towards national elections, etc, the Syrian political arena went through many other changes last months.

The edited English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the Syrian Expatriates Conference on October 09, 2004.

The Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, inaugurated on July 17 the launch of the first stage of the fourth project to supply the northern city of Aleppo with 225 thousand cubic meters of clean water per day from the Euphrates River.

The Syrian government usually holds its weekly meetings on Tuesday. On July 20, the ministers were suddenly informed that the meeting was postponed to Wednesday, without any further explanation.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with China People’s Daily on June 21, 2004.

By Mouaffaq Nyrabia*

Talking of the slowness in the reform process in Syria has become boring and repetitive. In the current circumstances, however, the issue remains very important and the consequences of this slowness are becoming all the more obvious.

An official delegation of American Jews of Syrian descent visited Damascus, where they met with Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, Minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban, Minister of Economy Ghassan al-Rifai as well as with the head of the Federation of the Syrian Chambers of Commerce, Rateb al-Shallah.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with El Pais on May 13, 2004.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Al Jazeera TV on May 03, 2004.