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The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with PBS on March 30, 2006.
The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Sky News on March 17, 2006.
The muted celebrations on March 8 that marked the 43rd anniversary of Ba’ath rule in Syria – a few extra party flags hung out, some signs of military brass out for show – were offset the following day as a crowd of several hundred pro-government students violently broke up a peaceful demonstration by activists calling for an end to the country’s emergency laws.
Text of President Bashar al-Assad’s Interview with Charlie Rose recorded in Damascus and broadcast on the American PBS network on March 23, 2006. Source: PBS
The full text of Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt’s address to the Saban Centre of Middle East Policy at Brookings Institute in Washington on March 6. The introduction and following question and answer forum was moderated by Martin Indyk, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Source: Brookings Institute
The edited English transcript of the speech of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the Arab Parties General Conference on March 06, 2006.
The nomination of the members of the Syrian Securities and Exchange Commission is bringing closer the set-up of the Damascus stock exchange.
The Syria Report talks to former MP and ‘Damascus Spring’ figurehead Riad Seif, imprisoned in 2001 on charges of tax evasion following his criticism of corruption in the family of the Syrian president, and released from prison last month.
Former Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam and the exiled leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood met in
Syria criticized on January 19 a move by the US Treasury to freeze the assets of Syria’s military intelligence chief Assef Shawkat as biased to protect Israeli interests.
Al-Hayat: Sayyed Nasrallah, are we on the verge of a civil war in
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...
Canadian citizen Arwad al-Boushi was freed from Sednaya prison west of
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.
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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.