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Is Bashar al-Assad Endorsing in the Ward 1 School Board Race? (Hint: No)

YoopyaNov 1, 2014July 15, 20230

Like other fights for seats on the District’s toothless State Board of Education, the Ward 1 SBOE race has become a symbolic battle over larger

For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – By striking Islamic State in Syria, the United States would be weakening one of President Bashar al-Assad’s major enemies. But the new U.S.

Mideast: Once on the edge of defeat, Syria’s Assad runs again for president

YoopyaJun 2, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – It was not so long ago that Bashar al-Assad’s enemies thought he was finished. In the summer of 2012, the rebels were not

Syria peace talks: war of words over Bashar al-Assad’s future

YoopyaJan 25, 2014November 29, 20230

Little sign of constructive action despite Ban Ki-moon’s call to seize ‘fragile chance’ Syria’s bloody crisis moved no nearer to resolution at the Geneva II

Syrian govt says terrorism, not talks, is priority

YoopyaJan 23, 2014November 26, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — Syria’s government declared that its main priority was stopping terrorism – not ensuring peace – and the opposition hinted it was far

Syrian Peace Talks Open With Vitriol, as Official Rails at Rebels

YoopyaJan 23, 2014December 10, 20230

MONTREUX, Switzerland — From its early moments on Wednesday, the long-delayed peace conference on Syria was marked by acrimony when Syria’s foreign minister described Syrian

U.N. chief invites Iran to Geneva 2, Syria opposition threatens to withdraw

YoopyaJan 20, 2014November 26, 20230

(Reuters) – Syria’s political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts

Exclusive: Assad’s secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt

YoopyaDec 24, 2013January 31, 20240

The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping

Analysis: Surprise or not, U.S. strikes can still hurt Assad

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – It would hardly be a surprise to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his military if American missiles start hitting Syria soon. With weeks to prepare

Activists say more than 200 killed in gas attack near Damascus

YoopyaAug 21, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of launching a nerve gas attack that killed at least 213 people on Wednesday, in what