In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in January, Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, said that his main objective was to address his people's "closed-mindedness". He made it clear that

Since the unrest in Syria began on 15th March, fear of the security services and a descent into Iraq-like chaos, as well as the president’s reformist image has kept things

Security forces of the Syrian regime in the city of Lattakia are committing a massacre, in which more than 25 peaceful citizens so far have been killed, despite no resistance

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood Comptroller has stated that the group strongly supports the people’s call for freedom, justice and equality asserting that these demands are a legitimate right of people worldwide.

Mohammed Riad al-Shaqfa, the Brotherhood's secretary general,in Syria denied the that the Mb offshoot were aspiring to power.

In 2009 President Bashar al-Assad unveiled Syria’s new “Four Seas” strategy to reposition Damascus as the vital center of Middle East investment, trade and energy transiting.

In a recent article for the Foreign Policy Middle East Channel, Tarek Masoud makes the provocative claim that a rigged succession from President Hosni Mubarak to his son Gamal may

Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and visiting Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu have called for "additional efforts" to end the siege on Gaza Strip that has been enforced for almost four

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described Israel as a "state of genocide acting as a murderer for the United States,” expecting that one day it will be put “in its proper

Leaders from the Middle East and Asia condemned Israel’s raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza at a summit on Tuesday, calling on the Jewish state to end