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Syrian Defense Minister Killed in Suicide Attack
2012-07-18 Read More...
Syria’s Defense Minister, General Daoud Rajha, and Assad’s brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, who is also the Deputy Minister of Defense, were killed in a Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack on the National Security headquarters in Damascus, state TV

US Worried about Syria’s Chemical Weapons
2012-07-16 Read More...
The US said Friday that Syrian officials would be “held accountable” if they failed to safeguard the country's chemical weapons after a report suggested some were being moved out of

Russia Sends Seven Warships to Syria
2012-07-12 Read More...
Russia has sent a naval flotilla of 7 warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, the Interfax news agency reported

Syrian Army Stages Large-Scale War Games
2012-07-10 Read More...
Syria's Armed Forces have started large-scale war games, its state-run news agency says, simulating defense against outside attacks.

U.N. Report Accuses Iran of Arms Shipments to Syria
2012-07-02 Read More...
A U.N. Security Council committee has published a report on Iranian sanctions violations, including shipments of weapons to Syria in breach of a U.N. ban on weapons exports by the Islamic

Russia Sending 2 Warships to Syria
2012-06-21 Read More...
Russia is preparing to send two amphibious assault ships to the Syrian port of Tartus where Moscow operates a strategic naval base to ensure safety of its nationals, the Interfax news agency reported earlier this

Assad: “We are Facing a Real War Waged from the Outside”
2012-06-04 Read More...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad condemned on Sunday the "abominable" massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, saying even monsters could not carry out such acts, and promised a 15-month-old crisis would end soon if Syrians pulled

Syrian Arms Imports Surge in 2007-2011
2012-03-19 Read More...
A new report on conventional arms transfers shows Syria imported nearly six times more weapons in 2007-2011 than in the previous five-year period, with Russia accounting for 72% of the arms

Syrian National Council Launches Military Bureau
2012-03-02 Read More...
The Head of Syrian National Council (SNC) announced on Thursday at a press conference in Paris, the launch of a Military Council to support the Free Syrian Army

Syrian Rebels Getting Arms from Abroad
2012-02-27 Read More...
Western and other countries are turning a blind eye to weapons purchases by Syrian exiles who are already smuggling light arms, communications equipment and night vision goggles to rebels inside Syria

Syria Orders 36 Russian Trainers & Jets
2012-01-25 Read More...
Russian media reported that Syria has signed a $550-million contract with Russia’s state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export agency, involving 36 Yak-130 trainer and light attack

Syria-Russia Reject Call for Arab Troop Deployment
2012-01-19 Read More...
Syria rejected a call by the Gulf state of Qatar to send Arab troops to the restive country, saying such calls would only worsen the situation, undermine the Arab peace efforts and open doors for foreign interference, the Syrian Foreign Ministry

Syria Holds War Games
2011-12-06 Read More...
The Syrian military has held war games that included test-firing of missiles and air force and ground troop operations "similar to a real battle," state-run media reported

Damascus Accepted Arab League's Proposal
2011-11-04 Read More...
Qatar has led the Arab League Committee which drew up the plan Damascuss has agreed to pull its military out of cities, release prisoners and hold talks with the opposition as part of an Arab plan to end violence in

GCC Ministers to Coordinate Stance on Regional Events
2011-08-19 Read More...
The GCC Council of Ministers is reportedly set to meet shortly to coordinate their stance on current events in the region, with particular reference to the situations in Syria and Libya, as well as conferring on the GCC initiative on the crisis in

Assad: “National Dialogue to Start Soon”
2011-06-21 Read More...
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, facing three months of protests, said on Monday a national dialogue would start

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