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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

Assad to End Emergency Law
2011-04-22 Read More...
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Thursday ratified a law to end 48 years of emergency rule in an attempt to defuse angry protests against his 11-year rule by people demanding greater freedoms.

Syria to Get P-800 Yakhont Missiles
2010-09-18 Read More...
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov confirmed that Russia would supply Syria with P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles, Russian news agencies reported

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