Assad: Syrian army can handle Israel

Published on May 8, 2013

Syria's army is ready to deal with Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad told an Iranian official on Syrian state television.

U.N. chief ‘deplores’ Syria border clashes

Published on April 9, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he deplores the cross-border shootings from Syria into Turkey and Lebanon ahead of a ceasefire deadline in the yearlong conflict that has pushed Syria to the brink of civil war.

Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt

Published on February 24, 2012

Leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas turned publicly against their long-time ally President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Friday, endorsing the revolt aimed at overthrowing his dynastic rule.

Opinion: Don’t confuse Assad and Gadhafi

Published on August 31, 2011

Think kiwis and kumquats. While it is true that they are both fruits, the similarities between them end right about there. So, too, the similarities between Libya and Syria.

AJC, ADL press U.N. for firmer action against Syria

Published on August 4, 2011

A U.N. Security Council statement condemning Syria's crackdown on dissidents was inadequate, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League said.

Presidents Conference’s Hoenlein, Assad meet in Damascus

Published on January 3, 2011

Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Hoenlein said the meeting Monday was at the invitation of Syria and not, as had been reported originally by the Israeli media, at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I went to Damascus on an important humanitarian issue to the Jewish people," Hoenlein told Haaretz. "Netanyahu did not ask anything from me, and any attempt to link me to the diplomatic process with Syrian is manipulation."