Assad never smiles. Not like that.
Russia will stabilize Syria. I have no doubt about that. That is Foreign Minister Lavrov in background to the right. I can't really say who is over President Putin's shoulder, but, probably Prime Minister Medvedev. This was a very big meeting for Moscow.
I am sure President Putin and his administration has a sincere understanding of the need for leadership in Syria that has the loyalty of all ethnic nations in Syria. No one wants the old Syria back. Syria's leadership needs to be inclusive.
October 21, 2015
By Andrew Osborn
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (click here) flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlined how Russia has become a major player in the Middle East.
It was Assad's first foreign trip since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, and came three weeks after Russia launched a campaign of air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria that has also bolstered Assad's forces.
The Kremlin kept the visit quiet until Wednesday morning, broadcasting a meeting between the two men in the Kremlin and releasing a transcript of an exchange they had. It did not say whether the Syrian leader was still in Moscow or had returned home.
Putin said he hoped progress on the military front would be followed by moves towards a political solution in Syria, bolstering Western hopes Moscow will use its increased influence on Damascus to cajole Assad into talking to his opponents....
The Arab Coalition which includes the USA came to an agreement with Russia for the instability in Syria.
20 October 2015
The document "has important practical value. It regulates the actions of manned and unmanned aircraft in the airspace above Syria. The Memorandum contains a set of rules and limitations aimed at preventing incidents between the air forces of Russia and the US," the Defense Ministry says....
The Syrian people are still seeing the attacks as a civil war with President Assad. President Assad has to relate to all the people of Syria, not simply the Alawites.
20 October 2016
By AFP
Tens of thousands (click here) have fled new regime offensives in Syria, according to the UN, as the total number of casualties from Russian airstrikes so far was reported to have reached 370, many of them civilians.
With the Russian bombing campaign now in its fourth week, Moscow and Washington announced on Tuesday that they had agreed to measures to ensure air safety over Syria, where a US-led coalition is also carrying out strikes.
The exodus was focused south of second city Aleppo, one of five areas where loyalist forces have launched offensives since Russia began its air war on 30 September.
“Around 35,000 people are reported to have been displaced from ... the south-western outskirts of Aleppo city, following government offensives,” said Vanessa Huguenin, spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs....
The peculiar aspect of the Syrian Civil War is the number of players in the country. Some are long standing and are Shia and some are newly empowered in Daesh. The Syrian people are caught in the middle of this war and they see any attack as one which the Assad forces are carrying out against them. The people on the ground do not understand what they are caught up in. They only understand the violence and the dead. They are far better off leaving and they do.
If this damn civil war ever ends, the children are going to need a great deal of assurances, peace and an understanding they are important through education and the promise of a future. The Syrian children don't understand the future. Children live for the future and these children are completely void of their understanding of themselves. They are more vulnerable to becoming child soldiers than any other children in the Middle East.
Russia will stabilize Syria. I have no doubt about that. That is Foreign Minister Lavrov in background to the right. I can't really say who is over President Putin's shoulder, but, probably Prime Minister Medvedev. This was a very big meeting for Moscow.
I am sure President Putin and his administration has a sincere understanding of the need for leadership in Syria that has the loyalty of all ethnic nations in Syria. No one wants the old Syria back. Syria's leadership needs to be inclusive.
October 21, 2015By Andrew Osborn
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (click here) flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlined how Russia has become a major player in the Middle East.
It was Assad's first foreign trip since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, and came three weeks after Russia launched a campaign of air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria that has also bolstered Assad's forces.
The Kremlin kept the visit quiet until Wednesday morning, broadcasting a meeting between the two men in the Kremlin and releasing a transcript of an exchange they had. It did not say whether the Syrian leader was still in Moscow or had returned home.
Putin said he hoped progress on the military front would be followed by moves towards a political solution in Syria, bolstering Western hopes Moscow will use its increased influence on Damascus to cajole Assad into talking to his opponents....
The Arab Coalition which includes the USA came to an agreement with Russia for the instability in Syria.
20 October 2015
Russia and the US (click here) have signed an agreement regulating the
operations of the two countries' air forces in Syria. The deal is aimed
at preventing incidents and providing for the smooth operation of the
two nations' aircraft, and for mutual aid in critical situations.
The
agreement, whose full name is "The Memorandum of Mutual Understanding
between the Defense Ministries of Russia and the United States on
preventing incidents and providing for aviation flights during
operations in Syria" is hailed as a 'positive step', the Russian Defense
Ministry said in a press release.The document "has important practical value. It regulates the actions of manned and unmanned aircraft in the airspace above Syria. The Memorandum contains a set of rules and limitations aimed at preventing incidents between the air forces of Russia and the US," the Defense Ministry says....
The Syrian people are still seeing the attacks as a civil war with President Assad. President Assad has to relate to all the people of Syria, not simply the Alawites.
20 October 2016
By AFP
Tens of thousands (click here) have fled new regime offensives in Syria, according to the UN, as the total number of casualties from Russian airstrikes so far was reported to have reached 370, many of them civilians.
With the Russian bombing campaign now in its fourth week, Moscow and Washington announced on Tuesday that they had agreed to measures to ensure air safety over Syria, where a US-led coalition is also carrying out strikes.
The exodus was focused south of second city Aleppo, one of five areas where loyalist forces have launched offensives since Russia began its air war on 30 September.
“Around 35,000 people are reported to have been displaced from ... the south-western outskirts of Aleppo city, following government offensives,” said Vanessa Huguenin, spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs....
The peculiar aspect of the Syrian Civil War is the number of players in the country. Some are long standing and are Shia and some are newly empowered in Daesh. The Syrian people are caught in the middle of this war and they see any attack as one which the Assad forces are carrying out against them. The people on the ground do not understand what they are caught up in. They only understand the violence and the dead. They are far better off leaving and they do.
If this damn civil war ever ends, the children are going to need a great deal of assurances, peace and an understanding they are important through education and the promise of a future. The Syrian children don't understand the future. Children live for the future and these children are completely void of their understanding of themselves. They are more vulnerable to becoming child soldiers than any other children in the Middle East.
