Syria's assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
18 May 2012, 4:25 am
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. assad's remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an increasingly shaky ceasefire were caught up in an attack that killed ...

assad says Syria will fight mercenaries
17 May 2012, 5:29 pm
Syria is fighting foreign mercenaries not democracy activists, says President assad in rare interview.

assad: No true domestic uprising in Syria
17 May 2012, 2:48 am
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 17 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar assad says he faces no true domestic opposition and violence in his country is the work of foreign-backed terrorists and mercenaries.

Syria's assad 'doomed,' says Israel's Barak
16 May 2012, 10:58 pm
Syrian President Bashar al-assad is "doomed," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday, urging the international community to increase pressure on his embattled regime.

Bashar al-assad, in Rare TV Interview, Disparages Opponents
16 May 2012, 5:02 pm
President Bashar al-assad of Syria said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he faced no real domestic opposition in the 15-month-old uprising against him.

assad: Syria is fighting foreign mercenaries
16 May 2012, 12:26 pm
Syrian President gives first interview in almost six months; says captured foreigners fighting for opposition

assad says Syria is fighting foreign mercenaries
16 May 2012, 11:51 am
In his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian President Bashar assad claimed Wednesday that his regime had captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition in a bid to show his forces were fighting terrorists instead of pro-democracy activists.

Syrians back regime, assad tells Russia TV
16 May 2012, 11:27 am
Syrians showed in elections this month that they support the government's policy of reform and a majority back the regime, President Bashar al-assad said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

assad: Ready to Show Foreign Mercenaries to World
16 May 2012, 10:56 am
assad says Syria is ready to show world that foreign mercenaries fighting for opposition

assad says Syrians support his reform efforts
16 May 2012, 7:49 am
Syrian President Bashar assad has told a Russian state news channel that his country supports his reform agenda.