Assad regime

patrick.goodenough | January 12, 2023
 The State Department on Thursday restated U.S. opposition to the normalization of relations with the Assad regime, acknowledging that the issue has…
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Monica Sanchez | April 12, 2018
Following the deadly chemical weapons attack on a Syrian town near Damascus last week that left dozens of civilians killed, including women and…
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Monica Sanchez | April 9, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley ripped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, calling him a “monster” with “no conscience”…
patrick.goodenough | March 12, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley warned Monday that the U.S. could take military action against the Assad regime to stop violent attacks on…
patrick.goodenough | January 23, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley laid into Russia in the Security Council on Tuesday, accusing Moscow of complicity in the use by its Syrian…
Monica Sanchez | July 17, 2017
The European Council on Monday issued a series of sanctions against the Syrian senior military officials and scientists behind the deadly chemical…
patrick.goodenough | December 4, 2016
Not enforcing President Obama’s “red line” on chemical weapons use in Syria carried a “cost” for the United States in the Middle East, Secretary of…
patrick.goodenough | February 25, 2016
A group of United Nations’ member-states on Thursday elected the Assad regime “by acclamation” to a leadership post of a special committee dealing…
patrick.goodenough | March 23, 2015
At the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, the representative of the Assad regime accused countries that boycotted a discussion focused on Israel…
patrick.goodenough | September 17, 2014
Russia on Tuesday accused the West of ignoring its warnings about the growing terrorist threat in Syria, and claimed that the moderate rebel front…
patrick.goodenough | July 24, 2014
An NGO representative challenged the U.N. Human Rights Council – meeting in emergency session Wednesday on the Gaza crisis – on its failure to…
patrick.goodenough | May 15, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he has seen “raw data” indicating several chlorine gas attacks by the Assad regime in recent months.…