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BASHAR ASSAD

COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2015
Could Palmya be a turning point for Assad?
Syrian President Bashar Assad may have allowed Islamic State to take the World Heritage site of Palmyra, hoping an atrocity there would bring the international community to his side.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 20, 2015
Under pressure, Syria's Assad may need friends now more than ever
When Lebanon's Hezbollah first joined Syria's war on the side of President Bashar Assad, its role was a closely guarded secret. Today, as Hezbollah plants its flag in land won from rebels north of Damascus, its role could hardly be more public.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2015
Weapons inspectors find traces of undeclared sarin and VX in Syria
International inspectors have found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at a military research site in Syria that had not been declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2015
U.S. military in Jordan training first batch of Syrians on how to combat Islamic State
The United States has begun a long-awaited program to train Syrian fighters to go into combat against Islamic State, the Pentagon said on Thursday, deepening America's role in Syria's civil war after eight months of airstrikes against the Sunni militants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2015
Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat to U.S. than Putin, Assad: poll
A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian strongman Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
Syria's Assad says Islamic State has expanded since start of U.S. airstrikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a U.S. television interview that Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, has been gaining recruits since the start of U.S.-led air strikes against the militant group.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
Syria's Assad says he's open to dialogue with U.S.: CBS interview
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is open to having a dialogue with the United States, but there can be no "pressuring of the sovereignty" of his country, he said in an excerpt of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2015
Syrian insurgents 'mimicking ruthlessness' of army, rights group says
Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch report said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2015
Crashed Syrian army helicopter crew captured by rebels; one executed
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in northwestern Syria on Sunday and at least four of its crew were captured by rebels, according to a monitoring group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
U.S. loses drone; Syria claims to have brought it down
The United States lost one of its Predator drone aircraft over northwest Syria on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as Syrian state media reported its air defenses brought down the spy plane in the government-controlled Latakia province.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Monitor says Syrian army killed six in toxic gas attack; military denies it
A group monitoring the Syrian civil war said Tuesday government forces carried out a poison gas attack that killed six people in the northwest, and medics posted videos of children suffering what they said was suffocation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2015
Kerry suggests place for Assad in Syria talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other countries to pressure him into agreeing to talks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2015
Graphic torture photos from Syria on display at United Nations
Britain, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States are holding an exhibit at the United Nations of graphic photos taken in Syria by a former military police photographer that show what appear to be evidence of brutal torture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2015
Syria's Nusra Front may cut al-Qaida ties, get regional backing against Islamic State, Assad
Leaders of Syria's Nusra Front are considering cutting their links with al-Qaida to form a new entity backed by some Persian Gulf states trying to topple President Bashar Assad, sources said.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2015
U.S.-backed Syria rebel group dissolves itself after losses
One of the main western-backed rebel groups announced on Sunday that it had dissolved itself and joined a larger Islamist alliance, weeks into a battle that saw it lose ground and men to more powerful al Qaeda insurgents.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
Turkey to help U.S. train and equip Syrian opposition fighters
The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, U.S. and Turkish officials said on Tuesday, with Ankara predicting a signing in days.
WORLD
Feb 17, 2015
Syrian Army moves step closer to surrounding key rebel city of Aleppo
The Syrian Army backed by allied militia has captured several villages north of Aleppo from insurgents and blocked a main supply route leading into the northern city amid heavy fighting, a group monitoring the war said Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2015
Western-backed Syrian opposition body elects new leadership
Syria's Western-backed political opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, has elected a new presidential committee and a president widely seen as not tied to any of the body's international sponsors.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict, monitoring group says
More than 120,000 fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad have been killed in the country's civil war since it began in 2011, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 4, 2014
In Syria, U.S.-trained rebels await more weapons, training
Syrian rebel commander Abdulaziz says U.S. military training helped his men kill at least 15 Islamic State fighters in a recent battle near Aleppo. Three months earlier, a similar engagement had gone the other way, with two of his men slain.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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