Syria
June 11, 2000
Switzerland expressed its condolences to Syria Sunday over the death of President Hafez Assad, saying he had played a "very important role". "Switzerl
With a festering political crisis overshadowed by the death of Syrian leader Hafez Assad, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak put off Sunday the sacking
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called a special cabinet meeting Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria after the death of President Hafez Assad, A
By Nabil Al Mulhem Damascus – Albawaba.com Syria's ruling Baath party affirmed Sunday that the party will hold its landmark congress “without delay.”
Whoever succeeds Hafez Assad as Syria's president will have a "crucial role" in building a more stable Middle East region, EU Commission President Rom
Lebanon's papers, which do not normally publish on Sundays, brought out special editions to mourn Hafez Assad, who had decided the country's destiny f
In a Haaretz report Sunday, Israeli and Arab Israeli political reacted differently to the death of Syrian president Hafez Assad, who died Saturday noo
Condolences over the death of Syrian President Hafez Assad poured in from different parts of the world, mourning the president's passing away and urgi
Hundreds of Druze residents from villages in Lake Tiberius and the Golan Heights took to the streets Saturday night, mourning the death of Syrian Pres
The leadership of Syria's ruling Baath party has proposed 34-year-old Bashar Assad to succeed his father Hafez Assad as president, and parliament will
June 10, 2000
Damascus – Albawaba.com US Ambassador to Syria have advised American citizens residing in Syria, and visitors to leave the country or to take all pre
Damascus – Albawaba.com The late Syrian President Hafez Assad, who died of a heart attack at the age of 69 on Saturday, will be buried in his native
By Nabil Al Mulhem Damascus – Albawaba.com Observers in Damascus ruled out that Syrian vice president, Abdul Halim Khaddam, would take over presidenc
Gulf regional power Saudi Arabia pledged Saturday to support the successor of Syrian President Hafez Assad and voiced "great sadness" at his death. "S
By Munir K. Nasser Washington DC Biographer of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad, who died Saturday, described the strongman of Syria’s death as