Bashar Al Assad

Source : Al Arabiya with Agencies
Cairo | 17 Aug 2011

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has criticized President Bashar Al Assad’s crimes in Syria, advising him to respond to the will of his people and step down, Egyptian newspaper Al Gomhouria reported on Wednesday, quoting a “source close” to Mr. Mubarak.

Mr. Mubarak reportedly made the comments from a special wing of the International Medical Center where he is being held during his trial.

Source : Reuters
Latakia | 17 Aug 2011

Syrian troops raided houses in a Sunni district of the besieged port of Latakia on Wednesday, residents said, arresting hundreds of people and taking them to a stadium after a four-day tank assault to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Source : Khaled Yacoub Oweis | Reuters
AMMAN | 14 Aug 2011

Syrian tanks and navy ships shelled the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents and rights groups said, killing 24 people as President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces launched an offensive by land and sea to crush protests against his rule.

Source : Agencies
CAIRO | 09 Aug 2011

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr said Tuesday he feared that revolt-hit Syria was “heading to the point of no return” and called for an immediate end to violence.

“Egypt is following with extreme concern the dangerous deterioration of the situation in Syria,” Amr said, expressing “his concern that the situation in Syria is heading to the point of no return,” the news agency MENA news agency reported.

Source : Al Arabiya
Damascus | 03 Aug 2011

Islamic scholars in Syria on Tuesday issued a letter denouncing the use to excessive violence against pro-democracy protesters in Hama and other cities and holding President Bashar Al Assad “fully responsible” for spreading chaos.