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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Walid Muallem

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2, 2020 (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
December 8, 2020, 2:48 pm
Iran president vows to help Syria confront Israel ‘until Golan liberated’
Rouhani says Tehran, Damascus share goal of battling ‘Zionist occupiers’; top official calls for international action against ‘bloodsucking, anti-human’ Zionist regime
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, June 23, 2020 (SANA via AP)
November 16, 2020, 8:20 am
Longtime Syrian foreign minister Moallem, unswerving Assad loyalist, dies at 79
Served as envoy to US during Syria’s talks with Israel in 1990s; in 2006, he wished he could join Hezbollah fighting against Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN. headquarters, September 29, 2018. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
September 27, 2020, 5:13 am
At UN, Syrian FM calls Turkey the main terrorism sponsor in region
Walid al-Moallem blasts US sanctions as ‘inhumane attempt to suffocate Syrians, just like George Floyd and others were cruelly suffocated in US and Israel suffocates Palestinians’
By Edith M. Lederer
A Syrian policeman walks past ballot boxes, ahead of handing them over to the police to deliver them to polling stations on the eve of the parliamentary elections, in the Syrian city of Aleppo on July 18, 2020 (AFP)
July 19, 2020, 7:33 am
Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil
Elections postponed twice due to pandemic, with any real opposition absent, and the ruling Baath party expected to retain its hegemony
By Maher Al Mounes
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference, Damascus, Syria, March 12, 2016. (AFP/Louai Behsara)
June 23, 2020, 3:44 pm
Syria refuses to ‘bow’ to US sanctions and accept ‘normalization with Israel’
FM Muallem decries Caesar Act as an attempt to undermine support for dictator Assad and force him to ‘abandon’ his alliances
By AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2019, in New York. (Johannes EISELE / AFP)
September 29, 2019, 3:49 am
Syria at UN accuses Israel of ‘escalation’ on false pretenses
Foreign minister blames US for blindly allowing Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, which he says are ‘heightening tensions to unprecedented levels’
By AP and ToI Staff
A member of the Syrian security forces walks near the border post with Israel in the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on March 26, 2019. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
April 4, 2019, 4:00 pm
Syria vows to recapture Golan from Israel ‘by all means’
As protests against US recognition of Israeli sovereignty continue across war-torn country, FM Muallem promises to ‘liberate every inch’ of its territories
By Raphael Ahren
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/ AP/ File)
February 5, 2019, 3:58 pm
Iran threatens to ‘teach Israel a lesson’ if strikes on Syria continue
Senior security official in Tehran says ‘calculated measures’ will by used as a deterrent to prevent further attacks on ally
By ToI Staff
Syrian families walk as members of Russian and Syrian forces stand guard at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Syria's Idlib province on October 23, 2018.(GEORGE OURFALIAN / AFP)
October 26, 2018, 1:22 am
Security Council to meet as Syria diplomatic efforts founder
After talks with outgoing UN envoy, Damascus rejects foreign interference in creation of new post-war constitution
By AFP
In this photo released on October 1, 2018, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria. (Sepahnews via AP)
October 2, 2018, 3:49 pm
Syria says Iran missile strikes on its territory were legitimate
Foreign minister says action, which reportedly killed eight, was part of cooperation between the two allies against terrorism
By AP
File -- Walid Al-Moualem, Foreign Minister of Syria, addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 24, 2016 (AFP/Kena Betancur)
September 30, 2018, 12:45 am
Emboldened by civil war gains, Syria says it will recapture Golan too
Foreign Minister Walid Muallem at UN also accuses Israel of supporting and protecting terrorists in southern Syria
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif seen during a meeting between the Iranian president and the North Korean foreign minister in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2018. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
September 3, 2018, 10:58 am
Iran’s Zarif arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian leadership
Foreign minister expected to meet with Assad as well as Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem, as regime prepares for Idlib offensive
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People look at the damage in the aftermath of an explosion in a rebel-held area of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on January 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Omar Haj Kadour)
August 30, 2018, 11:09 pm
UN Syria envoy urges evacuating Idlib civilians
Russia expresses openness to idea, as Moscow and Assad regime seen gearing up for offensive against rebel hold-out that is home to 3 million Syrians
By Jamey Keaten and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/ AP/ File)
June 2, 2018, 3:48 pm
Iran, Syria deny existence of Iranian military presence in country
Denials by senior officials from both countries come amid reported Israeli-Russian agreement to remove Iran-backed troops from border area
By ToI Staff
Iraqi Kurds casts their votes in the Kurdish independence referendum in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, on September 25, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
September 25, 2017, 3:31 pm
Syria government rejects Iraqi Kurdish independence vote
Damascus labels nonbinding referendum, opposed by virtually every country in the region, as ‘unacceptable’
By AFP
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