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In this Aug. 30, 2018, file photo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem gestures as he speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against Syria's President Bashar Assad, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. He was 79. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies at age 79

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad and his inner circle with a raft of new economic and travel sanctions for human rights abuses. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Syrian FM says US sanctions seek to ‘starve the people’

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2019, photo, released by the U.S. Army, a U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a Kurdish fighters' fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the so-called &quot;safe zone&quot; near the Turkish border. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)

Syria demands withdrawal of all American, Turkish forces

By AYA BATRAWY and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Syrian FM says Trump administration ‘lies’ about withdrawing

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

As Syria urges refugees’ return, UN takes more cautious tone

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

CORRECTS NAME OF SYRIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO WALID AL-MOALLEM - Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Walid al-Moallem addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Syria FM: Victory over ‘terrorism’ is near, US must leave

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem sits beneath a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, June 2, 2018. Al-Moallem said Iranian military advisers are embedded with Syrian troops but Tehran has no combat forces or fixed bases in the country. (SANA via AP)

Syria FM: Iran has no combat forces, bases in the country

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, rescue workers work the site of airstrikes in the al-Sakhour neighborhood of the rebel-held part of eastern Aleppo, Syria. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said in a TV interview broadcast Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, that an internationally-brokered cease-fire for Syria is still viable, as rescue workers in Aleppo cleaned up from what they said were the worst airstrikes on rebel-held areas of the northern city in five years. Syria's military declared the cease-fire ended one week ago. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

Walid al-Moallem, Syrian foreign minister, says cease-fire agreement ‘not dead’

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem waves after addressing the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Syria believes it’s on way to military victory

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A Syrian man gestures as Syrians gather at the border gate with Turkey, in Bab al-Salam, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Thousands of Syrians have rushed toward the Turkish border, fleeing fierce Syrian government offensives and intense Russian airstrikes. Turkey has promised humanitarian help for the displaced civilians, including food and shelter, but it did not say whether it would let them cross into the country. (AP Photo/Bunyamin Aygun) TURKEY OUT

Syria says any foreign troops would return ‘in coffins’

By KARIN LAUB and Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, giving the first public comments by a senior Assad official on the threat posed by the Islamic State group, in Damascus, Syria on Monday, August 25, 2014. Al-Moallem warned the U.S. not to conduct airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus’ consent, saying any such attack would be considered an aggression. Al-Moallem also said that Syria is ready to work with regional states and the international community amid the onslaught of Islamic militants there and in Iraq, adding that the Syrian government is a crucial partner in the war on terror. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian official warns US: No unilateral airstrikes

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, Syria's Foreign Minister and head of the Syrian government delegation Walid al-Moallem gestures during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Lebanese security officials said Friday, March 14, that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem has been rushed to a Beirut hospital and is undergoing treatment there. The officials didn’t say when al-Moallem was brought to the American University of Beirut Medical Center. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Syrian foreign minister’s heart surgery a success

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Sunday, May 26, 2013, during a visit to Baghdad that his government has agreed in principle to take part in an international conference in Geneva next month aimed at ending Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)

Syria agrees ‘in principle’ to attend peace talks

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Iran seems to understand it cannot hang its entire strategy on the survival of Syrian President Bashar Assad (wearing sash next to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and needs to build new alliances as contingencies. Iran has proposed a plan for elections in Syria for parliament and president. (Associated Press)

Syria, Iran rebuff West, say Assad to remain in power till 2014

Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accuses the media, international aid groups and other external forces of attempting to destabilize his country. (Associated Press)

Syrian Christians feel pull from both sides in civil war

By Caelainn Hogan - Special to The Washington Times

This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network purports to show Syrian Pilot Col. Rafik Mohammed Suleiman being interrogated by a rebel officer Aug. 13, 2012, after his Soviet-made MiG warplane was apparently hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province, an area near the Iraqi border. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)

Syrian foreign minister: Rebels no match for military

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Syrian rebels sit July 28, 2012 in a pickup truck in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syria’s rebels hold Aleppo neighborhoods

By Paul Schemm - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Activists: Syrian troops shell central city

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Foreign minister: Syria has duty to confront armed groups

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syria signs initiative to let in Arab observers

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press