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Iran's UN envoy: Using sanctions to starve Syrians 'immoral', 'illegal'
May 21, 2022 01:47Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has censured the Western countries for continuing their unilateral sanctions against Syria, which he asserts have taken a heavy toll on people in the Arab country.
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Three killed in Israeli air raid on Damascus outskirts, 'hostile targets' intercepted
May 21, 2022 01:30At least three people were killed after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on the outskirts of Damascus late on Friday, Syrian media said, adding that the country’s air defenses intercepted “hostile targets”.
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Iran supports UN efforts to address global food insecurity: Takht-Ravanchi
May 20, 2022 06:31Iran's envoy to the United Nations (UN) says the Islamic Republic supports the world body's efforts to address global food insecurity amid the acute hunger crisis gripping the world.
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FM: Illegal US military presence in Syria reaching its end, occupied areas will soon return to govt. control
May 19, 2022 12:36Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad says the illegal presence of American military forces in the energy-rich northern flank of Syria is reaching its end, and the Damascus government will soon exercise its sovereignty over the occupied areas.
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For first time, Russian military fires S-300 missiles at Israeli warplanes over Syria’s Hama
May 18, 2022 06:20The Russian military has used advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to fire at Israeli regime warplanes during a recent strike in Syria, signaling a major shift in Moscow’s attitude to the illegal Zionist entity.
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US training Daesh terrorists at Syria’s al-Tanf Base to be sent to Ukraine: Russian intelligence service
May 18, 2022 04:15The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR RF) says US occupation forces deployed in Syria’s strategic al-Tanf region, near the borders with Iraq and Jordan, are reportedly providing military support to Takfiri Daesh terrorists and training them for field operations in Ukraine.
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US probe: No wrongdoing in Syria strike that killed scores of civilians
May 18, 2022 01:50A Pentagon investigation claims it has found no wrongdoing in a 2019 US military strike against an eastern Syrian town that killed at least 80 civilians.
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Severe sandstorm sweeps across Iran, forcing closure of universities, offices
May 17, 2022 06:16A thick layer of dust has blanketed the otherwise clear azure sky in Tehran and many other Iranian provinces, forcing authorities to order the closure of schools, universities, and public offices.
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Russia: Syria air defenses shot down 16 of 22 Israeli missiles fired at Hama
May 15, 2022 03:38The Russian military says Syrian air defense units intercepted most of the missiles fired during a recent Israeli raid on the Arab country’s western-central province of Hama, and shot down more than a dozen projectiles during the attack that had been fired over the Mediterranean.
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Syria urges UN, Security Council to clearly condemn Israel's attacks on its sovereignty
May 15, 2022 03:34Syria has urged the United Nations and its Security Council to issue a "clear" condemnation of the Israeli regime's recurrent attacks on the Arab country's territory.