Syrian Crisis

Daesh growing, taking hostages in US-controlled parts of Syria: Putin

Oct 18, 2018 15:39

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that Daesh is expanding its presence in the Syrian regions controlled by Washington and its allied Kurdish militants, revealing that the Takfiri terror outfit has managed to take hundreds of people hostage in those areas, including the US’s own citizens.
Not up to Russia to persuade Iran to leave Syria: Putin

Oct 18, 2018 15:24

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military forces out of Syria, saying it is not what Russia can make a decision about.
People in southeast Syria refugee camp living in great misery: SOHR

Oct 18, 2018 11:29

A so-called monitoring group says tens of thousands of internally displaced Syrians stranded in a refugee camp in southern Syrian are facing dire conditions as food, water and medical supplies are quickly running out there.
US-led jets mistakenly attack allied Kurds in Syria, kill six militants

Oct 18, 2018 09:49

Warplanes of the US-led coalition purportedly fighting Daesh have mistakenly targeted allied Kurdish militants in Syria's eastern Dayr al-Zawr Province, killing six of them.
US must withdraw from Syria, stop supporting terrorism: Iran’s deputy UN envoy

Oct 18, 2018 09:18

Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN says the United States should stop supporting terrorism in Syria and end its illegal military presence there as regional efforts are underway to find a political solution to over seven years of militancy gripping the Arab country.
East of Euphrates Syria’s next target after liberation of Idlib: FM

Oct 15, 2018 10:21

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says the next target after the liberation of Idlib is to retake the area east of the Euphrates, which is held by US-backed Kurdish militants.
Syrian forces dig up US-made guns in terrorist arms cache near Damascus

Oct 14, 2018 16:41

Syrian security forces have discovered considerable amounts of Western and US-made munitions, including submachine guns, Kalashnikov rifles, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and sniper rifles, used by foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the country’s southwestern province of Rif Dimashq.
Terrorists fire shells from Idlib buffer zone, kill 2

Oct 14, 2018 12:02

Terrorists have reportedly fired mortar shells from a planned buffer zone in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, killing two Syrian soldiers.
Massacre in Syria’s Idlib is Iran’s red line: Jaberi Ansari

Oct 14, 2018 10:36

The potential massacre of civilians while trying to retake the last major stronghold of anti-government militants in Syria — namely Idlib Province — is a red line for Iran, says the Iranian chief negotiator in the peace process for Syria.
New Syrian law bans Muslim clerics from stoking sectarian rift

Oct 14, 2018 10:34

Syria has endorsed a legislation that forbids Muslim preachers from "stoking sectarian strife" as the Arab country's fight against foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorist groups is drawing to a close.