Syrian Crisis

  • Syrian army troops gain more ground in Eastern Ghouta

    Syrian army troops gain more ground in Eastern Ghouta

    Mar 12, 2018 14:57

    The Syrian government forces have managed to make further advances on the terrorists’ lines in terrorist-held Eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, tightening the noose around the foreign-backed Takfiri terror groups, which have held captive several hundred thousands of people in the flashpoint enclave.

  • Terrorist shelling kills 4 Syrian civilians, injures 11 in, around Damascus

    Terrorist shelling kills 4 Syrian civilians, injures 11 in, around Damascus

    Mar 11, 2018 13:55

    At least four Syrian civilians have been killed and 11 others injured when members of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, positioned in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region launched mortar attacks against residential neighborhoods in and around the capital, Damascus.

  • FM vows 'utmost efforts' to help people of Syria, Yemen

    FM vows 'utmost efforts' to help people of Syria, Yemen

    Mar 11, 2018 13:55

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has pledged the Islamic Republic's "utmost efforts" to help people in the two war-ravaged countries of Syria and Yemen.

  • Syrian army continues anti-terror campaign in Eastern Ghouta

    Syrian army continues anti-terror campaign in Eastern Ghouta

    Mar 11, 2018 13:05

    The Syrian army continues its counter-terrorism operation in the Eastern Ghouta region, from where terrorists launch deadly attacks on civilians in the capital, Damascus.

  • Terrorists solely responsible for Syria chemical attacks, if any: Deputy FM

    Terrorists solely responsible for Syria chemical attacks, if any: Deputy FM

    Mar 10, 2018 15:24

    Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has rejected claims that the Arab country’s military used chemical weapons in an area near the capital Damascus, saying terrorists and their supporters should be held accountable for any such incident.

  • Aid convoy reaches terrorist-held Eastern Ghouta: ICRC

    Aid convoy reaches terrorist-held Eastern Ghouta: ICRC

    Mar 09, 2018 11:39

    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says a humanitarian aid convoy has entered Syria’s Eastern Ghouta as government troops secured a humanitarian corridor for trapped civilians to leave the terrorist-held area near Damascus.

  • Syria army preparing to lift siege on terrorist-held Eastren Ghouta

    Syria army preparing to lift siege on terrorist-held Eastren Ghouta

    Mar 07, 2018 09:43

    A Syrian army colonel says government forces will lift the siege on the terrorist-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, making it possible for people trapped in the embattled enclave to return to the “state’s embrace” soon.

  • Turkey to build refugee camp in Syria’s Idlib

    Turkey to build refugee camp in Syria’s Idlib

    Mar 06, 2018 10:46

    Turkey says it is building a camp for refugees inside the Syrian territory as it seeks to allay concerns about its devastating campaign against Kurdish militants, which has forced hundreds of thousands out of their homes.

  • Turkish airstrikes leave 13 civilians dead in Syria’s Afrin

    Turkish airstrikes leave 13 civilians dead in Syria’s Afrin

    Mar 05, 2018 15:44

    Turkish airstrikes have claimed the lives of more than a dozen civilians in Syria’s northwestern region of Afrin as Ankara is continuing its cross-border military operation against the purported positions of US-backed militants from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) there.

  • First UN aid convoy reaches Syria's terrorist-held Ghouta

    First UN aid convoy reaches Syria's terrorist-held Ghouta

    Mar 05, 2018 15:18

    The first UN aid convoy began to cross into Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, carrying desperately needed items to the flashpoint enclave as government troops secured a humanitarian corridor for trapped civilians to leave the terrorist-held area near the capital city of Damascus.