-
US military presence in Syria neither mandated by UN, nor at Damascus govt. request: Russian diplomat
Feb 22, 2022 01:26Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has lambasted the presence of US military forces in Syria, stressing that the troops have been deployed neither on the basis of a mandate from the United Nations Security Council nor at an official request from the Damascus government.
-
Syria hails Tehran-Riyadh dialog as necessary for regional stability
Feb 21, 2022 08:53Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad has welcomed the ongoing dialog between Iran and Saudi Arabia aimed at mending bilateral ties severed in 2016, stressing that the Tehran-Riyadh talks in Baghdad are key to the stability in the region.
-
Massive folly: Biden’s 2023 defense budget could top $800 billion
Feb 20, 2022 06:29Sources in the Pentagon have told Reuters that the Biden administration is poised to propose a budget for national defense that could top $800 billion for FY 2023, an enormous sum that far exceeds the levels reached at the peaks of the Korean and Vietnam wars or during the Reagan buildup of the 1980s.
-
Top official: Hezbollah will emerge victorious from any war, will defeat any challenger
Feb 20, 2022 04:39A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese resistance movement is sure to emerge victorious from any war, citing the group’s achievements, including its recent successful flying of a drone over the Israeli-Occupied Territories.
-
Russian envoy: US occupation must leave Syria, their presence threatens stability in region
Feb 19, 2022 04:15Russian President’s Special Representative for West Asia and Africa has urges the United States to end its illegitimate occupation of parts of Syria, saying the American forces' presence in the Arab country poses a threat to regional stability.
-
60 years of war-making may yet result in the destruction of US democracy (1)
Feb 18, 2022 05:07All those trillions of dollars consumed in wasteful wars have helped foster a creeping pessimism in Americans—a pessimism spawned by corporate elites increasingly consumed by greed.
-
Syrians protest attacks of US forces, SDF militants on educational centers in Hasakah
Feb 17, 2022 07:51Hundreds of people have staged a demonstration in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah to express their strong denunciation of attacks and arbitrary measures by American occupation forces and Kurdish-led militants affiliated with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against educational centers and academics there.
-
Syria repels Israeli attack on Damascus countryside
Feb 17, 2022 04:39Syria’s air defenses repel another attack by the Israeli regime on the outskirts of the West Asian country’s capital Damascus.
-
Presence of US, Turkish forces in Syria violates international law: FM
Feb 17, 2022 02:06Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad has stressed that the presence of US and Turkish forces in the West Asian country constitutes a violation of international law.
-
Russia’s defense chief discusses military cooperation, counterterrorism with Assad
Feb 16, 2022 05:15Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad about military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Damascus as well as counterterrorism measures against foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorist groups.