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Russia denounces Western bids to politicize humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria
Jul 16, 2020 11:49Russia has strongly condemned efforts by a number of Western countries to politicize delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for the sake of their own interests, saying such efforts violate the West Asian country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Russian UN envoy slams exploitation of aid delivery mechanism for Syria
Jul 14, 2020 12:44Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has condemned the exploitation of a cross-border mechanism for aid deliveries to Syria by some members of the UN Security Council, and their disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the war-ravaged Muslim country.
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Roadside bomb hits Russian-Turkish patrol in Syria, injuries reported
Jul 14, 2020 08:38Several Turkish and Russian soldiers have been wounded after a roadside bomb planted by terrorists in Syria went off near a joint Moscow-Ankara patrol in the West Asian country’s northwestern province of Idlib.
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Terrorist captured in Syria says trained by American instructors to use US arms
Jul 14, 2020 05:33A member of a Takfiri terrorist group, who was recently detained by Syrian forces, has admitted receiving training on how to use US-made weapons under the supervision of American instructors.
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Russia’s air defenses repel drone attack on Hmeimim base in Syria
Jul 13, 2020 04:28Russian air defenses have repelled a drone attack launched by unidentified militants on the strategic Hmeimim Airbase in Western Syria, the Russian defense ministry says.
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Syrian forces block US convoys in Hasakah, force them to turn back
Jul 12, 2020 12:12Syrian government forces have blocked three US military convoys as they tried to pass through the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah, amid lingering public resentment over the deployment of occupying American troops in the regions.
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Iran-Syria accord first step to defang US Caesar sanctions: Assad's top aide
Jul 11, 2020 10:38A senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed a comprehensive military-security deal recently signed with Iran as the first step to overcome sweeping US economic sanctions against the Arab country, saying Damascus has many other options to counter American restrictions.
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Russia, China veto Western-backed UNSC resolution on Syria aid
Jul 11, 2020 08:58Russia and China have for the second time this week blocked a Western-sponsored UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to extend aid deliveries across the border from Turkey into northwest Syria amid concerns that the move violates the war-torn country's sovereignty.
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US convoy forced to move back by Syrian army in Hasakah
Jul 10, 2020 13:16A US military convoy has been forced to retreat from an area in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah when it was blocked at a checkpoint of the Syrian Army.
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UNSC failure behind use of drones by some states for terrorist acts: Syria's envoy
Jul 10, 2020 02:06Syria says the UN Security Council's silence has emboldened some hostile states and foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to make vast use of unmanned aerial vehicles to launch acts of terrorism and aggression across the Arab country.