Syria

Syria will respond through all legitimate means to Turkish aggression: Assad

Oct 17, 2019 13:58

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Damascus government will respond through all legitimate means available to the ongoing ground offensive by Turkish soldiers and allied Takfiri militants against Kurdish forces in the northern part of the war-battered Arab country.
Syria: Turkish offensive anchored in Erdogan’s expansionist illusions

Oct 17, 2019 13:11

The Syrian government has strongly condemned the ongoing ground offensive by Turkish soldiers and allied Takfiri terrorists against Kurdish forces in the northern part of the war-battered Arab country, saying the military operation has its roots in the "expansionist ambitions and illusions" of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration.
Turkey’s Syria incursion displaces over 300,000: Monitor

Oct 17, 2019 09:12

Turkey's offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced over 300,000 people, a report says.
Cases of chemical burns reported in Syria’s north: Syrian state media

Oct 17, 2019 09:10

Syrian state media say people from the war-torn northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn have been arriving at a hospital with burns apparently from chemical substances.
US bombs munitions storage bunker left behind in Syria

Oct 17, 2019 03:59

The United States has bombed its own munitions storage bunker at a base in northern Syria after American troops vacated the site prior to a Turkish offensive in the region.
Erdogan says won't hold talks with US delegation on Ankara visit

Oct 17, 2019 03:38

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he would not meet with US Vice President Mike Pence and State Secretary Mike Pompeo during their visit to Ankara to discuss a ground offensive by his country’s military forces and allied militants against Kurdish forces in the northern part of Syria.
Erdogan: No talks with Syria Kurds until safe zone established

Oct 16, 2019 12:19

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will never sit at the negotiating table with Kurdish militants in Syria, emphasizing that Ankara’s military operation in the Arab country’s north will come to an end only when the Kurds leave the region and a “safe zone” is established there.
Senior parliamentarians of Iran, Germany urge end to militarism in Syria, Yemen

Oct 16, 2019 12:16

Senior Iranian and German parliamentarians have called for an end to militarism in Syria and Yemen, stressing the need for a political settlement of the conflicts wreaking havoc in the two war-torn Arab states.
Iran’s top diplomat urges Turkey to end Syria incursion

Oct 16, 2019 06:06

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Turkey against the consequences of its military attacks on northern Syria and called on Ankara to end the incursion.
Russia patrols will not allow conflict between Turkish, Syrian armies

Oct 16, 2019 05:23

Russia says its military police units are patrolling along contact line areas between Turkish and Syrian armies near Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij to help avert a possible confrontation following the withdrawal of American troops and the subsequent launch of a Turkish offensive against Kurdish militants in the area.