Syria

About 84 civilians die fleeing final Daesh enclave in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr: UN

Mar 01, 2019 15:09

The United Nations says at least 84 people, two-thirds of them young children, have lost their lives since December while fleeing the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr to Hol refugee camp in the neighboring province of Hasakah.
UN rejects US move to recognize Golan annexation by Israel

Mar 01, 2019 04:54

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen has underlined Syria’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, rejecting a US congressional motion to recognize Zionist regime’s annexation of the occupied territory.
Russian official urges Iran’s active role in Central Asia, Caucasia

Mar 01, 2019 03:27

An official of Russia’s State Duma stressed the need for Iran to play a more active role in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
US-backed forces retake all lands in Syria occupied by Daesh: Trump claims

Mar 01, 2019 02:57

President Donald Trump has told American troops that US-backed forces in Syria had retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Daesh terrorists.
US forces responsible for humanitarian crisis at Rukban refugee camp: Syria

Mar 01, 2019 02:38

A Syrian official has held US military forces and their allied terrorists responsible for the humanitarian crisis affecting thousands of internally displaced people at a refugee camp near the Jordan-Syria border, saying American troops are preventing residents from leaving the site toward government-controlled areas.
Protected by US, Daesh leader al-Baghdadi travels across Iraq's western desert: Lawmaker

Feb 28, 2019 15:36

An Iraqi lawmaker says the leader of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is alive and traveling freely between neighboring Syria and desert areas in Iraq’s western province of Anbar under the protection of US military forces.
US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria help Daesh elements flee to Turkey

Feb 28, 2019 12:14

The US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria have reportedly been helping the remaining Daesh terrorists -- who are now holed up in an eastern village -- to escape their last hideout and reach the Turkish border in exchange for "hefty bribes."
Syrian President Assad invites Zarif to visit Damascus

Feb 27, 2019 16:46

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has invited Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit Damascus.
Moscow, Damascus want American troops out of Syria

Feb 27, 2019 09:42

Moscow and Damascus have jointly called on Washington to end its military presence on Syrian soil and let Syrian government forces and allied Russian troops evacuate civilians from a refugee camp near Jordan.
US giving Daesh safe passage in east Syria under gold deal: Local sources

Feb 27, 2019 03:18

The US and Daesh have reportedly clinched a deal, under which Washington received massive amounts of gold in exchange for providing safe passage to the Takfiri terror group’s members in Syria.