Syria

Russian foreign minister says American forces must leave Syria

Dec 29, 2017 04:49

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the presence of American troops in Syria is unlawful, and that they must completely leave the Syrian soil.
US-led coalition confirms killing 16 civilians in Iraq, Syria

Dec 29, 2017 02:53

The US-led coalition has acknowledged the deaths of sixteen more civilians in its airstrikes against what it called Daesh positions in Iraq and Syria.
Syrian army, allies make new territorial advances in Idlib

Dec 28, 2017 16:15

Syrian government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have made fresh territorial gains against terrorists from the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as the al-Nusra Front, in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib.
Abdollahian raps US military presence in Syria

Dec 28, 2017 10:40

An adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker decried the presence of the US military forces in Syria without the consent of the Damascus government, saying Washington is pursuing its vicious objectives in the guise of supporting Syrian Kurds.
Syrian Kurds will be invited to Sochi talks in Russia

Dec 28, 2017 02:44

Syria’s Kurdish militants are assured that they would be represented in an upcoming round of talks mediated by Russia on the future of Syria.
US runs training camps for Syria militants: Russian general

Dec 27, 2017 06:07

The Russian military top brass says militants, including those with the Takfiri Daesh terror group, are receiving training in US bases in Syria, adding the terrorists have been instructed to “destabilize” the Arab country.
Syrian 'opposition' dismisses initiative to hold congress in Sochi

Dec 27, 2017 05:42

Forty Syrian "opposition" groups have rejected a Russian initiative for holding a congress with the participation of Syria’s conflicting sides in the Black Sea resort of Sochi next month.
Russia has begun forming permanent presence in military bases in Syria: Defense minister

Dec 26, 2017 16:16

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says the country has begun establishing a permanent presence in its two military bases in Syria.
Nusra terrorists, under increasing battlefield pressure, agree to move to Syria’s Idlib, Dara’a

Dec 26, 2017 13:59

Members of the al-Nusra Front terrorist group have agreed to surrender the southwestern outskirts of Syria’s Rif Dimashq Governorate and move to the provinces of Idlib and Dara’a.
Putin says Russia to keep up anti-terror fight in Syria ‘if necessary’

Dec 26, 2017 06:08

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow currently sees no need for a heavy military presence in Syria, but it will continue its counter-terrorism battle in the Arab state.