Syria

Lebanese security forces bust Daesh terrorist network

Nov 17, 2017 15:27

Lebanese security forces have arrested a group of people suspected of affiliation with Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in neighboring Syria, and planning to carry out a series of deadly attacks in Lebanon.
Turkey says US has reneged on many promises to Ankara

Nov 17, 2017 10:53

Turkey says the United States has failed to live up to many of its promises to Ankara concerning Syria.
Daesh has lost 95% of territory in Iraq, Syria: US-led coalition

Nov 17, 2017 02:16

The US-led military coalition, which is purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, says the terror outfit has already lost 95 percent of the cross-border “caliphate” it declared three years ago in the two Middle Eastern countries.
US presence in Syria 'illegitimate': Lavrov

Nov 16, 2017 14:11

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed a US claim that Washington is conducting military operations in Syria under a UN mandate, saying the American intervention is illegal.
Putin to host Rouhani, Erdogan in Sochi for Syria talks

Nov 16, 2017 14:08

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian and Turkish counterparts Hassan Rouhani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan next week for summit talks on the ongoing conflict in Syria and other regional developments.
Syria sends reinforcements to Bukamal in last anti-Daesh push

Nov 16, 2017 10:26

Syrian government forces have dispatched reinforcements to the eastern town of Bukamal in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr province to fully purge the city of Daesh terrorists.
Kurdish militants aim to capture Syrian region, not fighting Daesh: Turkish FM

Nov 16, 2017 10:24

The Turkish foreign minister says a US-backed Kurdish militant group fighting in northern Syria aims to conquer the region under the cover of battling the Daesh Takfiri terror group.
Russian bombers strike Daesh-held Bukamal in eastern Syria

Nov 16, 2017 01:51

Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have launched fresh airstrikes against the positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group near the town of Bukamal in Syria’s Eastern Province of Dayr al-Zawr, days after the extremists recaptured the territory from government forces, supported by allied fighters from popular defense groups.
Wahhabis’ defeat in Syria caused ‘hysteria’ in Saudi dictatorship: UN envoy

Nov 15, 2017 09:45

Syria’s ambassador to the UN has slammed an anti-Damascus draft resolution recently proposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies, saying it reveals Saudi “hysteria” caused by the failure of its Wahhabi Takfiri terror plot in the war-torn country.
Damascus slams US military presence in Syria as aggression

Nov 15, 2017 04:35

Syria has strongly condemned the US military presence in the country, describing such a deployment as an act of aggression since it does not have any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.