Syria

Syrian conflict aimed at transforming Arabs’ identity: Assad

Mar 22, 2017 12:42

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says sponsors of the ongoing militancy in his country seek to change the identity and culture of Arabs through dissemination of Takfiri ideologies, which condone acts of violence as legitimate methods of achieving certain goals.
US-led airstrike kills 33 civilians in Daesh-held Syrian town

Mar 22, 2017 12:28

A so-called monitoring group says nearly three dozen civilians have lost their lives when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group carried out an aerial attack against a school used as a center for displaced people in Syria's troubled and terrorist-held northern province of Raqqah.
Syrian Kurdish militias, Turkish military exchange cross-border fire

Mar 22, 2017 07:37

Cross-border tensions are rising between Kurdish militias in Syria and Turkey's military after a Turkish soldier was fatally shot from a Kurdish-controlled area in northwestern Syria.
Geneva peace talks on Syria to restart amid clashes in Damascus suburb

Mar 21, 2017 14:23

A new round of negotiations between representatives from the Damascus government and a delegation of foreign-sponsored opposition leaders aimed at ending Syria's conflict is set to resume in Switzerland later this week with the United Nations' Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura not in attendance.
Syria launches counterattack near capital after terrorist incursion

Mar 21, 2017 09:54

The Syrian army is engaged in a military operation to repel an infiltration attempt by Takfiri Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terrorists and other groups in a northeastern suburb of the capital city, Damascus, state media say.
We are ready to discuss anything for peace in Syria: President Assad

Mar 21, 2017 04:55

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated his government’s determination to resolve the crisis in the country through combating terrorism and allowing a political process to flourish.
Russia denies reports of building military base with Syrian Kurds

Mar 21, 2017 04:55

Russia has vehemently dismissed a Reuters report which claims it is constructing a military base in the Afrin district of Syria’s Aleppo Province in alliance with the Kurdish militia controlling the area.
Syrian army says downs Israeli drone near Golan

Mar 21, 2017 04:55

The Syrian army has reportedly downed an Israeli regime reconnaissance drone in the Golan Heights shortly after it violated the Syrian airspace.
Syrian forces retake Damascus areas from militants

Mar 20, 2017 09:14

Syrian government forces have managed to retake control of areas of Damascus hours after they were captured by foreign-backed Takfiri militants on Sunday.
Iran spares no effort to safeguard ceasefire in Syria: Envoy

Mar 19, 2017 15:33

The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic together with Russia and Turkey will spare no efforts to safeguard a ceasefire in Syria agreed last December.