Syria

Hezbollah implicates 'powers' in Damascus carnage

Mar 12, 2017 03:32

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced a twin bombing in Damascus on Saturday, calling for a unified stance against different terrorist groups operating in the region.
Unauthorized forces in Syria are invaders: Syrian president

Mar 11, 2017 12:37

President Bashar Assad says all foreign troops deployed to his country without the approval of the Syrian government are invaders, apparently referring to US and Turkish forces.
Terrorist bombs martyr scores in Syria

Mar 11, 2017 09:56

Two bombs have exploded in Damascus, with initial reports of many fatalities among Shia pilgrims on a day which saw US airstrikes claim the lives of several civilians in the Syrian city of Raqqah.
US-led strikes kill 28 civilians in, around Syria’s Raqqah: Monitoring group

Mar 11, 2017 06:37

Airstrikes suspected to have been conducted by a US-led coalition have killed 28 civilians in and around the Syrian city of Raqqah, a monitoring group says.
Syria calls on UN to force Turkey to withdraw troops

Mar 11, 2017 04:30

Syria has called on the United Nations and the Security Council to oblige Turkey to immediately withdraw its “invading forces” from the Syrian territory, stop cross-border attacks and maintain regional and international security and stability.
Security Council wants Iran-Russia-Turkey talks on Syria to continue

Mar 11, 2017 03:32

The United Nations Security Council says intra-Syrian negotiations organized by Iran, Russia, and Turkey in the Kazakh capital city of Astana set the stage for stalled UN-brokered peace talks to resume in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Putin hails closer Moscow-Ankara on Syria crisis

Mar 10, 2017 12:46

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised close interactions between Moscow and Ankara as part of efforts to find a promising solution to the nearly six-year-long foreign-sponsored militancy in Syria, which has killed thousands of people and left the Arab country in ruins.
US deploys Marines with heavy artillery for Raqqah assault

Mar 09, 2017 13:10

Hundreds of US Marines armed with heavy artillery have arrived in Syria to help allied local forces in preparation for an offensive to recapture the city of Raqqah from Daesh terrorists, officials say.
Turkey warns US on Raqqah push with Kurdish help

Mar 09, 2017 12:58

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has warned of a major damage to US relations with Ankara if Washington includes Kurdish forces in the operation to retake Syrian city of Raqqah from Daesh.
Syrian army troops retake al-Jarrah airbase in Aleppo from Daesh

Mar 09, 2017 12:58

Syrian government forces have retaken an airbase in the country’s northern province of Aleppo from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.