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Al-Nusra's command center hit hard in Eastern Damascus
Jan 24, 2017 09:48Syrian Army's Special Forces targeted a command center of Fatah al-Sham Front (al-Nusra Front) in Eastern Ghouta, inflicting heavy casualties on the militants and destroying their center.
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Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on joint mechanism to monitor ceasefire in Syria
Jan 24, 2017 09:45Russia, Turkey and Iran Tuesday reached a deal to establish a mechanism to observe compliance to a ceasefire between Syrian warring parties that could pave the way for a UN-led peace settlement.
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Astana talks on Syria enter second day
Jan 24, 2017 07:10A second day of Syrian peace talks has started in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana, amid talk of an extension of the originally two-day negotiations.
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28 months of bombing claimed lives of over 800 Syrian civilians: SOHR
Jan 24, 2017 02:28More than 800 Syrian civilians have been killed during the 28 months of US-led coalition airstrikes in the country, says a UK-based monitoring group.
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Iran, Lebanon support diplomatic settlement of Syria crisis: Amir-Abdollahian
Jan 23, 2017 15:52A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic and Lebanon have common views about the importance of solving the nearly six-year Syrian crisis only through diplomatic approaches.
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Opposition groups bring up provocative, unrealistic issues in Astana talks: Syria envoy
Jan 23, 2017 11:49Syria’s UN ambassador and head of the Damascus delegation in Astana talks, Bashar al-Ja'afari, has slammed the delegates of foreign-sponsored militant groups over raising “unrelated, provocative and unrealistic” issues during the negotiations.
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Syria peace process in Astana great success: Foreign Ministry
Jan 23, 2017 09:47Iran has praised as a diplomatic “success” the peace talks underway between Damascus and opposition groups in the Kazakh capital, Astana, expressing hope that the process will work to consolidate the ceasefire holding across Syria.
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Delegates from Damascus, opposition groups in Kazakh capital for talks
Jan 23, 2017 06:38Representatives of the Syrian government and opposition groups have gathered in the Kazakh capital Astana to hold peace talks aimed at ending the six-year conflict in the Arab state, with senior diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey mediating the process.
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Syrian soldiers, allied fighters liberate 4 villages east of Aleppo
Jan 22, 2017 16:11Syrian army soldiers and fighters from allied popular defense groups have made more gains against members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s northwestern province of Aleppo, pushing terrorists out of four villages.
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Astana peace negotiations exclusively intra-Syrian: Damascus
Jan 22, 2017 16:05Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari says the upcoming peace talks over the nearly six-year crisis in the country will be only “Syrian-Syrian.”