Syria

US Wants Respite, Not Ceasefire in Syria

Sep 22, 2016 05:32

Tough negotiations between America and Russia’s top diplomats have managed to produce a tentative ceasefire plan for Syria. But Washington doesn’t really want a ceasefire: More likely, a respite for its regime-change proxies.
President demands political settlement of Syria conflict

Sep 22, 2016 03:10

President Hassan Rouhani has renewed the call for a “political” solution to the bloody foreign-backed conflict in Syria, saying the Arab nation should decide its own fate at ballot boxes.
John Kerry calls on Russia to ground Syrian fighter jets

Sep 22, 2016 02:19

US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked Russia to force the Syrian government into halting its airstrikes against terrorist groups, saying no-fly zones in certain areas of the country are the only way to revive hopes for an end to the Syrian conflict.
UN ready to resume sending aid convoys to Syria

Sep 22, 2016 01:53

The United Nations says it is ready to resume sending humanitarian convoys to Syria after the dispatch was suspended following an attack on trucks and a warehouse near the northwestern city of Aleppo.
Syria truces must not allow terrorists to regroup: Russia

Sep 21, 2016 17:19

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says terrorists in Syria have taken advantage of the ceasefires enforced in the crisis-hit Arab country to regroup, stressing that Syrian government forces would no more stop fighting unilaterally.
Syria, Russia rejects responsibility for aid convoy attack

Sep 20, 2016 13:41

Both Moscow and Damascus have disclaimed responsibility for the recent deadly air raid targeting a humanitarian aid convoy near the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo amid Western media reports pointing finger at the pair.
Iran urges respect for national sovereignty of countries in terror fight

Sep 20, 2016 08:58

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says respect for the national sovereignty of countries is crucial to a genuine campaign against terrorism.
Two Turkish troopers killed during Syria operation

Sep 20, 2016 08:49

Two Turkish forces have lost their lives during an incursion into Syria which Ankara says targets Daesh terrorists and Kurdish militants operating in the violence-wracked Arab country.
Russia responsible for attack on UN aid convoy in Syria: US

Sep 20, 2016 08:33

The United States has blamed Russia for an airstrike that targeted a UN aid convoy near Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday, shortly after the Syrian military ended a ceasefire due to recurrent breaches by terrorist groups.
UN voices outrage over aid convoy attack in Syria’s Aleppo

Sep 20, 2016 01:54

The United Nations says that one of its aid convoys has been attacked in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.