Syria

Hezbollah voices support for Syria ceasefire agreement

Sep 11, 2016 08:36

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has voiced support for a ceasefire plan announced by Russia and the United States, which will put a week-long end to fighting in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo.
Aleppo truce must not strengthen terror groups: Iran envoy

Sep 11, 2016 08:34

A senior Iranian diplomat says Tehran supports a recent ceasefire deal in Syria brokered by Russia and the US, but warns against attempts by terror groups to exploit the truce and bolster their foothold in the Arab country.
Syrian soldiers, allied forces repel militant assault on Quneitra

Sep 11, 2016 08:31

Syrian army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have managed to thwart an offensive by terrorists on a region in the country’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra.
Iran welcomes truce agreement in Syria: Spokesman

Sep 11, 2016 07:47

Iran has welcomed a Russia-US mediated ceasefire agreement in Syria aimed at putting an end to more than five years of deadly conflict gripping the Arab country.
Syrian government approves US-Russia ceasefire deal: SANA

Sep 11, 2016 03:56

The Syrian government has “approved” a truce deal announced by Russia and the United States as part of a plan to find a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country, the state news agency says.
Syrian forces use heavy artillery on militants in Hama

Sep 11, 2016 03:08

Syrian and Russian air forces have bombarded militant-held positions in the western-central province of Hama.
EU, Turkey back US-Russia Syria deal while opposition cautiously welcomes truce

Sep 10, 2016 12:27

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has welcomed a US-Russia deal on a nationwide truce in war-torn Syria, calling on the United Nations to prepare proposals for political transition talks in the Arab country.
Russia, US agree coordinated airstrikes in Syria

Sep 10, 2016 00:42

Russia and the United States have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Syria as part of a plan to find a political solution to the years-long crisis in the Arab country.
Kerry meeting with Russian counterpart to discuss Syria

Sep 09, 2016 04:43

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Geneva for high-level talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to try to arrange a ceasefire in Syria.
Russia, Turkey presidents see eye to eye on Aleppo ceasefire

Sep 09, 2016 01:49

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have agreed in a phone call on the urgent need for the establishment of a ceasefire in Syria’s violence-plagued northwestern city of Aleppo.