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Conflicting reports about fate of abducted workers in Syria
Apr 08, 2016 14:06Conflicting reports circulated on Friday over the fate of about 300 Syrian workers earlier abducted by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from a cement factory near the Syrian capital, Damascus.
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China envoy hails Russia's anti-terror campaign in Syria
Apr 08, 2016 09:15China's first special envoy for Syria has given a positive assessment of Russia's role in fighting terrorism in the war-hit country.
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Turkey ‘probing Russia claims on antiques’
Apr 08, 2016 08:58Turkey says it is “seriously” investigating Russian allegations that Daesh has been selling antiques and artifacts smuggled from Syria in a Turkish border town.
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Turkey says probing Russia’s claims of Syrian antiquities smuggling via Gaziantep
Apr 08, 2016 03:23Ankara is “seriously” investigating claims that its citizens are involved in the illegal trade of stolen antiquities from Syria, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
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Takfiri terrorists shell Aleppo district with chemical gas, 23 killed
Apr 08, 2016 01:02Twenty-three people have been killed and over 100 others injured in a chemical attack by Daesh terrorists against members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in a neighborhood of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo.
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Kerry calls on Iran to help end Middle Eastern wars
Apr 07, 2016 23:45US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Iran to help end the ongoing wars in the Middle East as Washington’s allies continue bombing Yemen and supporting terrorist groups operating in Syria.
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Alawite clergy denies Western media reports of Syrian sect ‘distancing itself from Assad’
Apr 07, 2016 22:54Syrian Alawite clergy spokesperson has refuted reports of the sect seeking to distance themselves from Assad’s government. The reports appeared in a number of Western media outlets and cited a “secret declaration” allegedly smuggled out of Syria, RT reported.
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Syria launches operation to liberate city in Aleppo
Apr 06, 2016 10:36The Syrian army has launched an attack, described as the biggest government assault in Aleppo since February, to recapture the town of Tela'at al-Eis.
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Around 250 civilians missing east of Damascus after terrorist attack
Apr 07, 2016 08:04Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by ISIL terrorists on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents say.
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UN special envoy to visit Iran for Syria
Apr 07, 2016 14:02UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says he will travel to Iran to meet the country’s officials to discuss the conflict in the Arab country.