Syrian Crisis

Syria hails UN resolution to extend cross-border aid mechanism as ‘achievement’

Jul 11, 2021 08:17

The Syrian foreign minister has hailed as an “achievement” a newly-adopted United Nations resolution to extend the cross-border aid operation into the West Asian country, as the move would compel the West to respect the territorial integrity of Syria.
Despite claims, US-led aggression forces support, protect terrorism: Syria Parliament speaker

Jul 09, 2021 11:29

Speaker of Syrian People’s Assembly Hammoudeh Sabbagh says forces of global aggression, led by the US, besiege Syria and Iran together under the false guise of fighting terrorism but in fact they support and protect the scourge.
Astana talks: Iran, Russia, Turkey renew commitment to peace in Syria

Jul 09, 2021 11:21

The 16th round of the Astana talks aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict concluded on Thursday, with the guarantor states renewing their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity.
Syria: US, allies have reduced OPCW into their instruments

Jul 09, 2021 05:54

The chairwoman of the Syrian mission to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says the United States and its allies have lowered the status of the international watchdog, and turned it into a political tool to level baseless accusations against Damascus and exert pressure on it.
Russia: All humanitarian aid to Syria should be delivered through government

Jul 08, 2021 13:32

Russia says all humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Syria should be delivered through the central government in Damascus, rejecting the so-called “cross-border” aid delivery mechanism.
UN counts on support of Iran, Russia, and Turkey for Syria peace process: Envoy

Jul 08, 2021 10:06

United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has praised the role being played by Iran, Russia and Turkey in efforts to resolve the Syria crisis, saying he counts on the trio’s continued support for the world body’s political process to achieve that goal.
Russian UN envoy slams ‘cross-border aid’ in Syria as full violation of intl. law

Jul 02, 2021 00:43

Russia’s envoy to the United Nations has strongly dismissed efforts by the US to transfer “humanitarian aid” to Syria by keeping the existing border crossing open and reopening another one from Iraq to the war-torn West Asian country.
Damascus reserves ‘unalienable right’ to recover occupied Golan Heights: Syrian FM

Jun 30, 2021 09:41

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has told the United Nations that Damascus reserves the right to wrest back control of the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights, and that the deployment of the world body’s peacekeeping forces in the territory cannot replace an optimal solution to the problem.
UN envoy: Lifting sanctions necessary to improve humanitarian situation in Syria

Jun 24, 2021 12:50

Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has stressed that the improvement of the humanitarian situation in Syria requires the immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US.
Russia: Terrorists plan to stage false flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib

Jun 16, 2021 08:57

The Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria says the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group plans a chemical attack in collaboration with the “pseudo-humanitarian” White Helmets organization in the militant-held Idlib Province.