Syrian Crisis

Russia to support UN-proposed truce in Syria but not for Daesh, Nusra: Lavrov

Feb 22, 2018 16:58

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will consider supporting a UN-proposed ceasefire, providing it does not cover the Takfiri terrorist groups of Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, as well as other militant outfits that are shelling civilians in Syria's militant-held Eastern Ghouta.
Afrin residents celebrate arrival of pro-government forces

Feb 22, 2018 16:48

Hundreds of Syrians have held a demonstration in Afrin to celebrate the arrival of pro-government fighters in the northwestern city that has been the target of Turkish attacks.
Turkey will lay siege to Syria’s Afrin in coming days: Erdoghan

Feb 20, 2018 11:47

Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan says its army is set to “lay siege” to the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin, where the Turkish military has been fighting Kurdish militants over the past month.
Syria sends forces to Afrin amid Turkish siege

Feb 19, 2018 10:26

Syria's state television says government-backed forces will soon enter the northern region of Afrin, which has been under Turkish attacks for a month now.
Syria facing ‘new wave’ of US intervention: Zarif

Feb 19, 2018 10:40

Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif says Syria is facing a "new wave" of US intervention, where Washington is still pursuing geoeconomic interests in the Arab country.
Jordan foils plot to smuggle terrorists, weapons along Syria border

Feb 18, 2018 02:56

The Jordanian army says it has foiled a plot for smuggling weapons, narcotics and terrorists through an abandoned oil pipeline along its border with Syria.
Syrian army foils infiltration attempt from Lebanese territory by terrorists

Feb 17, 2018 15:02

The Syrian army has reportedly thwarted an attempt by a "terrorist group" to infiltrate the Talkalakh district of the central province of Homs from neighboring Lebanon, killing a member of the group.
Turkey denies reports of using chemical weapons in Syria's Afrin

Feb 17, 2018 14:42

Despite reports that the Turkish military has made use of internationally-banned chemical weapons in its ongoing offensive in Syria’s northwestern region of Afrin, Ankara denies having carried out a gas attack, arguing it takes the “utmost care” of civilians.
Syria’s downing of Israeli warplane 'very big' achievement: Nasrallah

Feb 16, 2018 15:18

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has praised the recent downing of an Israeli regime F-16 fighter jet by the Syrian air defense systems as a “very big military achievement.”
Mass grave of 34 Daesh victims discovered in northern Syria

Feb 16, 2018 15:17

Syrian government forces have discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of nearly three dozen people executed by members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group near the country’s northern city of Raqqah.