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Turkey says will foil border 'games' as offensive against Syria continues
Jan 24, 2018 14:50President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will “thwart games” along its borders, starting with the northwestern Syrian city of Manbij, as Ankara presses ahead with its operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in the war-torn Arab country.
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Syria, Russia dismiss US chemical attack claims
Jan 24, 2018 14:13Syria and Russia have rejected claims by the US and France that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, saying such accusations are merely meant to hinder efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Arab state.
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Terrorist mortar attack kills 9 Syrian civilians, injures 21 in Damascus
Jan 22, 2018 16:25At least nine people have lost their lives and nearly two dozen others sustained injuries when foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants carried out a mortar attack against a residential area in Syria’s capital city of Damascus.
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Russia: US actions in Syria either provocative or ill-informed
Jan 22, 2018 11:04Russia has slammed US actions in Syria that “encourage separatist sentiments among Kurds” as either a provocation or ill-informed after Turkey launched a major operation against US-backed militants in the Arab country.
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Iran calls for immediate cessation of Turkey's operations in Syria
Jan 21, 2018 15:41Iran says it is closely monitoring Turkish military assault on Syria's northwestern region of Afrin, calling for the swift cessation of the operation in the Arab country.
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Assad blasts Turkey’s support for terror groups in Syria
Jan 21, 2018 15:25Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has condemned Turkish military operation in the country’s northwestern region of Afrin, stating that the offensive is part of Ankara's support for Takfiri terrorist groups operating inside the conflict-plagued Arab country.
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Syrian forces wrest control of airbase in Idlib, liberate villages in Idlib, Aleppo
Jan 20, 2018 15:07Syrian government troops have retaken full control of the strategic military airbase of Abu al-Duhur in the northwestern province of Idlib. They also managed to liberate several villages in Idlib and the northern province of Aleppo from the grips of terrorist outfits.
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Russian military eliminates militants behind Syria air base attack
Jan 12, 2018 14:17Russia says its artillery units have wiped out a group of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists, who lobbed a barrage of mortar shells at the Russia-run Hmeimim air base in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia late last year.
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Unauthorized foreign presence on Syria soil unacceptable: Deputy FM
Jan 12, 2018 10:17Syria says the foreign forces who have made their way into the country and established bases there without the consent of Damascus are occupiers and should leave Syrian soil.
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Russia warns of 'real threat' of drone attacks by terrorists
Jan 11, 2018 16:33Russia has warned that terrorists have acquired advanced technologies on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and can conduct drone strikes all over the world.