Syrian Crisis

Iranian FM, UN envoy for Syria meet in Tehran

Nov 22, 2020 10:54

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen held a meeting in Tehran for talks on collective efforts to settle the Syrian crisis.
New Daesh leader worked with US, new documents reveal

Nov 20, 2020 08:14

New documents reveal that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi, the new leader of the Daesh terrorist group, had been cooperating with US intelligence elements.
Terrorist groups 'main obstacle' to return of Syrian refugees: Mekdad

Nov 13, 2020 03:07

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said terrorist groups are the main obstacle to the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, lambasting the presence of uninvited foreign forces in the Arab country.
US hampering return of Syrian refugees: Syrian President

Nov 11, 2020 13:59

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the United States for hampering the return of refugees to Syria.
Turkey withdraws from another base in northwest Syria

Nov 10, 2020 14:03

Turkish troops have reportedly withdrawn from a second military base in northwestern Syria, as territory held by Turkish-backed militants further shrinks in the West Asian country.
Billions locked in troubled Lebanese banks behind economic crisis: Syrian President

Nov 05, 2020 09:37

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the financial downfall in neighboring Lebanon and not the sweeping US sanctions as the root cause of the ongoing economic crisis in the war-torn country.
US-backed SDF militant responsible for smuggling Syrian crude oil killed in Dayr al-Zawr: Report

Oct 30, 2020 05:43

Unidentified armed men have reportedly shot dead a senior militant affiliated with the Kurdish-led and US-sponsored Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who was chiefly responsible for smuggling crude from oilfields in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
US military tankers smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Hasakah to Iraq

Oct 28, 2020 08:06

The US military has reportedly used dozens of tanker trucks to smuggle crude oil from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to western Iraq.
US-backed SDF forces set free 100s of Daesh terrorists in Syria’s Hasakah

Oct 16, 2020 08:58

US-sponsored and Kurdish-led militants affiliated with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have released hundreds of people detained on suspicion of having collaborated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Economic sanctions among major challenges faced by war-wracked Syria: UN ambassador

Oct 09, 2020 09:56

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has denounced economic sanctions imposed by the United States on his war-ravaged country as one of the daunting challenges the Damascus government faces on the path of reconstructing the country and bringing the Syrians’ life back to normal.