Syrian Crisis

Russia needs assurances to lengthen Aleppo truce: Lavrov

Aug 15, 2016 12:43

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country could lengthen a three-hour daily humanitarian ceasefire around the Syrian city of Aleppo if assurances are made that terrorists will not use it to move into the city.
Iran, Russia diplomats discuss Syria, other regional issues

Aug 15, 2016 10:55

High-ranking Iranian and Russian diplomats have exchanged viewpoints about the latest developments in the Middle East region and explored avenues for the resolution of the Syrian crisis.
Syrian army forces recapture village east of Damascus

Aug 13, 2016 09:30

Syrian army soldiers, backed by fighters from popular defense groups, have liberated a village on the eastern outskirts of the capital, Damascus, following intense clashes with foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists.
Saudi sisters trying to join Daesh in Syria detained in Lebanon

Aug 13, 2016 09:19

Security forces in Lebanon have arrested three Saudi Arabian women, who were traveling with their children and planning to cross the border into neighboring Syria to join the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.
US, Saudi presence in Syria illegal: Velayati

Aug 13, 2016 08:47

A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States’ and Saudi Arabia’s presence in Syrian territory is illegal.
Takfiri terrorists kidnap nearly 2,000 civilians in northern Syria

Aug 12, 2016 14:49

Members of the ISIL Takfiri group have kidnapped thousands of civilians in a Kurdish-populated city of the strategic northwestern province of Aleppo as the victims were fleeing heavy fighting between an alliance of Arab and Kurdish forces on one side and extremists on the other.
Iran, Russia FMs discuss regional, international issues on phone

Aug 11, 2016 16:05

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have held a phone conversation on issues of regional and international significance.
Russia ready to extend daily truce in Syria’s Aleppo: UN

Aug 11, 2016 15:58

The United Nations says Russia is prepared to prolong its recently-declared pause in fighting in Aleppo in a bid to facilitate the entry of humanitarian convoys into the northwestern Syrian city.
Russia set to stage naval drills near Syria in Mediterranean Sea

Aug 11, 2016 15:57

Russian forces are set to hold naval drills near Syria in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea next week, local media reports say.
Turkey calls for joint anti-Daesh operations with Russia

Aug 11, 2016 15:55

Turkey has urged Russia to conduct joint operations against Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Syria amid efforts by Ankara and Moscow to mend relations damaged by the downing of a Russian jet last year.