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US-backed forces capture last holdout in Syria under deal with Daesh: Monitor
Feb 16, 2019 09:50US-backed forces have captured the last enclave held by Daesh in Syria under a deal with the Daesh terrorist group, a UK-based monitoring group says.
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New UN special envoy hopes to convene Syrian constitutional committee soon
Feb 15, 2019 11:33United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen hopes to convene the first session of a UN-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee in the Swiss city of in Geneva “as soon as possible” early next year in a bid to begin a viable peace process to the country's nearly eight-year-old conflict.
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US general says America not 'winning' in Syria
Feb 15, 2019 11:32The US general in charge of special operations forces has cautioned against talk of "winning" against the Daesh terrorist group in Syria, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that the group had been defeated.
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You can't have Syria safe zone without Assad's consent, Russia tells Turkey
Feb 14, 2019 13:30Russia has reminded Turkey that it must obtain the consent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government for its plan to create a safe zone in the northeastern part of the conflict-plagued Arab country.
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BBC-staged footage on Syria’s Douma Western media's ‘theater of absurd’: Russia
Feb 14, 2019 13:17Russia says the latest revelations by BBC that the footage of an April chemical attack near the Syrian capital was fabricated proves the “theater of absurd” in Western media’s coverage of events in the Arab country.
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Syria reiterates support for Maduro, rejects US interference in Venezuela
Feb 13, 2019 16:05Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari has reiterated his country’s support for Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, condemning US interference in the affairs of the Latin American country.
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Russia to supports Syria action at Security Council against US-led airstrikes
Feb 13, 2019 11:29Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country will throw its weight behind Syria’s action in the United Nations Security Council against the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, demanding an end to the aerial assaults against civilian facilities.
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Trump's Syria pullout aimed at aggressing Iran
Feb 13, 2019 09:18US President announced in December last year that the United States will pull out its troops from Syria. This is what the other US officials, including the warmongering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have repeated. But the realities on the ground show something else.
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US-led airstrikes claim 3 more civilian lives in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr
Feb 09, 2019 13:41At least three civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group conducted a series of airstrikes in Syria’s embattled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
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Russia objects to ‘arbitrary’ Israeli airstrikes on Syria
Feb 08, 2019 16:14Russia’s Foreign Ministry objects to Israel’s airstrikes on Syria, calling for an end to the “arbitrary” Israeli attacks on the country.