Syrian Crisis

Arab League chief to visit Beirut for talks on Syria’s return to bloc

Feb 08, 2019 16:11

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit is reportedly going to pay an official visit early next week to Lebanon, where he will discuss the restoration of Syria’s membership in the regional organization with high-ranking Lebanese government officials.
Daesh leader survives coup attempt by own militants

Feb 08, 2019 11:12

The ringleader of the Daesh terrorist outfit has escaped a failed coup launched by his own militants in his hideout in eastern Syrian, British daily The Guardian has reported, citing intelligence officials.
Situation in Syria’s Idlib ‘very dangerous’: Zarif

Feb 08, 2019 09:45

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned about the current situation in the militant-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria, describing it as “very dangerous”.
Aid reaches internally displaced Syrians at Rukban camp near Jordan border

Feb 08, 2019 02:14

A convoy of the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) has delivered aid, including medical supplies and basic commodities, to tens of thousands of internally displaced Syrians, who are enduring freezing temperatures and harsh living conditions in a refugee camp near the country’s southern border with Jordan.
Syria resistance defeated region’s reactionary triangle: Leader’s adviser

Feb 06, 2019 15:48

A senior Iranian official has praised Syria’s victories against regional and international enemies, saying reactionary countries in the region suffered a defeat in the face of Syrian resistance.
Iran, Syria hail triumph in face of US plots

Feb 06, 2019 09:05

Iran and Syria have praised each other's success in defeating the United States’ plots targeting the two nations and the entire Middle East region.
Syria accuses US, allied militants of blocking humanitarian aid in Dayr al-Zawr

Feb 05, 2019 13:42

The Syrian government has accused US military forces and their allied Kurdish militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of blocking deliveries of critical humanitarian supplies to internally displaced people in the country’s embattled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Syria guarantors’ summit due in Sochi on Feb. 14: Russia

Feb 04, 2019 14:29

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says a planned meeting of the presidents of the three guarantor states of Syrian peace will be held in the Russian resort city of Sochi on February 14.
Turkey maintains 'low-level' contact with Syria: Erdogan

Feb 04, 2019 09:20

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed for the first time that Turkey has maintained direct low-level contact with the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Dozens of militants' family members leave last redoubt in eastern Syria

Feb 01, 2019 12:04

Members of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have evacuated dozens of people from the last pocket of land held by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Syria, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.