Syrian Crisis

US withdrawal from Syria outcome of government, public steadfastness: Official

Dec 20, 2018 11:06

A senior official in Damascus has attributed a recent decision by the United States to withdraw its military forces from Syria to the resistance and steadfastness that the Syrian nation and government have demonstrated throughout the foreign-sponsored militancy in the Arab country.
Russia slams US illegal presence in Syria as ‘obstacle’ to settlement

Dec 19, 2018 15:20

Russia has slammed the "illegal" presence of US troops in Syria as "a dangerous obstacle" to finding a peace settlement.
Assad asks Iran, Russia to stop Western 'interference ' in Syria

Dec 17, 2018 11:19

President Bashar al-Assad has asked Iran and Russia to "stop the interference of some Western states" as Syria is setting up a committee tasked with negotiating a new post-war constitution.
Iran, Russia, Turkey to meet UN envoy on Syria next week: UN statement

Dec 14, 2018 18:08

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with senior officials from Iran, Russia and Turkey, as guarantors of the Syria peace process, in Geneva early next week, a UN statement says.
Turkish forces to enter Syria’s Manbij if US-backed YPG remains there: Erdogan

Dec 14, 2018 14:59

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will send its forces to the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia from the area.
Turkey to launch new operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria

Dec 12, 2018 14:22

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will launch a new operation against the US-backed Kurds in northern Syria within days, amid tensions between the two NATO allies over Washington’s support for the Kurdish militants in the Arab country.
Official: US, France looting artifacts in northern Syria

Dec 10, 2018 10:51

A senior Syrian official says the US and France are carrying out illegal excavations in ancient sites in northern Syria with the help of Kurdish militants.
US seeks to whitewash terrorists' gas attack in Syria: Russia

Dec 08, 2018 12:02

Russia has rejected fresh US accusations regarding a chemical weapons attack in Syria's Aleppo, saying Washington is trying to whitewash terrorists' gas attacks and distract public opinion from American crimes.
Fresh US-led airstrikes kill nearly dozen Syrian civilians in Dayr al-Zawr

Dec 07, 2018 15:11

Nearly a dozen civilians have lost their lives and sustained injuries when the so-called US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a number of aerial attacks in Syria's troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Syrian forces discover Israeli-made munitions, medicine in militant redoubts

Dec 06, 2018 11:12

Syrian government forces have discovered Israeli-made weapons as well as a considerable amount of Israeli- and US-made medicine and medical supplies from two positions of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists in the country's southwestern provinces of Rif Dimashq and Quneitra.