Syrian Crisis

Around 1,500 bodies uncovered in Raqqa’s largest mass grave to date

Oct 10, 2018 09:45

A mass grave containing 1,500 corpses has been uncovered in the Syrian city of Raqqah, which used to serve as the Daesh terror group's largest stronghold before its seizure by Kurdish militants.
Militants complete withdrawal of heavy weapons from Idlib buffer zone

Oct 08, 2018 12:48

Foreign-sponsored militants have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from a planned buffer zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, conforming to a deal brokered by Russia and Turkey that has so far held off a government offensive on the last major terrorist stronghold in Syria.
Militants have not withdrawn weapons from north Syria: observatory

Oct 08, 2018 12:14

A pro-opposition monitoring group says Turkey-backed militants have not withdrawn their heavy weapons from the buffer zone in northern Syria as they claim and are instead hiding their arms in the north of Latakia.
Turkey parliament renews mandate for troop deployment in Syria, Iraq

Oct 04, 2018 10:25

Turkey’s parliament has approved a motion to extend for another year the state’s authority to launch cross-border operations in neighboring Iraq and Syria.
No large-scale military action needed in Syria's Idlib: Putin

Oct 04, 2018 10:12

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country's joint plan with Turkey for creating a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib, the last major terrorist bastion in the country, has been effective, thus no major military action is needed in the region.
Putin says US presence in Syria violates UN charter

Oct 03, 2018 13:56

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the presence of US troops in Syria, providing support to anti-Damascus militant groups in the Arab country, violated the United Nations Charter.
US military constructing new base in western Iraq near Syria border: Kurdish official

Oct 01, 2018 12:40

The US military is reportedly building a new base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar as part of attempts to perpetuate its occupation of the conflict-ridden Arab country indefinitely, regardless of all opposition from religious figures and people from all walks of life.
Presence of US military forces on Syrian soil illegal, act of aggression: Muallem

Sep 30, 2018 14:27

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has roundly condemned the presence of hundreds of American troopers in the southeastern part of his country close to the border with Iraq, terming the deployment as “illegal” and an “act of aggression.”
Russia's S-300 delivery to Syria to pose 'serious challenge' to Zionist entity

Sep 30, 2018 10:16

A senior Zionist official has admitted that Russia's delivery of S-300 anti-aircraft missile defense systems to Damascus will pose a serious "challenge" to the regime.
Syria: Idlib pullout begins but US-backed terrorists not leaving

Sep 30, 2018 09:28

The first militant group has begun withdrawing its members and heavy arms from a recently-declared buffer zone in Syria's Idlib Province, a UK-based monitoring group says.