• Russian mission to defeat Daesh terrorists in Syria accomplished: Top general

    Russian mission to defeat Daesh terrorists in Syria accomplished: Top general

    Dec 07, 2017 14:22

    A high-ranking Russian commander says his country’s military campaign against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria has been accomplished, and there are now no remaining settlements controlled by the extremists in the war-ravaged Arab country.

  • Pentagon declares ‘conditions-based’ presence in Syria

    Pentagon declares ‘conditions-based’ presence in Syria

    Dec 06, 2017 03:37

    The US military forces are poised to stay in war-ravaged Syria for “as long as we need to,” says a Pentagon official.

  • Iraqi foreign ministry rejects calls to disband popular forces

    Iraqi foreign ministry rejects calls to disband popular forces

    Dec 06, 2017 03:34

    The Iraqi foreign ministry has strongly rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for dismantling the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known by their Arabic name as Hashd al-Sha’abi, which have played a significant role in crushing the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the Arab country.

  • Daesh terrorists kill 2 policemen in bomb attack in Nangarhar

    Daesh terrorists kill 2 policemen in bomb attack in Nangarhar

    Dec 02, 2017 14:25

    The Daesh Takfiri terrorists have killed at least two members of Afghan security forces and inflicted injuries on nearly a dozen others, including civilians, in an ambush carried out in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials say.

  • Top Syrian negotiator rejects Riyadh-2 communiqué

    Top Syrian negotiator rejects Riyadh-2 communiqué

    Dec 01, 2017 15:07

    Syria's ambassador to the United Nations and head of the Syrian delegation to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva has strongly condemned the foreign-sponsored armed opposition over a communiqué, which demands the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad and his exclusion from governing Syria during a transitional period.

  • Daesh defeat attests to Iran’s power: Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani

    Daesh defeat attests to Iran’s power: Ayatollah Movahedi Kermani

    Dec 01, 2017 14:56

    Tehran's interim Friday Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani has described the fall of the Daesh terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate as a testimony to the influential role of Iran and Hezbollah.

  • Chemical arsenals threat to global peace, security: Iran's envoy

    Chemical arsenals threat to global peace, security: Iran's envoy

    Dec 01, 2017 14:51

    A senior Iranian official has held certain countries liable for the use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, warning that chemical arsenals are a threat to global peace and security.

  • About 400 US Marines to leave Syria after Raqqah operation

    About 400 US Marines to leave Syria after Raqqah operation

    Dec 01, 2017 07:53

    The US-led coalition, which has purportedly been fighting Daesh, says it is to pull more than 400 American Marines out of Syria, where they helped Kurdish militants capture the northern city of Raqqah from the Takfiri terror group.

  • Russia preparing for military pullout from Syria: Security chief

    Russia preparing for military pullout from Syria: Security chief

    Nov 30, 2017 10:55

    The head of Russia's Security Council says Moscow is already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria as the counter-terrorism fight nears end in the Arab country.

  • At least 800 civilians killed in US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon

    At least 800 civilians killed in US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon

    Nov 30, 2017 10:55

    The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh terrorist group has confirmed that hundreds of people have lost their lives as a result of aerial attacks by the military alliance against the alleged positions of the Takfiri outfit in Iraq and neighboring Syria ever since the campaign began in 2014.