Alwaght-The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution drafted by Russia that endorses a nationwide Syrian ceasefire in a major blow to US policies in West Asia region. During the last days of 2016, the Security Council members welcomed the agreements reached through the mediation of Russia and Turkey, and stressed the importance of its full ...

Tasnim Irans Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei hailed a United Nations Security Council resolution on a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, saying it proves the influential role of the Resistance Front in the councils decision-making. The passing of the recent UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Syria shows the Resistance (Fronts) ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov said that a UN Security Council resolution on the Syria reconciliation process should be agreed on later on Friday. A UN Security Council resolution onthe Syria reconciliation process should be agreed onlater onFriday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov told reporters. "Yes, it will ...

France, Britain and the United States have agreed to seek a strong binding UN resolution on Syria with precise deadlines on removal of chemical weapons, the office of French President Francois Hollande says. France, Britain and the United States have agreed to seek a "strong binding" UN resolution on Syria if Damascus fails to hand over its chemical ...

BEIRUT (AP) International inspectors began destroying Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said Sunday, racing under a tight deadline aiming to eliminate President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons program within nine months. The move kicks off the ambitious program, prompted by a chemical ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A mortar shell landed in the compound of the Russian embassy in central Damascus but there was no immediate report of casualties, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Rebels have launched several mortar and rocket attacks nto the centre of the Syrian capital on Sunday, where many embassies and senior Syrian officials ...

Russia has warned that threatening the Syrian government with military force and UN resolutions could wreck peace talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the Arab country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the remarks on Monday after France, Britain and the United States agreed to seek a "strong binding" UN resolution with "serious consequences" ...