Constitutional committee for Syria should start work, Russia to join in: Putin
Press TV – Russian President Vladimir Putin says a constitutional committee for Syria should start work in order to help put an…
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Putin highlights Iran’s role in addressing Syrian crisis
IRNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin in a press conference on four-way meeting on Syria on Saturday underlined Iran’s role in settling…
Leaders of Russia, Germany, France, Turkey meet in Istanbul to discuss Syria
Press TV – The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey have gathered in the Turkish city of Istanbul to try and find…
Damascus government will not allow Idlib to turn into terrorist stronghold: Envoy
Press TV – Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari says the incumbent Damascus government will not allow foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to…
Western media is muffled by US government on Syria – Professor
Sputnik – At last week’s Valdai discussion group conference in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that 700 civilians had been taken…
The notion that the US is in Syria for ‘stability’ is just plain nuts
RT | F. Michael Maloof: The notion that the United States is in Syria – albeit illegally – to bring “stability” to…
Next top-level meeting between Russia, Iran, Turkey to be held in Astana, says diplomat
TASS – Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold the next top-level meeting on Syrian regulation in Astana, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei…
US-led airstrikes killed 3,222 civilians in Syria since 2014: Monitoring group
Press TV – A so-called monitoring group says more than 3,200 civilians have lost their lives ever since the US-led coalition purportedly…
Idlib should return to Syria with least casualties: Official
IRNA – Senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Jaberi-Ansari said Tuesday that guarantor states of Astana peace talks are trying to…
Iran’s Jaberi Ansari, UN official exchange views over Syria
ISNA – Senior assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari and director of Middle East and West Asia…
Iran says has ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia in Syria
Press TV – Iran has been working with Russia in a “strategic partnership” format based on mutual interests but is in no…
Iran-Syria business forum held in Tehran
October 21, The Iran Project – A joint Iran-Syria business forum held in Iranian capital of Tehran – for the first time after…
Iran, ICRC discuss latest developments in Syria
IRNA – President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer and Senior Assistance of Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi…
Syria writes to UN about US ‘war crime’ after airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – Syria has written to the United Nations, urging a transparent and impartial probe into the recent massacre of scores…
Over 60 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor – Syrian state media
RT – At least 62 civilians have been killed in a US Air Force attack on two villages near Deir ez-Zor city,…
Not up to Russia to persuade Iran to leave Syria: Putin
Press TV – Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military…
US must withdraw from Syria, stop supporting terrorism: Iran’s deputy UN envoy
Press TV – Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN says the United States should stop supporting terrorism in Syria and end its…
Iran: Armed Syria opp. rejecting terror part of solution
Press TV – All those armed Syrian oppositionists who have joined the peace process for their country and have renounced violence are…
US, Turkish FMs discuss Iran, Syria in Ankara
IRNA – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in a meeting in Ankara discussed issues related…
Saudi Arabia delivers $100 million pledged to U.S. as Pompeo lands in Riyadh
The New York Times – This summer, Saudi Arabia promised the Trump administration $100 million for American efforts to stabilize areas in…
Qatar, Iran officials confer on regional issues
IRNA – Qatar’s foreign minister and senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister on Wednesday discussed regional issues. Qatar’s Minister of Foreign…
Syria: Takfiris refuse to leave Idlib buffer zone
Press TV – Al-Qaeda-lined Takfiri terrorists say they refuse to either leave a planned buffer zone in the northwestern Syrian province of…
Bush & Blair’s Iraq war was key that opened door to Syria’s current hell
RT | John Wight: If the pain of birth is the price of life, Syria’s birth as a truly independent nation has come…
‘Massacre in Syria’s Idlib is Iran’s red line’
Press TV – The potential massacre of civilians while trying to retake the last major stronghold of anti-government militants in Syria —…
US-led warplanes drop white phosphorus bombs on eastern Syria: Report
Press TV – The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has reportedly dropped internationally-banned white phosphorus bombs on Syria’s troubled…
Iran will keep ‘effective, useful’ advisory presence in Syria: IRGC
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Islamic Republic will keep its military advisory presence in Syria as long…
Amnesty ‘shocked’ by devastation caused by US strikes in Syria’s Raqqah
Press TV – Amnesty International’s new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo says he has been shocked by the horrific destruction and utter human…
Israeli strikes in Syria to continue despite S-300 delivery, Netanyahu says
Press TV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has informed Russian officials that the Tel Aviv will continue to hit…
Iranian parliament speaker believes Israel cannot attack Russian S-300s in Syria
Sputnik – Israel will not be able to target the Russian S-300 air defense systems deployed in Syria, Ali Larijani, the Iranian…
Netanyahu plans to discuss with Putin Iran’s military presence in Syria
TASS – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he plans to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin Iran’s presence in…
Al-Jaafari: Presence of foreign forces in Syria illegitimate
IRNA – Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari affirmed on Monday that the presence of foreign forces on Syrian…
Three Russian S-300PM battalion sets delivered to Syria free of charge — source
TASS – Russia has donated to Syria three battalion sets of S-300PM missile systems of eight launchers each, a military diplomatic source…
Syrian president says Idlib province will finally return to government control
Press TV – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the northwestern province of Idlib will finally return to government control along with other…
Netanyahu to meet Putin after Russia gives S-300 to Syria
Press TV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will soon meet President Vladimir Putin amid tensions over the downing of a…
US copters evacuate Daesh militants from Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – American helicopters have reportedly airlifted foreign and wounded members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from Syria’s oil-rich eastern…
Facing tough mission in Syria’s Idlib, Turkish forces attacked by armed terrorists
Tasnim – Turkey deployed a number of its military officers to Syria’s northern province of Idlib to disarm the remaining terrorist groups…
Idlib deal: Dimensions, outlooks
Alwaght – Russian and Turkish Presidents, following their 17 September meeting in Sochi, announced reaching an agreement on creating a buffer zone…
Why is Iran backing Syria?
Al Jazeera | Mehdi Hasan: Was the nuclear deal a mistake? Why has Iran continued to back Syria’s Bashar al-Assad more than…
Iran, int’l investors plan major effort to rebuild Syrian energy, infrastructure
Sputnik – Syrian and Iranian officials have signed lucrative contracts aimed at restoring energy to war-torn regions of the Syrian Arab Republic.…
Will Iran, Turkey jointly confront US influence east of the Euphrates?
Al-Monitor | Hassan Ahmadian: Turkey is facing a new conundrum in Syria. While its main concern is the areas held by the…