Falahatpisheh: US plans in Syria have failed
SANA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh affirmed the US plans in Syria have…
Tag Archives: US policy toward Syria
The CIA’s Syria program and the perils of proxies
After fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates for a decade and a half, the CIA is now helping them gain ground in…
Washington wants ‘regime change’ in Syria ‘by hook or by crook’
The American leadership wants to destroy Syria by any means possible but Russia’s counterterrorism operation in the war-torn Arab country has forced…
US reaction to Daesh oil transfer to Turkey ‘theater of absurd’
Russia has blamed the US for attempts to cover up the smuggling of illicit oil into Turkey from the Syrian territory under…
Russia, Iran making progress in Syria as US Middle East policy fails
With the Russian military operation underway in Syria, Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin is playing the key role in the negotiations over the…
W.H. chief of staff defends policy on Syria, Iran, Keystone pipeline
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough defended the administration’s foreign policy in Syria and Iran and outlined the next steps for…
Obama says he and Iran’s Rouhani swapped letters
WASHINGTON — President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected…
Obama’s larger Syria strategy in disarray
WASHINGTON (AP) — After 2 1/2 years of civil war in Syria, President Barack Obama’s larger policy is in disarray even as…
Assad: Syria ceding chem arms due to Russia plan, not US threats
Syria’s decision to place its chemical weapons arsenal under international control was the result of Russia’s proposal rather than the threat of…
Iran urges West to seek diplomatic settlement of Syria crisis
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the West to seek a political settlement of the crisis in Syria and fend…
Iran news round up September 11, 2013
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Will Fulton and…
Iran today: FM Zarif “US groups trap Obama into war in Syria”
SUMMARY: In an interview on English-language outlet Press TV on Wednesday night, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif set out the Government’s line on…
Iran’s FM: Obama put himself in a trap over Syria
Iran’s foreign minister said that President Obama was reluctant to wage war against Syria over its alleged chemical weapons use. Mohammad Javad Zarif…