Iran has put out a lengthy defense of its strategy in the Syrian conflict, while condemning the head of the opposition and announcing that it will send monitors to the June 3 Presidential election. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, In the past three years we, despite all problems, have adopted an accurate and logical strategy ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SCO) Ahmad Jarba called the members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, NCRI or PMOI) as brothers of the Syrian opposition. "The MKO and the Syrian Opposition Coalition are brothers," Jarba said in a meeting with MKO ringleader Maryam Rajavi in Paris a ...

[caption id="attachment_73710" align="alignright" width="180"] A militant is seen clashing with Syrian government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on December 11, 2013.[/caption] Kuwait City Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Tuesday the international community has "betrayed" Syrian rebels by failing to arm them against the regime ...

The head of the foreign-backed Syrian opposition says the group will attend the peace talks planned for this month in Geneva only if there is a clear timeframe for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Ahmad Jarba, who is the president of the so-called Syrian National Coalition, made the remarks on Sunday during an Arab League emergency meeting ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the new president of the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is hindering attempts to hold the proposed Geneva talks, which aim to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Ahmad Assi Jarba, the new SNC leader, said on July 7 that the foreign-backed opposition group would not attend the conference ...

The Turkey-based so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC), which fights for regime change in Syria, says it is going to receive weapons from Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, Ahmad Jarba, who was elected as the SNC head on Saturday in Istanbul, said he was expecting "advanced weapons" to reach the foreign-backed militants in Syria, Lebanese TV station al-...

The divided foreign-backed Syrian opposition is struggling to name a new leader, amid growing pressure from its Western and Arab supporters to unite. The so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Thursday in an attempt to reach consensus on a new leader. The meeting is the second of its kind by the ...