Turkish President Abdullah Gul has stressed Irans and Russias vital roles in finding a solution to the ongoing crisis in Syria. Speaking in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Friday, Gul noted he has repeatedly mentioned before that Tehran and Moscow must be involved in the resolution of the Syrian conflict, IRNA reported. He also described a potential ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans police chief said Russias initiative to bring Syria's chemical weapons under international control allowed US President Obama to save face, by removing the need to take military action, and opened a way for his retreat. "The Russian initiative saved Obama and was a way for Obamas retreat, Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General ...

An American analyst says the Israeli Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) must come under scrutiny the same way Syria has been subjected to such a measure,Press TVreports. Israel should be brought under the same microscope as Syria; [until] Israel is forced to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and they open their nuclear, chemical and biological ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received a report by UN experts on a chemical weapons attack that allegedly killed hundreds of people in the suburbs of Damascus last month. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Sunday that Ban will brief the UN Security Council on the findings on Monday morning. "The report by the United Nations ...

US President Barack Obama has said the United States is still prepared to strike Iran over its nuclear program despite the decision to back off a military threat against Syria. The Obama administration blamed the Syrian government for an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus last month and declared it would respond militarily. However, Washington ...

French President Francois Hollande says the option of military strikes against Syria must remain on the table, despite a deal proposed by Russia to put Damascus chemical arms under international supervision. Hollande said on French TF1 television on Sunday that the deal on Syria announced on Saturday was an important step but was not an end point....

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes and artillery bombarded rebel suburbs of the capital on Sunday after theUnited Statesagreed to call off military action in a deal withRussiato remove President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons. President Barack Obamasaid he may still launch U.S. strikes if Damascus fails to follow a nine-month U.N. disarmament plan drawn ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen underlined Irans support for Russias plan to place the Syrian chemical weapons under international control. Earlier this week, Russia handed the United States a plan for the Syrian government to hand over its chemical weapons in four stages, starting with Damascus becoming a member of the ...

There has been a mixed reaction to the agreement between the US and Russia which which sets out that Syria's chemical weapons must be destroyed or removed by mid-2014. The framework document under which Syria must hand over a full list of its stockpile within a week has been welcomed by the British government but drawn criticism from the Free Syrian ...

Syrias agreement in principle to rid itself of chemical weapons after being threatened will reverberate in Tehran, Israeli leaders said Sunday while commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism over the US-Russian deal, which will begin its implementation with Syria reporting on its chemical weapons ...

Washington's top diplomat arrived in Jerusalem on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over plans to destroy Syria's chemical arms and peace talks with the Palestinians. After landing at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv at 0825 GMT, US Secretary of State John Kerry headed straight to Jerusalem where he was scheduled to hold hours ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Britains Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed an agreement between Russia and the United Sates to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. Hague said the deal, hammered after three days of negotiations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his American counterpart John Kerry in Geneva, is a "significant step forward",...

Japan has welcomed the agreement reached by the United States and Russia over Syrias chemical weapons. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement on Sunday that his country hailed the deal to move Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision and called for sincere response from the Syrian government. Kishida said Japan ...

A new study has revealed that the US senators who approved a recent resolution authorizing war on Syria received 83 percent more campaign money from military contractors than the opponents of the plan. The study by Maplight, a research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics in the US Congress, shows that the lawmakers at the Senate ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="210"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] An analyst says Russia and those seeking a political solution to the Syria crisis should not allow the US and its allies to abuse Moscows initiative regarding the Arab countrys chemical weapons. It is incumbent on Russia and others to ensure ...

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has hailed Russias intelligent proposal to put Syrias chemical arms under international control. Castro, 87, said in an article published in Cuban press on Saturday, The intelligent Russian initiative meant the risk that the conflict explodes with its lamentable consequences seems to have diminished. The 87-year-...

Irans Majlis speaker voices optimism about emerging signs of wisdom in dealing with Syria as Russia and the US agree on eliminating Syrias chemical weapons. Perhaps the situation brought about in recent days is a sign of rational decision making regarding regional issues, Ali Larijani said at a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Osama al-...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria's Minister for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar announced on Saturday that if the US wants Russia's plan on Syria's chemical weapons to go into action, it should stop its threats against Damascus. "We are speaking about a plan which falls within the framework of a complete process," Haidar told FNA in Damascus today. "The ...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday won the support of Iran and China at a regional summit on Russia's initiative for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons, which he said had proved the "serious intentions" of the Damascus regime. Putin attended the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional security group sometimes seen as ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Russia�s plan for placing the Syrian chemical weapons under international control and Syria's response to the proposed plan inspire hope for avoiding war. By Press TV   The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.