[caption id="attachment_30761" align="alignright" width="136"] A file photo of a Russian-made S-300 air defense system[/caption] MOSCOW - A senior Russian lawmaker says that Russia could expand arms sales to Iran and revise the terms of U.S. military transit to Afghanistan if Washington launches a strike on Syria. Alexei Pushkov, the Kremlin-connected ...

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 ...

French President Francois Hollande has accused the British Prime Minister David Cameron of committing a school boy error in losing the parliamentary vote on Syria. Hollande said Cameron has been left weakened after his plans to launch an offensive against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was defeated in a Commons vote on Thursday,...

French and US presidents Francois Hollande and Barack Obama want to send the Syrian regime a "strong message" to condemn the alleged use of chemical weapons, the presidency said Friday. "Both heads of state agreed that the international community cannot tolerate the use of chemical weapons, that it should hold the Syrian regime accountable for it ...

The United States says it plans to keep about 1,500 American soldiers and military equipment in Jordan until the security situation improves there. In a report to Congress on Friday, the White House said that the US military also stationed Patriot missile systems and fighter aircraft in the Arab country to help Amman against insecurity from the conflict ...

America's "schizophrenic" approach to the Middle East could result in many key Arab states deciding to align themselves more closely with Russia, the rulers of Bahrain warned Sunday. In an interview, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, said U.S. President Barack Obama's administration would lose influence in the region if it ...

(Reuters) - Democratic and Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee strongly criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for lacking a plan to resolve the war inSyria. "I just don't get a sense that we have a strategy," said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, the panel's chairman, during a contentious hearing onSyriapolicy....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Irans Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali condemned the western states for maintaining their stockpiles of biological weapons, warning that they might be used against Iran. We should avoid developing baseless optimism about the West because the so-called civilized westerners have biological weapons ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrias endorsement of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) prevented the break-out of a new war in the region and took the excuse from the US and its allies, the Iranian parliament's research center said in a report on Sunday. Syrias membership in the CWC practically took away the excuse that the US and its western-Arab allies had ...

Recently, I've been spending some time with a group of ex-Israeli generals (and American policy makers), talking about, among other things, the appropriate American response to the Iranian nuclear program. These ex-generals (most of them pragmatic to the point of cynicism) believe that U.S. President Barack Obamas Hamlet-like behavior on Syria should ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed his governments resolve to fully cooperate with the international chemical experts tasked with overseeing the process of dismantling Syrias chemical weapons arsenals. We are transparent and the experts can access any facility. Well provide them with the data, which they can examine and verify and then ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capitals suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources said. Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta was done by a black operation team that the Saudis sent through ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said Washington failed to take military action against Syria since it had miscalculations about the regional conditions. Speaking to Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC commander said the Americans changed their mind in taking military ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed doubts that the West will be successful in getting the Syrian opposition to take part in the Geneva-2 peace conference, which he expects to take place in mid-November. Lavrov, stressing that this needs to happen, suggested that getting rational members of the opposition on board is ...

Gulf Arab states are uneasy about the unexpected overture between Washington and Tehran, fearing any rapprochement will come at the price of concessions to their regional rival, analysts say. The six oil-rich monarchies have "fears and apprehensions" about the dramatic turn in US Iran policy signalled by last week's historic telephone call between ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) Syrian President Bashar Assad says his country is no longer needs chemical weapons to deter Israel. We now possess deterrent weapons that are more important and more sophisticated than chemical weapons, Syrian President Bashar Assad told visitors to his palace in Damascus on Thursday. He emphasized that he had no need for ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an attack by the US is likely despite ongoing peace initiatives by Russia, China and others. "The possibility of a military offensive will always be present, maybe at one time on the pretext of chemical weapons, and at other times on different pretexts," he told Caracas-based television network ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - About half of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama is handling foreign policy, a new high as he confronts a diplomatic opening with Iran and efforts to remove chemical arms in Syria, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Forty-nine percent disapproved of Mr. Obamas foreign policy efforts, up 10 points ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) While some western and Arab countries are helping the rebels in Syria to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an Egyptian analyst said removing Assad would be difficult and disastrous for the region. Despite efforts by US to topple Syrian government, I believe Bashar Assads political system would remain in power. Strong ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said Tuesday that the threat of military action against Syria has only faded, and urged Syrias friends and allies to be wary of US ploys. The US has changed its approach in the region, but this shift does not mean Washington is feeling sympathy for ...