SANA - Chairman of the Iranian Parliaments National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh affirmed the US plans in Syria have failed, noting that the US presence in the country was to support armed terrorist organizations. Iranian television quoted Falahatpisheh as saying on Monday that the US has not provided any help ...

After fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates for a decade and a half, the CIA is now helping them gain ground in Syria. Almost every aspect of the Obama administrations policy toward Syria has been scrutinized, lambasted or praised in recent months, but one of the most significant facets, the CIAs covert aid program to Syrian rebels, has largely slipped ...

The American leadership wants to destroy Syria by any means possible but Russia's counterterrorism operation in the war-torn Arab country has forced Washington to support a non-military solution to the conflict, American geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser told PressTV. "The United States has been pushing forregime change since2011 really byhook or ...

Russia has blamed the US for attempts to cover up the smuggling of illicit oil into Turkey from the Syrian territory under the occupation of Daesh terrorists after Washington'sclaims that the amount of such oil transfers is negligible. "When US officials say they don't see how the terrorists' oil is smuggled to Turkey... it smells badly of a desire ...

With the Russian military operation underway in Syria, Russias leader Vladimir Putin is playing the key role in the negotiations over the Syrian conflict. He is also building up ties with regional allies, especially Iran, the French broadcaster TV5 Monde reported. On Friday, the Austrian capital of Vienna hosted four-party negotiations over Syria ...

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough defended the administrations foreign policy in Syria and Iran and outlined the next steps for the Keystone XL pipeline in a wide-ranging interview Sunday morning. In Syria,just four percent of the chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, according to U.S. estimates, which drew condemnation from U.S....

WASHINGTON President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected turns, may not have looked smooth and disciplined and linear, but its working. Im less concerned about style points. Im much more concerned with getting the policy right, Obama told ABCs George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After 2 1/2 years of civil war in Syria, President Barack Obama's larger policy is in disarray even as his administration, with help from Russia, averted a military showdown for the time being. In an address to the American people, Obama said he was working with U.S. allies to "provide humanitarian support, to help the moderate ...

Syria's decision to place its chemical weapons arsenal under international control was the result of Russias proposal rather than the threat of a US military strike, President Bashar Assad has told a Russian TV channel. Syria is handing over its chemical weapons under international supervision because of Russia,Assad said in an interview with state-...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the West to seek a political settlement of the crisis in Syria and fend off war and violence in the region. Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with new Swiss Ambassador to Iran Giulio Haas on Wednesday, when the Swiss diplomat submitted his credentials to the Iranian foreign minister. In the ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj. Politics Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reactedto recent Syria developments: We hope America's new position regarding Syria is serious, without deception ...

SUMMARY:In an interview on English-language outlet Press TV on Wednesday night, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif set out the Governments line on the Syrian crisis, maintaining blame on the US for trying to turn the hypothetical use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime into a war. Zarif declared that a number of groups inside the US and some ...

The United States has begun delivering weapons to foreign-backed militants in Syria, a major escalation of the US role in stirring unrest in the Syrian crisis. The CIA and State Department began shipping weapons through Turkey and Jordan over the past two weeks, The Washington Post reported, citing US officials. The weapons include vehicles, sophisticated ...

Iran's foreign minister said that President Obama was reluctant to wage war against Syria over itsalleged chemical weapons use. Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Iranian English-language Press TV on Wednesday: "I think that a number of groups, people inside the United States, and interests outside the United States, wanted to put the president of the ...