Joint patrols of Russia-Turkey starts in northern Syria
Joint patrols of Russia-Turkey started in northern Syria Friday to verify whether Kurdish forces have withdrawn from a key border zone in compliance with a deal reached between Ankara and Moscow. Iran News quotes AFP story. It follows an agreement they signed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi last week which gave Kurdish forces […]
Al-baghdadi death confirmed; FOX news officials
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, sources have confirmed to Fox News. Iran News covers the story of Al-baghdadi death. Al-Baghdadi, who took over ISIS after his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed in 2010, detonated a suicide vest, killing himself when U.S. Special Operations forces entered a compound in northern Syria where he […]
US troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq: Baghdad
TEHRAN (Iran News) – US troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq’s military said Tuesday as American forces continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkey’s invasion of the border region. The statement appears to contradict US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has […]
Kurd militants withdrawing from Ras al-Ayn; Turkey says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey says Kurdish militants are withdrawing from the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn according to an agreement brokered with the United States, days after the Turkish army launched a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria. “A convoy of approximately 55 vehicles entered Ras al-Ayn and a convoy of 86 vehicles departed […]
Russia’s high-ranking delegation, Iran’s FM aide discuss region
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russian President’s Special Envoy Alexander Lavrentiev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin and accompanying delegation held talks on Syria and Yemen with the Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji late on Wednesday. The meeting of Russia’s high-ranking delegation and Iran FM assistant dealt with the […]
Resistance forces arrive in northern Syria
TEHRAN (Iran News) – In response to the Turkish army’s incursion into north Syria, the Syrian army entered Tabqah and deployed forces near the military airport in Raqqa province in the early hours of Monday. Tabaqa military airport is located near the Euphrates Dam, one of the biggest and most important dams in Syria, which […]