In spite of European senior officials’ emphasis on cooperation among the EU leaders, such a cooperation doesn’t exist in practice. Under such circumstances, the political and economic disagreements between Berlin and Paris are still going on. These disagreements are indicative of German-French conflicts in resolving the European economic crisis.  Since Emmanuel Macron’s presence in the […]

A commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, said the PMU and other security forces are in full control of the common border with Syria. In a statement on Wednesday, Tahsin al-Husseini said he visited common borders between Iraq and Syria north of Euphrates earlier in the day to evaluate […]

Leader of the Islamic Revolution representative to Syria Ayatollah Abolfazl Tabatabaei met and held talks with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X Yazigi. The meeting was organized in Syria on the occasion of the New Year, Fars News Agency reported. Islam, Christianity, and all other religion do not contradict but […]

Hossein Sheikholeslam, a former Iranian ambassador to Damascus, has said the U.S. military presence in Syria was a failure and called Washington’s move in removing forces from Syria a “wise” act. Talking to ISNA in interview published on Friday, the former ambassador said the U.S. has played no role in resolving the problems faced by […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi described the Syrian army’s move to enter the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years as “a new step” to resolve the protracted crisis in the Arab country. “Emphasizing the need to respect the national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Syria, the Islamic […]

The Russia-Turkey-Iran summit on Syria will be held in Russia in early 2019, a Russian diplomat announced Friday. The leaders of the Astana trio (Russia, Turkey and Iran) will meet in Russia at the beginning of 2019, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters […]

The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years Friday, media reports said. The announcement came moments after Syria’s Kurdish militia, left exposed by a US pledge to pull out its own troops. Meantime, Reuters reported that Syrian Troops have raised Syrian flag in Manbij. Earlier, the […]

Syria denounced Israel’s recent missile strike near the capital Damascus as a blatant violation of a United Nations resolution, adding that Tel Aviv would not have been able to carry out such attacks without support from the United States. In two separate letters addressed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the head of […]

Syrian Arab Army units operating in the northern countryside of Hama province retaliated against attacks by terrorist groups and attempts to infiltrate military posts. SANA’s reporter in Hama said that army units positioned in Mhardeh and Tal Bazzam intercepted movements by terrorists belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra and groups affiliated to it that had attempted to […]

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi reacted to the US’ announcement on withdrawing troops from Syria, saying Washington’s presence in the region is always a destabilizing factor. Answering a reporter’s question on a recent decision by the United States to withdraw its military forces from Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the arrival and presence […]