Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman lashed out at the Israeli prime minister for his warning to Iran to pull out of Syria, reminding the Zionist regime to know its limits and avoid threatening Iran. In an interview on Wednesday evening, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi denounced as wrong and nonsense Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats against Tehran over […]

The chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and Syrian President Bashar Assad underlined the importance of enhanced ties between the two countries. During a meeting in Damascus on Monday, Assad and Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh affirmed the two countries’ determination to continue to develop their bilateral ties and serve the interests of their […]

 An Iranian parliamentary delegation left Tehran on Sunday morning for Damascus to discuss parliamentary ties with Syrian officials, Mehr reported. Headed by Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the delegation is set to exchange views with Syrian officials about the future of Tehran-Damascus relations in the post-Daesh era. The […]

 Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister for political affairs, held meetings with a number of Russian officials in Moscow on Thursday, discussing the latest developments surrounding Syria. He held separate meetings with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin, Middle East director Sergei Vershinin, and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, […]

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 […]