TEHRAN – Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign minister’s special assistant for political affairs, said on Tuesday that alleged chemical attack on the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus should be dealt with legally. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev, Jaberi Ansari […]

Senior Aide to Iranian Leader Ali Akbar Velayati arrived in Syria on Tuesday to attend the first Islamic Unity Summit and to hold talks with Syrian officials. Ali Akbar Velayati is scheduled to discuss the latest regional developments and bilateral relations with some of Syrian authorities, and to attend the first Islamic unity Summit in […]

 The United Nations is unable to independently confirm recent allegations of chemical attacks in Syria, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said. “There have been several allegations of chlorine attacks in Ghouta, in Idlib, and also now recently in Afrin. While we cannot independently verify these allegations, but if confirmed, it is outrageous […]

 Leader’s Senior Adviser for International Affairs Dr. Ali-Akbar Velayati said that Islamic Republic of Iran supports Syrian territorial integrity powerfully. Speaking in an interview with MNA correspondent in Damascus on Tuesday morning, he pointed to the crimes committed by Zionist regime against Syrian forces and defenders of holy shrines in Homs city and added, “these […]

Syria has warned of the grave repercussions of the assaults launched by the Israeli occupation on the Syrian territories and its constant support for the terrorist organizations. Also, Syria stressed that the Israeli aggression on the T-4 Airport in the countryside of Homs would not have been possible without the US limitless support. In a […]

The Iranian Football Federation has announced it has cancelled a previously planned friendly match between Iran and Syria national football teams. According to the Iranian Football Federation statement released on Saturday, the match has been cancelled because a lot of Iranian players are going to be busy with their respective clubs’ matches in the Asian […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed during a phone call on Friday the situation in Syria, in particular the ongoing process of eradicating terrorism in Ghouta. Putin informed Macron about the decisions made at the April 4 Russian-Turkish-Iranian summit in Ankara, which concern strengthening Syria’s sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed on Monday that the US military presence in Syria is illegal and contrary to the UN Charter. During a joint press conference with his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali in Moscow, Lavrov expressed his country’s hope that US President Donald Trump’s statements regarding the withdrawal of his troops […]

As recounted in the joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of the three guarantor states of Syrian peace-process in Astana, the next high-level meeting on Syria will be held in mid-May 2018. The trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, and Turkey, as the three guarantor states of peace in Syria, kicked […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned the United States against attacking Syria, saying that if this happens, the consequences will be serious. In a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov said that the US representative at the Security Council Nikki Haley should be aware that “It is one thing to irresponsibly use a microphone […]