MOSCOW – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu reiterated the importance of taking steps towards a political settlement for the crisis in Syria. During a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Moscow on Friday, Shoygu stressed the importance of exchanging views with de Mistura to try and find additional steps and […]

TEHRAN–Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t rule out possibility of cooperation with Syria’s Assad government on YPG. Ankara continues to rule out any place for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in any solution process in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, after Turkey, Iran and […]

TEHRAN – Many strategists and analysts believe that if it was not for Iran, Syria, and Iraq would have fallen in the hand of ISIL terrorist group. the following text discusses the issue from this perspective. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared Tuesday that the so-called caliphate of the terrorist group ISIL, also known as IS, […]

Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said given the collapse of Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, efforts should be made to prevent Africa from turning into a base for extremist groups. “Given the defeat of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, we (should have) cooperation and synergy to not let […]

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said late on Tuesday that Iran has succeeded to meet its interests and help eradicate Daesh in Iraq and Syria without being deceived by any other country. “Now that success has been achieved [in defeating Daesh], some believe that relations between Iran and Russia […]

TEHRAN– Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Syria would have been disintegrated had it not been for mobilized popular forces’ participation in the Arab country’s fight against terrorist groups. “If it had not been for mobilized popular forces’ in Syria, it would have surely been partitioned”, General Jafari told […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday harshly criticized the Arab League’s inaction in the face of savage acts by Daesh in Syria, calling it a “worn-out” and “ineffective” body. “Where was the Arab League when the Syrians were beheaded in Aleppo?” Rouhani asked in a speech at the 5th National Congress of the […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani praised the full liberation of Syrian and Iraqi territories from Daesh terrorists and said Iran’s assistance to the Arab countries played a major role in the elimination of the terror group. Speaking to reporters before his departure to Turkey on Tuesday, Larijani pointed to security problems facing the […]

BAKU– Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed on Monday that the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism on Syria “has worked in a shameful way” depending in its conclusions on data proposed by nongovernmental institutions, some of which linked to terrorists. In a speech on Monday before Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Lavrov said that Mechanism acted in a […]

TEHRAN  – Russia on Friday cast a second veto in as many days at the UN Security Council to block the renewal of an UN-led investigation to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. A draft resolution put forward by Japan would have extended the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for 30 days to […]