TEHRAN- Syria’s World Cup journey comes to an end after losing to Australia in the second leg of the Asian playoff on Tuesday. Australia defeated Syria 2-1 in Sydney. Socceroos drew 1-1 with Syria in Malaysia last week and the 3-2 aggregate victory sent it into an intercontinental playoff in November against the fourth-placed team […]

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian politician warned against Washington’s continued hostilities toward Damascus and said the US is seeking to break up eastern and northeastern parts of the war-torn country. Speaking at a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud on Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution […]

Senior MP Boroujerdi in a Thu. meeting with President Bashar Assad voiced Iran’s readiness to help Syria’s reconstruction after the defeat of ISIL terrorists in the war-ravaged country. Head of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi held a meeting with Syria’s President Bashar Assad on Thursday in Damascus, during which he underscored […]

TEHRAN – Syria’s army and its allies continued to make gains in the military campaign against Daesh (ISIL) in Homs, managing to liberate several areas from the control of the terror group in the central province. Syrian forces on Monday established control over the villages of al-Qasimiyeh, al-Shemalieh, Rabe’a, and Mghezel northeast of Jub al-Jarrah […]

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov said Monday that a positive trend in the development of the situation in Syria is encouraging, noting that Conditions have been created for a prompt and final liquidation of a hotbed of terrorism in Syria. Lavrov said at a reception marking the Islamic Hijra New Year that “the […]

NEW YORK – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed cooperation on the crisis in Syria and the implementation of agreements to bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting held in New York on Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Zakharova told reporters in a statement following the meeting that the meeting was on […]

TEHRAN  – Turkey sent 80 military vehicles including tanks to its southwestern border with Syria, a report said. Citing a military source, Anadolu news agency said the deployment was part of reinforcements for troops stationed along the border. The vehicles were sent to the Iskenderun district of the southeastern province of Hatay, according to the […]

ASTANA – Iran, Turkey and Russia Iran have agreed Friday on the borders of the de-escalation zones, including the main opposition-held region of Idlib, at the Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital Astana. Turkey, Iran and Russia will send 500 observers each to Idlib to monitor the de-escalation deal, and the Russian ones will be […]

TEHRAN  – Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have retaken about 85 percent of the territory once controlled by Takfiri militants. “To date, 85 percent of Syria’s territory has been cleared of the militants of illegal armed groups,” Alexander Lapin, chief of staff of the Russian military contingent in Syria, said, Ria Novosti reported. […]

TEHRAN – Iran has signed a number of agreements with Syria to reconstruct power plants and electricity transmission lines in the war-torn neighboring country, the caretaker of the Iranian energy ministry Sattar Mahmoodi said on Tuesday. The Syrian government signed a contract to import Iranian power plants for the city of Aleppo, Syrian state news […]