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 […]

TEHRAN  – Syria’s army and its allies continued to make gains in their battle against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Homs, managing to seize control of more areas in the central province. Syrian forces on Monday stepped up their attack against Daesh militants in the eastern countryside of Homs, expanding their control in the […]

DAMASCUS– Syrian Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad stressed the importance of the strategic achievement realized by the Syrian Army in cooperation with the allies in Deir Ezzor, which has suffered from ISIL terrorist organization. In an interview with Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday, Mikdad said that this achievement is a turning point in […]

TEHRAN  – Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement’s second-in-command, Sheikh Naim Qassem, praised recent advances achieved by the Syrian army and resistance forces against Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists in Deir ez-Zor and said the liberation of the city amounts to the collapse of Daesh. “The preparations for the political settlement of the Syrian crisis have begun […]

About 40 ISIL militants, including four influential warlords which some are US trained, were destroyed in Russian air strike near Deir Ezzor, Russian Defense Ministry revealed Friday. Terrorist commanders were holding a meeting at the command post near Deir Ezzor, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The ministry said that on September […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated Tehran’s support for Syria in its battle against terrorism. “Iran will continue to back Syria in its battle against terrorism,” Zarif said during a Wednesday phone conversation with Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem. The Iranian foreign minister also congratulated Muallem for the Syrian army’s breaking of years-long […]

The Iranian national football team was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The result means Syria’s World Cup qualification dream is still alive. Haj Mohamad put the ball at the back of Iran’s net after 13 minutes after Iranian goalie Alireza Beiranvand […]