TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s lawmakers on Monday condemned the Turkish military’s invasion of northern Syria and voiced their support for the Kurds in the Arab country. “Today, the cries of the oppressed Syrian Kurds are loud due to the aggression of the Turkish government,” the Iran’s Parliament members said in a statement read out […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Syrian army troops entered Tabqah, Ain Issa and Tel Tamer in northeastern Syria after the Damascus government reached an agreement with Kurds in the region to deploy troops in the area, state media reported. The deployment to Ain Issa and Tabqah near Raqqah on Monday restores Syria’s foothold in an […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey’ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected offers for mediation with Syrian Kurds militia as the Turkish military continues its offensive against them in northern Syria. Speaking Sunday, Erdogan slammed Western allies for standing by the Syrian Kurdish militias and said Turkey won’t negotiate with “terrorists,” AP reported. NATO member Turkey views […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The speaker of the Iranian Parliament called for the political settlements of regional issues, stressing that military action has been no solution for Syria, Yemen and other places. The solution for Syria and the regional issues is political dialogue, not military action, Ali Larijani said in a meeting with his Qatari […]

Donald Trump is ordering the withdrawal of remaining US troops from northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday, a development that has paralyzed the fight against ISIS and ceded US and Kurdish battlefield gains to Moscow and Damascus. Iran News quotes the report by CNN. “We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Heavy fighting continues as Turkey presses ahead with its military operation against Kurds in northeast Syria, now in its fifth day. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the offensive aims to remove the Kurdish-led forces from the border area and create a “safe zone” so millions of Syrian refugees can be […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Syrian Army together with Turkey can guard the border with Turkey. “That’s a better way to achieve security,” he told Turkey’s TRT World in an interview aired on October 10. “We do not believe that security can be achieved by invading […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran urges Turkey to ‘immediately’ halt Syria raids. Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of Turkish invasion of Syria Kurdish militia, which has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread condemnation from the international community. There were casualties on both sides […]

Republicans savaged President Donald Trump Wednesday for allowing Turkey to attack US allies in Syria as the President offered varying reasons for giving Turkey the green light, including the fact that Kurds did not fight alongside the US in World War II. Iran News quotes the story told by CNN. Turkey launched its military operation to […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement warned against putting trust in untrustworthy US, emphasizing that Washington cannot be trusted at all as it betrays own allies and does not stand committed to any agreement. “No one can rely on untrustworthy US and an agreement struck with it because of […]