Jaberi Ansari, Bashar Jaafari talk Syrian settlement in Astana
TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy FM Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Syrian envoy to UN, Bashar al-Jaafari held talks on the Syrian settlement in the framework of Astana 8 meeting in Kazakhstan. Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by Bashar al-Jaafari, held a meeting in Astana on Thursday with Iranian delegation, headed by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for […]
Syrian Govt. Delegation to Arrive in Geneva Wednesday
TEHRAN – Syria’s government delegation will arrive a day late in Geneva to take part in direct peace talks with the opposition, a Syrian foreign ministry official and a UN official said Tuesday. The United Nations was scheduled to resume the peace talks between the government and the Syrian opposition in the Swiss city on […]
Tehran, Moscow confer on coop. for resolving Syrian crisis
TEHRAN– Deputy Iranian foreign minister, who is on an official visit to Moscow, met and talked several Russian officials including deputy defense minister as well as Putin’s special envoy on Syria. On Tuesday evening in Moscow, Head of Iranian delegation at Astana talks Hossein Jaberi Ansari discussed issues related to the Syrian crisis at a […]
Iran’s Velayati Lauds Syrian President’s Bravery, Prudence
TEHRAN – Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati highlighted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s major role in recent advances of the Arab country’s army and allied forces against foreign-backed terrorist groups. Speaking at a meeting with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Tehran on Wednesday, Velayati offered his […]
Syrian Army encircles Daesh terrorists in Mayadin
Syria’s Army and its allies have encircled the Takfiri terror group of Daesh in the city of al-Mayadin in the country’s northeastern Dayr al-Zawr Province. The Takfiri group maintains pockets in the province, and is said to be fighting a losing battle to retain the provincial capital of the same name, which is its last […]
Syrian army establishes control over Uqayribat town in Hama
HAMA – Syrian Army and Armed Forces reestablished control over Uqayribat town in Hama province, a military source announced on Sunday. The source told that army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, established control over Uqayribat town, Masaada village, Rasm Qanbar farm and the area surrounding them in the eastern countryside of Hama. The source pointed out […]
SNSC head to discuss Syrian issue with Russia’s special envoy
TEHRAN – Russia’s special envoy on Syria will meet with the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani on Monday. Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs, who is in Iran to meet with Iranian officials to discuss Syrian crises, is scheduled to meet with Ali Shamkhani on Monday evening. The […]
Syrian MP Highlights Collapse of Anti-Damascus Alliance
TEHRAN– A senior member of the Syrian parliament praised the Arab country’s recent victories over foreign-backed terrorist groups and said the alliance of “warmongers” against the Damascus government has failed to reach its strategic goals. Khaled al-Aboud pointed to the silence of certain Western and Arab states, the US in particular, over the recent victories […]