Damascus, The Syrian army says it is observing a partial and temporary truce with rebels known as a “regime of calm”, apart from in the divided city of Aleppo. The truce announced by Syrian forces…
ISTANBUL — The Syrian dictatorship and Russian forces are on the offensive to encircle the city of Aleppo, a stronghold of the rebels who rose against the government five years ago. A new partial cease…
Tehran, Politicians allied to President Hassan Rouhani came out strongest in a second round of parliamentary elections in Iran, early results showed on Saturday, but his moderate faction appeared unlikely to clinch an overall majority….
Damascus, The Syrian Army plans to launch an attack on Islamic State’s de facto capital Raqqa and its other stronghold of Deir ez-Zor with the help of Russian air support. The announcement was made Russia’s…
Moscow, Russia said Friday that U.S. plans to increase the number of its military personnel in Syria was illegal and violated the sovereignty of the war-torn country. “It is impossible for us to be not…
By Manish Rai With the recent attacks in Kabul the Taliban demonstrated that it’s has become too easy for them to strike the capital at will. The Taliban wants to show ordinary Afghans how weak…
Tehran, When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defense system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent by Moscow to mark Army Day. Tehran had cause to…
Beirut, Assisting Syrian army forces, fighters with the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have fended off a Daesh attack in southwestern Syria near the border with Lebanon. The Takfiri terrorists had attempted the attack against the…
Geneva, Syria’s chief negotiator says the Damascus delegation to the UN-brokered talks has proposed “constitutional amendments” to a peace initiative put forward by the UN mediator. Follwowing two meetings with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura…
Aleppo, Large-scale fighting has erupted in the Syrian city of Aleppo and the surrounding countryside, upending a fragile truce that was meant to pave the way for peace talks and threatening a siege of the…
