Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end settlement activity on occupied land is “shameful”. He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday’s vote at the 15-member UN Security Council….
Damascus, The Syrian military, in high spirits after liberating Syria’s second city of Aleppo from militants, has stepped up its counterterrorism push in Homs Province farther to the south. Government forces drove Daesh terrorists out…
Ankara, Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab, resulting in the deaths of 14 Turkish soldiers, the military’s highest single-day toll of its four-month campaign…
Aleppo, The final phase of the evacuation of rebel-held eastern districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo has restarted, after being stalled for a day. Syrian state TV broadcast pictures of buses leaving the rebel…
DUBAI — When Hezbollah went to war with Israel in 2006, estimates suggest it had approximately 13,000 short-range rockets. Now it could have more than 100,000, including weapons with greater accuracy, range and payloads. Hezbollah…
Moscow, Russia, Iran and Turkey met in Moscow on Tuesday to work toward a political accord to end Syria’s nearly six-year war, leaving the United States on the sidelines as the countries sought to drive…
Moscow, The fatal attack on Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, who was killed by a gunman on Monday, is “clearly a provocative act” aimed at undermining both Russian-Turkish relations and the settling of the Syrian crisis,…
Kobane – Turkey’s military targeted a headquarters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) near the city of Kobane in northern Syria, military sources reported on Sunday. “The Turkish artillery bombed the YPG-held village of Tel Shaeer in Kobe’s…
Moscow, The foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey will discuss the future of Syria and the city of Aleppo at talks in Moscow on Tuesday, Turkish and Russian officials said. “(The meeting)…
MOSCOW – Russia has told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that there is no “military solution” to the country’s conflict, despite pro-government forces claiming victory over rebels in eastern Aleppo, according to a key Russian adviser…
