Syrian rebels in opposition-held areas engaged in fierce battles with Al-Qaeda-linked elements Friday in what activists say is growing resistance to the jihadists' brutal grip in many places.
Syria is "unlikely" to meet a December 31 deadline to move its most dangerous chemical arms out of the country, the United Nations acknowledged for the first time Saturday.
The U.K. will help the international mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons program, officials said Friday, joining a complex operation with prominent roles for the U.S., Denmark and Norway.
All effective contracts between Russia and Syria, including those in the sphere of military-technical cooperation are being honoured, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
The process of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons runs at full speed in compliance with the schedule, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a Federation Council meeting
on Wednesday.
Thirty-seven citizens of Russia and other CIS member-states, mainly women and children, have arrived in Moscow from Syria onboard an Il-62 plane, Russian Emergencies Ministry spokesperson Irina Rossius told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
Russia to further provide
humanitarian aid to Syria through international organisations and in the
bilateral format, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the shelling of the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Thursday, which killed one person and wounded
nine others.
Syria's main opposition National Coalition insisted Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad should play no role in the country's political future, while hailing the fixing of a date for peace talks.