TEHRAN, March 15 - Turkey says its military will take the center of Syria’s Afrin “in a very short time” and oust Kurdish militants from the region, amid Ankara’s ongoing cross-border offensive into the Arab country in a declared bid to eliminate the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and other militant outfits in northwestern Syria.
TEHRAN, March 15 - Russia and Syria said thousands of civilians have managed to flee Eastern Ghouta less than a day after government forces advanced into a strategic town south of the militant-held Damascus suburb.
TEHRAN, March 15 - Syrian armed forces have entered a strategic town in Eastern Ghouta as they press ahead with their push to liberate the suburban area near the capital, Damascus, from years of devastating militant control.
TEHRAN, March 14 - Officials in Washington are aiming to maintain a foothold in Syria for a long time, “if not forever,” using chemical weapons provocations to achieve this objective, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
TEHRAN, March 14 - Iran has warned Washington against taking any “foolish” decisions with regards to Syria, as speculation mounts that the administration of US President Donald Trump is gearing up for a military strike against the country.
TEHRAN, March 14 - An airstrike has killed 12 members of a foreign-backed militant outfit, including two commanders, in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where the Syrian government is conducting a counterterrorism operation.
TEHRAN, March 13 - A top Russian general says his country will respond to a US strike on Syria, targeting any missiles and launchers involved in such an attack, if the lives of Russian servicemen are threatened.
TEHRAN, March 13 - A Syrian deputy foreign minister rejected Western allegations of chemical weapons use by Damascus in the fight against terrorists, slamming it as a US ploy to overshadow the Syrian government’s achievements and military gains.
TEHRAN, March 12 - Western powers must take a stronger stance against Russia’s role in Syria, former French President François Hollande said in an interview published Monday, saying he felt “responsible” for the escalation of violence.
TEHRAN, March 12 -US Defense Secretary James Mattis has warned the Syrian government against using chemical weapons implying it would prompt military consequences, as it did last year when US President Donald Trump ordered a strike on a Syrian air base.
TEHRAN, March 10 - Hundreds of displaced families have returned to their homes in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province after the Syrian Arab Army restored security to the area and all the basic services were secured.
TEHRAN, March 9 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says a humanitarian aid convoy has entered Syria’s Eastern Ghouta as government troops secured a humanitarian corridor for trapped civilians to leave the militant-held area near Damascus.
TEHRAN, March 8 - The Iranian president says efforts have to be concentrated on implementing a sustainable ceasefire in Syria and preventing a humanitarian catastrophe in the country's Eastern Ghouta region.
TEHRAN, March 7 - A Syrian army colonel said government forces will lift the siege on the militant-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, making it possible for people trapped in the embattled enclave to return to the “state’s embrace” soon.
TEHRAN, March 7 - Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister in political affairs, has held talks with the UN envoy for Syria as well as the heads of Russian and Turkish delegations in Geneva.
TEHRAN, March 7 - The Syrian Foreign Ministry has stressed that Western states are using claims of chemical weapons usage as an excuse to violate the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
TEHRAN, March 6 -The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria says at least 150 civilians lost their lives in the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on a school in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in March 2017.
TEHRAN, March 6 - The administration of US President Donald Trump has considered new military action against the Syrian government on the allegations that it has used chemical weapons against militants, according to officials, raising the prospect of a second US strike on the government in less than a year.
TEHRAN, March 6 - Russia’s Defense Ministry said a cargo plane operated by the Russian military has crashed in Syria, killing at least 32 people on board.