TEHRAN, February 9 - Russia has reminded the US that its presence in Syria is illegal after the coalition struck pro-government militias. Washington however reserved the right for “defensive” attacks to achieve peace “from a position of strength.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Over 100 missiles have been fired from the Russian warships since the beginning of Russia's anti-terror operation in Syria, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Adm. Vladimir Korolev said Thursday.
TEHRAN, February 8 - A strike by the US-led coalition on Syrian pro-government forces is an unprecedented act of aggression, Russian Senator Franz Klintsevich said.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Syria says the coincidence of Israel's latest airstrikes and 1,000 rocket and mortar attacks carried out by militants in various locations in the Arab country is proof of the Tel Aviv regime's collaboration with terrorists.
TEHRAN, February 8 - The US-led coalition in Syria has attacked pro-Damascus forces in what it claims to be defensive strikes in the country's eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
TEHRAN, February 8 - A senior Iranian official said the country supports Syrian territorial integrity, calling on Turkey to respect international borders.
TEHRAN, February 6 - The next round of the Astana process on settlement of the Syrian conflict is planned to be held later this month, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Tuesday as Turkey started to construct the fourth observation point in the northern Syrian province of Idlib
TEHRAN, February 6 - The body of Russian pilot whose jet was downed by terrorists in Syria's Idlib is recovered and returned to Russia, Russian Defense Ministry said.
TEHRAN, February 6 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed Syrian developments in a phone call.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Russia has ordered its warplanes in Syria to fly higher to avoid being shot down by shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles after one of its jets was downed at the weekend, the Izvestia daily reported on Monday.
TEHRAN, February 5 - High-ranking officials from Iran, Russia, Iraq, and Syria held talks about a range of security issues in Baghdad and stressed the need to boost cooperation between the four countries in the fight against the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) and other terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Mahmoud Darvish, one of the key commanders of Ahrar al-Sham, was killed in a remote-controlled explosion in Southeastern Idlib amid intensified attacks on terrorist commanders in region.
TEHRAN, February 4 - Turkey has warned that American soldiers risk being targeted in northwestern Syria as the Turkish military pushes ahead with its offensive against Kurdish militants supported by the United States in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, February 4 - Turkey has said eight of its troops were killed in Ankara’s military operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia, the deadliest day in the two-week-old offensive in the enclave of Afrin.
TEHRAN, February 4 - Russia has confirmed that its Su-25 fighter jet has been shot down in a militant-held area in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, with its pilot killed in fighting after the incident.
TEHRAN, February 3 - United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has rejected criticism of the world body’s participation at Syrian peace talks in the Russian resort city of Sochi, praising the outcome of the discussions.
TEHRAN, February 3 - Defense Secretary James Mattis says the United States has no evidence to confirm reports that the Syrian government used the chemical nerve agent of sarin against its civilians.
TEHRAN, February 2 - The United States wants to maintain a permanent military presence in Syria “to block what they see as an Iranian advance on through Iraq, Syria and over to Lebanon,” says James Jatras, a former American Senate foreign policy adviser.