TEHRAN, December 11- The Syrian army and Iranian-backed forces backed by Russian air power stepped up a military campaign against rebels in eastern Hama province in a push towards the rebel stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said.
TEHRAN, December 10 - The rapid defeat of Islamic State forces in eastern Syria over the last several months has seen the Syrian Arab Army capture untold quantities of military equipment.
A Russian interceptor has been scrambled to stop a rogue US fighter jet from actively interfering with an anti-terrorist operation, the Russian Defense Ministry said, accusing the US of provoking close encounters with the Russian jets in Syria.
TEHRAN, December 9 - The US military is concerned it might have to shoot down a Russian aircraft over Syria if the Russian plane is seen as a threat to US or coalition forces fighting ISIS.
TEHRAN, December 6 - A California-based political analyst hailed recent liberation of the last strongholds of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in Syria and said without Iran’s advisory support, many more Syrian lives would have been lost and Damascus could have been in danger.
TEHRAN, December 4 - A source close to the Syrian government said Damascus is still unsure whether to participate in the eighth round of the UN-mediated peace talks in Geneva.
TEHRAN, December 4 - The Syrian Army has made remarkable progress inside the West Ghouta region recently, capturing several sites from the Al-Qaeda linked Tahrir Al-Sham terrorists.
TEHRAN, December 4 - Deir Ezzor has strategic value as a major settlement which commands all the main roads running from and across eastern Syria’s Euphrates valley region.
TEHRAN, December 4 - A number of gunmen, including a commander, were killed in fierce clashes between Jund al-Malahem and Al-Nusra Front in Southern Idlib.
TEHRAN, December 3 - Iran has challenged the West to provide an explanation on why the people born and educated there are fighting in the ranks of the terrorist groups and executing Syrian and Iraqi children.
TEHRAN, December 3 - The revelations come amid repeated calls on Washington by senior Turkish officials, insisting on the cessation of weapons deliveries to the Syrian Kurds.
TEHRAN, December 3 - Levan Dzhagaryan, Moscow’s ambassador to Tehran, says that defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq sent a “positive image” of Iran to the world.
TEHRAN, December 2 - A senior Iranian official has held certain countries liable for the use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, warning that chemical arsenals are a threat to global peace and security, Press TV reported.
The continued US military presence in Syria, three times larger than previously reported, risks setting off a wider war in the region, analysts told Sputnik.
TEHRAN, December 2 - The Syrian army has fired at least four surface-to-air missiles at Israeli aircraft as the regime launched an attack against the western countryside of Syria’s capital Damascus, reports say.
TEHRAN, December 2 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says all foreign forces, including those of the so-called US-led coalition that are present in Syria without the authorization from the Damascus government, have to withdraw from the Arab country after the total defeat of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.