TEHRAN, December 1 - Syria's ambassador to the United Nations and head of the Syrian delegation to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva says has strongly condemned the foreign-sponsored armed opposition over a communiqué, which demands the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad and his exclusion from governing Syria during a transitional period.
TEHRAN, November 30 - The head of Russia's Security Council says Moscow is already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria as the counter-terrorism fight nears end in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, November 28 - A source, familiar with the matter revealed an approximate date for the next round of talks on the settlement of the situation in Syria.
TEHRAN, November 27 - The Russian Defense Ministry has strongly rejected an allegation by the anti-Damascus Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) that Russian long-range bombers, in their counter-terrorism operations, have bombed a village in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
TEHRAN, November 27 - A senior Iranian lawmaker reiterated Tehran’s policy to support the Syrian people’s right to self-determination and said it is natural that foreign-backed terrorists, who have killed many Syrians and destroyed the Arab country, should not be part of the peace talks.
TEHRAN, November 25 - The Pentagon may finally reveal the true number of its troops present on the ground in Syria, officials have told Reuters. Presently, the official number stands at around 500 servicemen, but the actual figure reportedly hovers around 2,000 troops.
TEHRAN, November 25 - The US and Turkey have discussed “pending adjustments” to military support for Washington’s “partners” on the ground in Syria, and have agreed to join forces against “all forms” of terrorism, including the Kurdish PKK and Fetullah Gulen’s movement.
TEHRAN, November 24 - China said it will help with reconstruction efforts in Syria, which has seen massive destruction as a result of over six and a half years of armed conflict.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out possible contact with Bashar Assad, signaling a break with his long-held opposition to the Syrian president’s role in the Arab country’s future.
TEHRAN, November 23 - A monitoring group says nearly 3,000 civilians have lost their lives in more than three years as the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group continues its aerial assaults against residential areas across Syria.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Syria would have been disintegrated had it not been for mobilized popular forces’ participation in the Arab country’s fight against terrorist groups.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Presidents of Iran, Syria and Turkey issued a statement, stressing their will to keep active cooperation for establishing peace and stability in Syria.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif who is in the Russian City of Sochi for Syrian developments and future, said “We are moving in the right direction”.
TEHRAN, November 21 - Syrian President Bashar Assad was asked to come to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey as Russia prepares to scale down its military presence in the country's civil war, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed on Monday that the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism on Syria “has worked in a shameful way”.
TEHRAN, November 20 -The Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) has sent more fighters to reinvigorate its positions in Western Idlib amid severe differences with rival terrorist groups, well-informed sources reported on Sunday.
TEHRAN, November 19 - Syrian army soldiers, backed by pro-government fighters from popular defense groups, have fully liberated a strategic city in the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr and on the border with Iraq from the clutches of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.