The deputy coordinator of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces General Amir-Ali Arasteh announced that his country will send “special forces from Brigade 65 and other units to Syria to work Continue Reading
Russia and the US pledged on Thursday to push for a faster political resolution to the Syrian crisis and broaden their efforts to secure a continuation of a month-old ceasefire. It was Continue Reading
Syrian Kurdish parties are working on a plan to declare a federal region across much of northern Syria , several of their representatives said on Wednesday. They said their aim Continue Reading
Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Thursday, a move likely to further complicate peace talks in Geneva on ending more than five years Continue Reading
The Russian Ministry of Defense said its warplanes began redeploying from Syria on Tuesday, after a surprise announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow would withdraw the bulk of Continue Reading
Photo Russian pilots climbing into a fighter jet at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria in October. Credit Vladimir Isachenkov/Associated Press MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Continue Reading
Russia is ready to coordinate its actions with the U.S.-led coalition in Syria to push the Islamic State group out of Raqqa, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Continue Reading
The electricity network for all of Syria is down for unknown reasons, Reuters reported March 3, citing state news agency SANA. Investigators are looking into the cause of the outage. Continue Reading
People attend a protest against forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, Russia and the Syrian Democratic forces, in Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 29, 2016. A senior Continue Reading
The Syrian opposition warned on Sunday that attacks by the army, backed by Russian warplanes, threatened a U.S.-Russian deal for a cessation of hostilities with collapse and endangered future peace Continue Reading
