This image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier in Damascus, Syria./ (CBS News) - The State Department tells CBS News it has no reason to doubt Syrian rebels' claims that 48 Iranians they ...
Iran's Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, says some of the 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels are retired members of the Revolutionary Guards and the army and were in Damascus on a religious pilgrimage. The rebel Free Syrian Army describes those kidnapped Saturday as Revolutionary Guards on ...
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wages a blood-drenched campaign for survival, Washington is stepping up plans for the day after he falls, colored by costly lessons of Senior US officials do not know how long Assad can cling on amid an opposition onslaught, but insist his departure is ...
launched a broad ground assault Wednesday on rebel-held areas of the besieged city of and activists reported clashes as opposition forces fought back in a battle that has raged for more than two weeks. The official SANA news agency claimed regime forces have fully regained control on Salaheddine ...
"in a frank and friendly manner" against blaming Ankara for violence in said on Wednesday, a day after holding talks with his Iranian counterpart. flew to neighboring Turkey on Tuesday seeking to mend a relationship sorely strained by the Syrian uprising and to secure Turkish help for 48 ...
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 7, 2012. (SANA)/ WASHINGTON — Syria and Iran strengthened their relations on Tuesday after a top Iranian national security official visited Damascus to pledge Tehran's ...
run news agency reported Wednesday, as rebels tried to expand control inside Syria's largest city and the humanitarian crisis appeared to be growing. 's foreign minister said some of the 48 Iranians seized by Syrian rebels are retired members of the Revolutionary Guard and the army, but denied ...
BEIRUT — Iran pledged support for Syria’s beleaguered government Tuesday as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels for control of Aleppo, unleashing intense bombardments from the air and ground that forced thousands of civilian inhabitants to flee the country’s largest city. In ...
Iran's foreign minister says some of the 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels are retired members of the Revolutionary Guards and the army and were in Damascus on a religious pilgrimage. Wednesday, Iran's ISNA news agency quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi denying that the Iranians have ...
shelled several districts of Aleppo before dawn on Wednesday, killing 12 people in the northern city after Among the dead were a woman and her two children, killed when a shell landed on their house in Al-Mashatiyah neighbourhood, said the The neighbourhoods of Qatarji, Tariq al-Bab and Shaar ...
's foreign minister said some of the Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels last week are retired soldiers or ) and military pensions ... and others were from other different departments," said, according to Iran's student news agency ISNA. He denied they now had any military connection. Syrian ...
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support from regional ally Iran as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the northern city of Aleppo. After suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister Riyad Hijab on ...
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Iran assured President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Syria was a vital partner in its regional anti-Israeli alliance, a bond that would not be broken by a rebellion it said was backed by the two countries' common enemies. "Iran will not allow the axis of resistance, ...
Syrian President Bashar Assad meets with senior Iranian envoy Saeed Jalili in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 7, 2012, in this photo released by the Syrian state-run news agency SANA. (AP Photo/SANA)/ (CBS/AP) KILIS, Turkey - A senior Iranian envoy referred to the relationship between his country and ...
Iran FM Salehi/ Aug 8 (Reuters) - Some of the Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels are retired members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and military, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying on Wednesday in Iranian media. "Some of these (Iranians) were retired IRGC ...
Syria's president welcomed a top official Tuesday from Iran, a friend and ally of the much reviled and increasingly isolated government in Damascus. Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met with President Bashar al-Assad to discuss resolving the 17-month-long ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is seen during an interview with Reuters in Abu Dhabi July 9, 2012./ (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is to visit Turkey on Tuesday for previously unscheduled talks expected to focus on Syria and a group of Iranians seized by rebels ...
on Tuesday seeking to mend a relationship sorely strained by the and to secure Turkish help for dozens of kidnapped Iranians. . So we think Turkey can play a major role in freeing our pilgrims," A busload of 48 Iranians was seized in Syria on Saturday. Tehran says they were pilgrims visiting a ...
General Ban Ki-moon for his help in efforts to free dozens of Iranian pilgrims and aid workers captured recently in "I would like to seek the cooperation and the good offices of Your Excellency for securing the release of these hostages," wrote to Ban in a letter that Iran's U.N. mission ...
as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the northern city of Seeking to restore his authority after suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister on Monday, was shown on television on Tuesday meeting a senior official ...
's foreign minister on Tuesday sought help from the 's "deep concern" at the fate of the 48 Iranians seized in Syria and another seven held in Libya, in a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon. The letter highlighted reported comments by Syrian rebels that three of the Iranians had been killed in ...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his help in efforts to free dozens of Iranian pilgrims and aid workers captured recently in Syria and Libya. "I would like to seek the cooperation and the good offices of Your ...
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds a RPG launcher during a clashes with Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST P/ AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's prime minister defected to the opposition seeking to overthrow ...
Iran's Salehi seeks help for Iranians kidnapped in Syria * Syria conflict has divided once close non-Arab powers ANKARA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister flew to Turkey on Tuesday seeking to mend a relationship sorely strained by the Syrian uprising and to secure Turkish help for dozens ...
spread to new areas Tuesday as rebels try to expand their hold inside 's largest city despite two weeks of withering counterattacks by Heavily armed government troops have been steadily shelling rebel-controlled parts of the city, particularly Salaheddine and other districts on the southwestern ...
's military chief on Tuesday for blaming Turkey for the bloodshed in Syria and accusing it of supporting the "warmongering purposes" of the The statement was issued just before Iran's foreign minister arrived in Turkey for official talks and indicated that this issue will be one of several ...
must not be allowed to descend into a sectarian war, U.S. said on Tuesday, and she warned against "proxies or terrorist fighters" being sent in to join the conflict. "We have to set very clear expectations about avoiding sectarian warfare," said, answering a question on Syria during a news ...
's prime minister and other senior officials along with intensified fighting between and rebels heighten the urgency of planning for the ouster of Clinton said the U.S. and other nations need to quickly come up with a transition plan that ensures that Syrian state institutions remain intact once ...
and warning Turkey it would be next, as unacceptable and inappropriate, and urged in various posts continue to target our country through their statements, although Turkey's principled foreign policy is known to everyone," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Everyone knows who, inside and ...
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during clashes with Syrian Army in the Salaheddine neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 7, 2012./ (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support on Tuesday from regional ally Iran as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the ...
must not be allowed to descend into sectarian warfare and she warned against "proxies or terrorist fighters" being sent in to join the conflict. "We have to send very clear expectations about avoiding sectarian warfare. Those who are attempting to exploit the situation by sending in proxies or ...
overnight to escape growing violence in their country as rebels try to expand their hold inside 's largest city despite two weeks of withering counterattacks by Heavily armed government troops have been steadily shelling rebel-controlled parts of the city, particularly Salaheddine and other ...
Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive in said on Tuesday they were running low on ammunition as 's forces encircled their stronghold at the southern entrance to the country's biggest city. Assad, dealt another political blow on Monday with the defection of his prime minister, has ...
TEHRAN—Iran launched a diplomatic offensive Tuesday apparently aimed at helping to free 48 Iranian hostages kidnapped in Syria last weekend. Syrian rebels say they are holding the Iranians. Iran says the hostages are religious pilgrims who were snatched on Saturday, August 4, as they were en ...
appeared on television for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday in Assad's appearance came the day after his prime minister defected to rebels who have been waging a 17-month campaign to oust him. Assad's absence had fuelled rumors about his health, including a hoax Twitter message on Monday ...
TV/ Aug 7 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official told President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Syria was a vital partner in Tehran's regional anti-Israeli alliance, which Iran would not allow to be broken. "Iran will not any allow the axis of resistance, of which it considers Syria to be an ...
responsible for the lives of 48 of its citizens taken hostage in , following an unconfirmed report by a Syrian rebel group that three of them had been killed by shelling. , which transmitted its message through the Swiss embassy in Tehran that handles US interests in the absence of Iran-US ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry says it's holding the U.S. responsible for the fate of Iranians kidnapped in Syria. The state IRNA news agency says the ministry summoned the Swiss envoy in Tehran late Monday to stress that Iran expects Washington to use its influence to secure the ...
Iran says it is holding the United States responsible for the lives of 48 Iranians kidnapped Saturday in Syria. The state-run media say the foreign ministry told the Swiss envoy in Tehran that it expects the U.S. to use its influence to secure their release without any preconditions. Switzerland ...
, arrived in Damascus on a surprise visit on Tuesday for talks with , flew in from Beirut, where he held talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders. within the hour. After the meeting, Jalili was to give a news conference in the , Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said on its website. Iran, Assad's key ...
on Tuesday for previously unscheduled talks expected to focus on and a group of Iranians seized by rebels there, an has stood by its ally Syria despite the growing international pressure on , while Turkey has been among his fiercest critics demanding he stand down to defuse a 17-month uprising ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will pay a snap visit to Turkey late Tuesday for talks on the Syrian crisis, a Turkish diplomat told AFP. wanted to visit Turkey "at his own request," which was conveyed through diplomatic channels late Monday, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of ...
"Iran will not any allow the axis of resistance, of which it considers Syria to be an essential part, to be broken in any way," it quoted , as telling Assad, who faces an armed uprising against his rule. (Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Jon Hemming)
's prime minister began planning his break from the regime two months ago when offered him the post and an ultimatum: Take the job or die. 's carefully executed flight to the rebel side — described by an aide who escaped with him to became the highest-ranking government official to defect, ...
on Thursday for countries having a "realistic position" on He said 10 countries would be participating, but did not identify them. Iran is the main ally of the beleaguered Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, which since March 2011 has been waging a battle against an increasingly armed ...
A bomb blast rocked Syrian state television headquarters in the heart of Damascus wounding several people on Monday just two days after the army said it had seized the last rebel-held area of the capital. , the army bombarded a string of rebel neighbourhoods after government security officials ...
's prime minister defected on Monday, evidence that the widening cracks in President Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelons of — who planned the break for months, according to an aide — is the highest-level political figure to switch sides and is certain to encourage rebels ...
's prime minister defected and fled to neighboring , a Jordanian official and a rebel spokesman said Monday, evidence that the cracks in President Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelons of defected to Jordan along with three other ministers. A Jordanian government official ...
Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab, a Sunni in Bashar al-Assad's Alawite-dominated government, is among the highest profile defectors to the opposition./ has defected to the opposition seeking to overthrow said on Monday, marking one of the highest profile desertions from the said Hijab had been ...
's prime minister defected on Monday, evidence that the widening cracks in President Bashar's Assad's regime have reached the highest echelons of — who planned the break for months, according to an aide — is the highest-level political figure to switch sides and is certain to encourage rebels ...
The Iranian Supreme National Security Council secretary said during a quick trip to Damascus on Tuesday outsiders are trying to impose a government on Syria. met with President Bashar Assad and expressed Iran's support, Mehr News Agency reported. He said Iran will provide humanitarian aid for ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance on state TV in nearly three weeks Tuesday in a show of solidarity with a senior Iranian envoy even as the U.S. secretary of state urged stepped up international planning for the regime's collapse. The contrasts couldn't have ...
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad held unannounced talks with a top envoy from closest ally Iran on Tuesday as his troops engaged rebels in fierce fighting in key battleground city Aleppo./ Saeed Jalili, a top aide to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, went straight into his meeting ...
said on Tuesday that it was holding the United States responsible for the lives of 48 of its citizens taken hostage in Syria, following an unconfirmed report by a Syrian rebel group that three of them had been killed by shelling. The foreign ministry, which transmitted its message through the ...
Saeed Jalili, pictured in May, a top aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, arrived in Damascus on a surprise visit on Tuesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian state television reported/ Saeed Jalili, a top aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held unannounced talks with a top envoy from closest ally Iran on Tuesday, as his troops engaged rebels in fierce fighting in key battleground city Aleppo, and Syrian rebels said they were running low on ammunition because Assad's troops encircled their ...
More than six months into the devastating Gaza war, its impact on the Israeli and Palestinian economies has been huge./ Nearly all economic activity in Gaza has been wiped out and the World Bank says the war has also hit Palestinian businesses in the occupied West Bank hard./ As Israelis mark ...
Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A photographer who worked for the hip-hop star said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was ...
HELENA, Ga. (AP) — Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver's licenses, credit cards and other items ...
A man killed his wife and three of his children in an apparent murder-suicide mass shooting at a home in Oklahoma, according to police. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. Jonathon Candy, 42, ...
Donald Trump CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images/ This is the second week of former president Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Manhattan for allegedly engaging in a hush-money scheme to conceal his sexual encounter with adult film actress . (Legal scholar Norman Eisen has more ...
A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency./ But the independent review also said that Israel had failed to back up a claim that many of the agency's staff belonged to terror groups./ Some of ...
An Uber driver from Southern California is looking to spread the word on the potential risks associated with being a rideshare driver after he was violently assaulted by a passenger over the weekend. that he comes to the L.A. area from his home in the Antelope Valley on the weekends since there ...
Donald Trump won’t be getting his way in his New York hush money trial—at least, not without consequences. Presiding Judge Juan Merchan decided Monday that prosecutors can cross-examine the former president on prior judgements and gag order violations. This is only relevant if Trump takes the ...
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only chance to survive might be to lose his arm. The alligator had fixed his jaws around Georgitis' arm and after he tried to escape by stabbing it with ...
A premature baby was saved when doctors performed an emergency caesarean in Rafah, after the city was hit by Israeli air strikes on Saturday night. Her mother, Sabreen, could not be saved, and died along with the baby's father and sister. Medics said the baby was born in respiratory distress and ...