DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's foreign minister warned Saturday that Saudi or other foreign troops entering his country would "return home in wooden coffins" and asserted that recent military advances put his government "on track" to end the five-year-old civil war./ Walid al-Moallem's comments ...
Thousands of Syrians braved the cold and rain Saturday at the Turkish border after fleeing a Russian-backed regime assault on Aleppo in northern Syria that threatens a fresh humanitarian disaster./ Syria's government, meanwhile, warned that any foreign soldiers who enter the country would go ...
Saudi Arabia's fresh public willingness to send ground troops into is drawing ridicule from the kingdom's chief regional rival./ The commander of Iran's revolutionary guard on Saturday mocked Saudi Arabia's declaration that it is prepared to commit ground troops to fight ISIS in war-torn Syria. ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Latest on the fighting in Syria, where government forces are waging a massive offensive around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's largest. (all times local):/ Iran has held a funeral for six soldiers, including a senior Revolutionary Guard commander, who ...
Saudi Arabia wouldn't dare send ground troops to war-torn Syria, the chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Saturday, after Riyadh opened up the possibility of such a deployment./ The Sunni-ruled kingdom, Iran's regional rival, has said it could "contribute positively" if the US-led ...
Syria's government warned Saturday that its forces would resist any foreign ground intervention after reports that Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which both support rebel forces, could send in troops. "Any ground intervention on Syrian territory without government authorisation would amount to an ...
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives to take part in a EU foreign ministers meeting in Amsterdam, on February 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand)/ Amsterdam (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday his country would keep its "open border policy" for refugees, ...
Iran's Revolutionary guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari speaks during a conference to mark the martyrs of terrorism in Tehran September 6, 2011./ The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday Saudi Arabia lacked the courage to go through with a plan to send ground troops to ...
With rebel forces facing the prospect of a crushing defeat by Syria's Russian-backed regime, their allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey may send in limited numbers of ground troops, analysts say./ Riyadh on Thursday left open the possibility of deploying soldiers, saying it would "contribute ...
Saudi Arabia announced Thursday their willingness to commit ground troops to the fight against Islamic State in Syria. Rumors suggest Turkey will follow suit. Why the escalation?/ Saudi Arabia has announced its willingness to commit ground forces to the conflict in Syria, while Russia has ...
Syria's mainstream rebels risk total collapse after a Russian-backed regime advance that severed their main supply line to Aleppo city and threatens to leave them completely besieged there./ Analysts said rebels and their international backers were left with few options to prevent fresh ...
Syria will resist any ground incursion into its territory and send the aggressors home "in coffins", its foreign minister said on Saturday, in comments clearly aimed at Sunni Arab countries that have said they were ready to join such an operation. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem also told a ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrians rushed toward the Turkish border Friday, fleeing a fierce government offensive and intense Russian airstrikes near Syria's largest city of Aleppo./ Turkey, an ally of the Syrian opposition, promised humanitarian help for the displaced civilians, including food ...
Iranian media reported on February 5 that Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier-General Mohsen Ghajarian was killed in fighting in Syria, along with six Basij militia volunteers. The news agencies said the deaths occurred in the northern province of Aleppo, where the Syrian government, backed by ...
The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday Saudi Arabia lacked the courage to go through with a plan to send ground troops to Syria, and warned they would be wiped out if they went in. Mohammad Ali Jafari's blunt words on the Fars news agency were Iran's first official ...
GENEVA (AP) — The main Syrian opposition group is unlikely to return to Geneva to take part in indirect peace talks because of Syria and Russia's "arrogant" and "merciless" bombardment campaign, the opposition's chief negotiator said./ Mohammed Alloush, who represents the powerful Army of Islam ...
Tens of thousands of Syrians fled an intensifying Russian assault around Aleppo on Friday, and aid workers said they feared the city which once held two million people could soon fall under a full government siege. Iran reported one of its generals was killed on the front line assisting ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times Syria local):/ Iran's supreme leader says Iranian forces must fight Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq to prevent the militant organization spreading to Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments, which were reported by Tasnim news agency Friday, ...
Thousands of Syrians were stuck on the Turkish border Friday after fleeing a major regime offensive backed by Russia near Aleppo where a new humanitarian disaster appeared to be unfolding./ Tens of thousands of civilians are reported to have joined the exodus after fierce fighting by advancing ...
BEIRUT/MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it suspected Turkey was preparing a military incursion into Syria, as a Syrian army source said Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces with Russian air support. Turkey in turn accused Moscow of trying to divert attention from ...
known Iranian religious singer recently traveled to war-torn Syria, where he performed for Iranian fighters deployed there to bolster Tehran's regional ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Saeed Haddadian, a popular singer among hard-line segments of Iranian society, said in a February 3 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Talks are under way about a ceasefire and humanitarian access for civilians in the five-year-old Syrian civil war and it will be clear within days whether that is possible, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday./ "The modalities of a ceasefire itself are also ...
A high-ranking member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and six Iranian Basij militia volunteers have been killed in fighting in Syria, semi-official Iranian media said on Friday./ The Islamic Republic says it has military advisers and volunteers in Syria to help President Bashar ...
In this photo provided by Turkey's Islamic aid group of IHH, Syrians fleeing the conflicts in Azaz region, wait at the Bab al-Salam border gate, Syria, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. Turkish officials say thousands of Syrians have massed on the Syrian side of the border seeking refuge in Turkey. ...
The countries which have claimed to be considering on-ground military intervention in Syria should be warned that the “resistance movement” will not stand idle and will give them a harsh response, member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Saleh ...
Iran has no plan on deploying massive military forces in Syria, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced, Feb. 6. “Our policy is not dispatching massive forces to Syria, though there is an enthusiasm and very much willingness among ...
known Iranian religious singer recently traveled to war-torn Syria, where he performed for Iranian fighters deployed there to bolster Tehran's regional ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Saeed Haddadian, a popular singer in conservative segments of Iranian society, said in a February 3 ...
ranking member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and six Iranian Basij militia volunteers have been killed in fighting in Syria, semi-official Iranian media said on Friday. The Islamic Republic says it has military advisers and volunteers in Syria to help President Bashar Al ...
US officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries./ There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian ...
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan was "safe and sound". Residents from the area sent BBC Persian this footage, which shows flashes in the sky. A large ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a ...
Play video Israeli missile strikes Iran from BBC News Channel/ It's nearly two hours since we first heard reports of explosions in Iran. Here's what we know so far:/ Two US officials have confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that an Israeli missile has struck Iran/ We have live rolling ...
Reuters' template to be used in breaking news scenarios/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a ...
has not attended any of his children's high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024./ With one possible exception, Trump has been present at each of his children's high school and college graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and the recollections of other attendees ...
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by ...
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, , and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document ...
The EU has agreed to expand sanctions on Iranian producers of drones and missiles following Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel./ "It's very important to do everything to isolate Iran," European Council President Charles Michel said./ The bloc already has multiple sanctions in place against ...
) — Several students and adults participated in an hours-long walkout from Utah’s on Sunday with an initial target of 500 signatures — a number of signatures that was reached by Wednesday, prompting the goal to increase to 1,000 signatures./ The description for the petition says that the ...