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 ...
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The first grand opera to be produced in Saudi Arabia has had its opening performance in Riyadh - part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's massively ambitious plans to shift the kingdom into a new era, economically and socially./ Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with ...
A baby rescued from her dying mother's womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned./ Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday./ Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a ...
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A brawl involving three people on a busy Los Angeles freeway was captured on video earlier this week and shared with KTLA. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. Tuesday on the 10 Freeway near Normandie Avenue in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to “I was stuck in traffic and came upon a ...
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)/ NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned ’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with ...
The CCTV footage shown at the domestic abuse trial was disturbing: The defendant is seen dragging his wife by her hair, and then punching and kicking her. Hours after it was recorded, she died of brain trauma. The trial of businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Kazakhstan's former economy minister, in ...
In interviews with investigators last year, former aides and national security officials who were close to Trump in the White House described a president who could erupt in anger when presented with intelligence he didn't want to hear, who routinely reviewed and stored classified information in ...
Bettersten Wade speaks to the attendees of her son Dexter Wade's funeral service in Jackson, Miss. Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Looking on are the Rev. Al Sharpton, right, who delivered the eulogy, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, background, and one of her son's daughters, Jaselyn Thomas. Bettersten ...
A mother will search anywhere for her missing child. And while she has the strength, she will never stop./ For four days Kareema Elras has moved through the noise, dust and overpowering stench of the mass graves at Nasser hospital./ She is the mother of 21-year-old Ahmed, who was killed on 25 ...