- Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed on all four safe zones in Syria, including on the Idlib de-escalation area, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry confirmed after a joint statement on Friday, Sputnik reported. The three sides discussed details of the agreement at meetings in Astana, the capital of ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Damascus (AFP Photo/Handout)/ Moscow (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomed Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to Damascus on Tuesday as Syrian forces supported by the Russian army prepare to ...
A former Iranian Member of Parliament has said the fact that Syria has not fallen so far is because of Iran's support. "Iran’s support for Syria has been the reason why Syria has not fallen so far. When the Syrian president, after a city in Syria has been freed from Daesh (Islamic State, aka IS, ...
- Negotiators from the three countries sponsoring Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, say they have reached an agreement to set up de-escalation zones in Syria for six months. The negotiators from Russia, Turkey, and Iran said in a joint statement on September 15 that the zones would ...
This file picture shows a general view of the sixth round of the Syria talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana on September 15, 2017. (By AFP)/ Russia, Iran, and Turkey, which together act as guarantor states in peace talks for Syria, have agreed on the details of a “de-escalation zone” in the ...
This handout picture released by Syria's official SANA news agency shows President Bashar al-Assad attending a cabinet meeting in Damascus on June 20, 2017. (Via AFP)/ Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, thanking him ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Russia's Black Sea resort town of Sochi on September 13. The Kremlin press service confirmed the meeting but did not release details of the discussions. Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...
The UN said an expanded Israeli offensive would "inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed" in Gaza/ A senior Hamas official has said the armed group is not interested in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal while Israel continues what he called its "starvation ...
I ran from the White House briefing room, past the portico entrance of the West Wing to our camera position on the lawn, and flung on an ear piece connecting me to the studio. A moment later the presenter asked me about the comments we had just heard live from US President Donald Trump. I said ...