BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The offensive that began before dawn expands on over a week of ...
A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard holds a poster of Gen. Hossein Hamedani during his funeral ceremony in Tehran. (AP)/ Hundreds of Iranian troops are reportedly being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran’s involvement in the civil war as they join ...
The arrival of the troops may fuel the country's bloody civil war./ Credit: Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda/ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian army rocket launchers fire near the village of Morek in Syria./ BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria in the first ...
Fighting was also reported on the ground in the northern city of Aleppo, where jihadists from the Islamic State group were advancing against rebels. Talks by videoconference Wednesday came after US and Russian planes passed within kilometres (miles) of each other at the weekend. Russia's air ...
Joining Hezbollah fighters in an offensive against Syria's anti-Assad rebels, Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria under the cover of Russian air power./ Alaeddin Boroujerdi (right), Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, ...
Iranian men carry portraits of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani during his funeral in Tehran on October 11, 2015 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that two of its senior officers have been killed in Syria, just days ...
The United States and Russia were to hold new talks Wednesday on avoiding incidents in the skies of Syria, as regime forces launched heavy attacks against rebels near Damascus./ Fighting was also reported in the northern city of Aleppo, where jihadists from the Islamic State group were making ...
A group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard members mourn during the funeral ceremony of Gen. Hossein Hamedani in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Hamedani, a senior commander of the Guard, was killed by ISIS extremists last week near the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to a state TV report./ -- ...
Iran has sent hundreds of fighters to Syria over the past few days, a regional official and Syrian activists claim. The Iranian and Hezbollah fighters, bolstered by Russia’s airstrike campaign, are launching an offensive against militants in those regions. Iranian and Syrian officials have long ...
A delegation of Iranian lawmakers arrived in Damascus on Wednesday in the build-up to a joint operation against insurgents in northwest Syria, and said U.S.-led efforts to fight rebels had failed. The visit, led by the chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy ...
Islamic State militants battled rival insurgent groups on Wednesday north of the city of Aleppo, where officials say the Syrian army is preparing an offensive of its own backed by Iranian soldiers and Russian jets. A rebel fighter and a group monitoring the war said Islamic State fighters took ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Iranian top parliamentarian says his country's cooperation with Russia, Syria and Iraq have proved "successful" in fighting terrorism in the region. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran's parliament, is due to meet ...
Two Iranian military commanders were killed in Syria amid reports that Iran has sent troops to join a planned offensive against insurgents by the Syrian army. Colonel Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, both commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), were ...
Iranians follow a vehicle carrying the coffin of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani during his funeral procession in Tehran on Oct. 11./ Iran's Revolutionary Guards back new offensive by Syrian chief/ Russia provides air support as 4 1/2-year war enters new phase/ Two ...
A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army's Fajr al-Hurriya Brigades mans a position during battle on a frontline north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on September 25, 2014 (AFP Photo/Baraa al-Halabi)/ Beirut (AFP) - American-made anti-tank missiles are turning the tide against the Syrian regime ...
Moscow said Tuesday it had carried out its most intense day of air raids yet in Syria, as jihadists called for revenge attacks and rockets hit the Russian embassy in Damascus./ With Russia's involvement having an increasingly dramatic effect on Syria's conflict, President Vladimir Putin slammed ...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Insurgents fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital on Tuesday as hundreds of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria./ An Associated Press reporter was outside the embassy when the first ...
A leading Iranian parliamentarian has said his country's cooperation with Russia, Syria, and Iraq hasproved "successful" in fighting terrorism in the region. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran's parliament, was speaking ahead of talks with ...
A delegation of Iranian lawmakers arrived in Damascus on Wednesday in the build-up to a joint operation against insurgents in northwest Syria, and said U.S.-led efforts to fight rebels had failed. The visit, led by the chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy ...
Two senior officers from Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported, ahead of a planned offensive by Syria's army backed by Tehran. Major General Farshad Hasounizadeh and Brigadier Hamid Mokhtarband, commanders in the ...
BEIRUT — Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria in the first such open deployment in the country’s civil war, joining fighters from its Lebanese ally in an offensive against rebels and taking advantage of cover from Russia’s air campaign, a regional official and Syrian ...
Posters of the general with his thin gray beard and forceful gaze lined the streets as mourners gathered outside the sprawling base of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a key pillar of the Islamic Republic. Brig. Gen. Hussein Hamedani, killed in Syria last week during a mission advising ...
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi has dismissed allegations of Iran’s military presence in the Arab country, saying the Islamic Republic only provides military consultations to the Damascus government. There are no Iranian troops fighting in Syria, Zoubi said in an interview with the ...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the US is the only country that can stop Israel from attacking Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million people are taking refuge./ Mr Abbas, who runs parts of the occupied West Bank, said any attack could see Palestinians flee Gaza./ On ...
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News in the Middle East moves fast. One moment it is all about unprecedented missile and drone attacks between Iran and Israel. The next the headlines return to the fighting and suffering in Gaza./ But policymakers, analysts and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of ...
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Crouching in a shallow dip in the field, Moran Stella Yanai knew this time was different./ "I heard 'Coo-coo!' and we raised our heads up - the terrorists were standing [there], smiling," she said. "Everyone started to run, I jumped and broke my leg, and they caught me."/ Warning: This article ...
Om Fahad was sentenced to six months in prison last year for her social media videos (file image)/ Iraqi social media influencer Om Fahad has been shot dead outside her home in Baghdad, according to local media reports./ The attack happened in the capital's eastern Zayne neighbourhood on Friday ...
A crude oil tanker has been damaged in a missile attack off the coast of Yemen - the latest strike to be carried out by the Houthis./ The incident happened roughly 15 nautical miles south-west of the Yemeni city of Mocha./ British maritime security agency UKMTO reported that the Panama-flagged ...
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