A back and forth exchange at the latest UN meeting discussing alleged use of chemical weapons as the UN and the OPCW continue efforts to pressure the Syrian Arab Republic with allegations devoid of substantial evidence.
Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Bashar al-Jaafari says terrorist organizations and militants of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is supported by the United States, continue to commit crimes in the Arab country.
Thursday, 07 January 2021_Huge crowds from Damascus countryside flocked to mark the first martyrdom anniversary of Iran's top commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.
Wednesday, 30 December 2020_Syria says the country’s air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression on the capital Damascus amid an upsurge in Israeli attacks on the Arab country.
Thursday, 17 December 2020_Syria’s deputy foreign minister has strongly criticized certain Western countries for turning the UN Security Council into a tool to serve their political agendas, saying those countries have been seeking to foment the crisis in his country.
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 _Syrian media say Israel has launched fresh airstrikes on several positions in southern Syria and outside the capital, Damascus, the second such attack in a week.
Wednesday, 18 November 2020_Syrian media say the country’s air defenses have confronted an Israeli aggression over the capital Damascus, also reporting a number of casualties.
Wednesday, 22 July 2020_Israeli media say the occupied territories are overwhelmed by "fear and alertness” about the possibility of a retaliatory attack by Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement after the popular organization announced the martyrdom of one of its members in a recent Israeli aggression on the Syrian soil.
Wednesday, 01 July _Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has denounced as inhumane the US sanctions against Syria amid the war-torn country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic, while pledging Tehran’s unwavering support for Damascus.
Tehran, 11 May_Holy masses resumed after two months in Damascus on Sunday, with dozens of worshipers joining the religious services at the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of “hostile” missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad as well as his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem during a visit to Damascus.
Tehran 14 February _The Syrian parliament has overwhelmingly recognized the mass killings of more than one million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire that took place a century ago, as tensions run high between Damascus and Ankara over the latter’s military campaign in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib.
Tehran 6 February _Syrian air defense forces have intercepted several missiles launched from the occupied Golan Heights, according to Syrian state media.
TEHRAN, Nov 24_Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja'afari says the United States has been occupying the country's oil fields and looting its resources as the UN remains silent on Washington's act of theft.
TEHRAN, August 29 -The 61st Syrian International Trade Fair with the slogan "From Syria to the World” began today with the participation of over 500 companies from 38 countries in the suburb of Damascus and is scheduled to be open until September 5.
TEHRAN, Apr 19 - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad praised Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s recent visit to Damascus as “very successful” and said it indicated the two countries’ common stances on the threats posed against the Middle East region.
TEHRAN, Apr 11 - A Syrian official says Damascus reserves the right to re-establish control over the Golan Heights, which the Israeli regime has been occupying for more than half a century, stating that a military option to regain the area could not be ruled out.
TEHRAN, Jan 26 -The Syrian government has strongly dismissed recent remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concerning a 1998 agreement between Ankara and Damascus, saying Turkey has been breaching the pact by supporting “terrorism” and occupying Syrian territory since 2011.
TEHRAN, Jan 20 - Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported an explosion occurred on the highway in a suburb of Damascus.
"Explosion heard around the southern highway in Damascus area, first reports suggest a terrorist act," SANA reports.