TEHRAN, oct 12_Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will not stop its military operation against Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria “no matter what anyone says”, a day after he vowed to flood Europe with millions of refugees if the European Union brands the offensive an invasion.
TEHRAN, oct 11_Russian and the United States have used their veto power at the United Nations Security Council to vote down a European statement against Turkey's invasion of northern Syria.
TEHRAN, oct 10_Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has cancelled his pre-planned trip to the Turkish city of Istanbul after Ankara announced the beginning of its military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria.
TEHRAN, oct 10_Fears are growing that thousands of Daesh terrorists may escape from Syrian jails, as Kurdish prison guards are reportedly leaving their posts to gear up for fighting back the Turkish military that has started an operation against Kurds in northern Syria.
TEHRAN, oct 9_A top Kurdish official says the Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria may open talks with Damascus and Russia, after the United States announced it was withdrawing troops from the area in the wake of Ankara’s looming military operation against Kurdish militants from the People's Protection Units (YPG).
TEHRAN, oct 8_Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Tehran’s opposition to any military operation in Syria, warning Turkey that invading the Syrian territories would cause widespread humanitarian and financial damages.
TEHRAN, oct 8_US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to let Turkey attack Kurdish militants in Syria by withdrawing American forces from the north of the war-ravaged country.
TEHRAN, Sept 29_State broadcaster TRT Haber says Turkey plans to build towns within the so-called safe zone in northeast Syria, raising fears that Ankara might be carving out a patch of land in the Arab country for itself.
TEHRAN, Sept 22-Syrian government forces have captured and dismantled an unmanned aerial vehicle rigged with cluster bombs near the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
TEHRAN, Sept 21-Russia has reportedly prevented another Israeli airstrike in Syria, helping the Syrian armed forces destroy a drone on its way to attack Damascus.
TEHRAN, Sept 15 -Thousands of Syrians have returned to their hometowns in the country’s northwest after government forces purged the areas of foreign-backed militants.
TEHRAN, Sept 08 -The United States and Turkey have begun joint patrols as part of a plan to create a “safe zone” in the Arab country’s northeast aimed at decreasing Ankara’s tensions with Washington-backed Kurdish militants there.
TEHRAN, Sept 01 -The United States has carried out a number of airstrikes in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, where Russia monitors de-escalation efforts, prompting a note of protest from Moscow.
TEHRAN, August 29 - Syria’s permanent envoy to UN said that the only way to end the Syrian peoples’ sufferings is that some countries extract their mercenaries from Syria.
TEHRAN, August 25- Syrian army’s air defense systems have intercepted Israeli missiles flying above Damascus before they could inflict damage on targets in the capital city.
TEHRAN, August 21 - Turkey and the United States have agreed to launch the first phase of putting in place a safe zone in northern Syria after months of dispute over the depth of the zone and who would control it.
TEHRAN, August 19 - A Turkish convoy carrying munitions have entered northwest Syria to help Takfiri militants who are losing territory amid a government advance.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Iranian and Chinese diplomatic delegations conferred on the latest developments in Syria, and stressed protection of the Arab country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the wake of a US plan to create a so-called safe zone in northeast Syria.