Syria

Putin hails ‘huge’ progress in talks with Syria’s Assad

9:00 pm January 7, 2020

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said enormous progress had been made in Syria as he met on Tuesday with President Bashar al-Assad on a surprise visit to Damascus, Russian news agencies reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the agencies that in talks with Assad, Putin had underlined “that a huge distance has been travelled towards […]

Iranians mass for funeral in hometown of general killed by US

2:09 pm January 7, 2020

Kerman: Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq. The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign arm appeared to match the huge turnout […]

Merkel to meet Putin in Moscow for talks on Mideast crises

9:24 pm January 6, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Moscow on Saturday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere, officials said Monday. Merkel and Putin will discuss “current international questions,” said Steffen Seibert, the chancellor’s spokesman. Those will include Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ukraine and bilateral ties. […]

US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

Soleimani killing ‘irreparable blow’ for Tehran: exiled opposition

7:39 pm January 3, 2020

Paris: The killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a US strike is an “irreparable blow” for Iran’s Islamic regime, the leader of a Paris-based exiled opposition group said Friday. Soleimani was killed earlier Friday in a strike at Baghdad’s international airport, prompting Tehran to vow “revenge” and dramatically upping the stakes in bitter […]

Russia denounces US air strikes, Hezbollah attacks in Iraq

11:22 pm December 30, 2019

Moscow: Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday called the “exchange of strikes” between Hezbollah and US forces in Iraq “unacceptable”, and called for restraint from both sides. “We consider such actions unacceptable and counterproductive. We call upon all parties to refrain from further actions that could sharply destabilise the military-political situation in Iraq, Syria, and the […]