ISLAMABAD - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Damascus government will respond through all legitimate means available to the ongoing ground offensive by Turkish soldiers and allied Takfiri militants against Kurdish forces in the northern part of the war-battered Arab country. During a ...

Iran has expressed willingness to help Syria with its reconstruction plans and restore stability to the war-ravaged country. This was stated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran. Rouhani said Tehran will also help Damascus with the ...

The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years. Government spokesman in a televised statement said the national flag was raised in Manbij, which lies about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish border. The announcement came moments after the Kurds, left exposed ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held a meeting with representatives of Russia’s foreign and defense ministries in Damascus and discuss situation in Syria. Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement today, that during the meeting, they discussed development of situation in Syria and ...

Golan Heights: Closed for years due to the civil war, Syria reopened a vital border post with Jordan as well as a crossing into the Israeli-controlled Golan, as President Bashar al-Assad's regime bolsters its control after sweeping advances against rebels. Two white jeeps crossed into ...

Washington: US President Donald Trump denied Wednesday having discussed wanting to kill Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. "That was never even contemplated," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he met with the emir of ...

Washington: The United States warned Syria it will respond "swiftly and appropriately" if it uses chemical weapons against its people. The warning came amid signs that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was preparing an offensive in Idlib province that the United Nations has said poses the threat of ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to recklessly attack Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province as hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Trump wrote in a tweet, said that the Russians and Iranians would be ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. "The only problem left in Syria is the SDF," Assad told Russia Today in an interview aired Thursday, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

Moscow: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed Russian role in recent victories against rival forces and terrorist groups in the country. Speaking with Russia's envoy in Damascus, President Assad said Russian people and leaders are partners in these victories, which will not stop until last ...