Russia-Syria

Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, said on Monday that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad controls no more than 40 per cent of Syrian, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. In...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has revealed that Russia's promised S-300 missile batteries have already arrived in his country. Lebanese media reports claim that Assad added that he will not...

A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Syria has warned that the Geneva conference aims to "extract concessions" from the rebels and "legitimise the Assad regime". Zuhair Salem called on...

The Latakia Rebels' military council is reporting that the first ship has departed from the Russian fleet located in the Tartus port. In a brief statement issue today, the...

Israel will be able to judge whether the Syrian regime has complied with the US-Russian agreement on putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control, the Chairman of the Foreign...

The government of Syria has presented an outline of its chemical weapons programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, AP reported on Friday. The organisation's spokesman,...

The Syrian National Council has announced that it will not participate in the Geneva II conference aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Sky News...

Forces within the Syrian opposition have escalated their stance against the Arab and international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, over his insistence that Iran should participate in the Geneva...

The Syrian Information Minister, Omran Al-Zoubi, announced on Monday that President Bashar Al-Assad's regime will not go to the Geneva II Conference "to hand over power" as demanded by...

A St Petersburg-based internet site has claimed that Russian mercenaries are fighting for the Assad regime in Syria under the name of "the Slavic Brigade". If true, this would...

The European Union and Russia have called for an end to support for armed groups in Syria, saying that they endanger regional stability. EU Foreign Ministers demanded on Monday...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deal to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal as a "model" that must be followed when addressing Iran's nuclear programme. In a joint...

Head of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, said that they would not go to Geneva II unless the conditions proposed by the revolution are accepted and the Coalition...

The Syrian Ministry of Education has decided to teach Russian as a second foreign language starting from next year. After learning English as a first foreign language in primary...

After delays due to technical reasons, the first shipment of chemical weapons has left Syria, several media outlets reported on Tuesday. A statement from the Organisation for the Prohibition...

The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria have met in Moscow for discussions about the Syrian conflict ahead of the upcoming Geneva II Conference. Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif and...

Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday to hold an international conference in an effort to end the civil war in Syria. The conference will possibly be at...

Turkey is greatly disappointed by the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and American President Barack Obama in Washington last week. Talk of Syria took up most...

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for Israelis and Palestinians to seize the current chance at peace represented by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. "This may...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...

Two Republican senators have criticised the US-Russian deal to bring Syria's chemical weapons under the control of the international community. John McCain and Lindsey Graham described the agreement reached...

US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mary Harf has said that the US would be more open to Iran's participation in the Geneva II conference if Tehran supported the Geneva...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that he has discussed the possibility of enforcing local ceasefires in Syria with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The question...

The Russian permanent representative at the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has said that giving al-Assad's seat in the Arab League to the Syrian opposition "would not be helpful" to a...

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday morning that Russia sent 12 warships on naval tours near its naval base in Syria. American and European officials described the move...

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that Russia will not cancel its plans to provide Syria with an air defence system despite Western opposition. Sergei Ryabkov insisted that...

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that Moscow is opposed to the deployment of weapons to countries neighbouring Syria. Alexander Lukashevich made his comments following the...

An American source in the Pentagon has said US intelligence services believe that there are three Russian warships in the Mediterranean on their way to hand over weapons to...

As tripartite US, UN and Russian discussions in Geneva about Syria ended Tuesday, deputy Russian Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that no time was set for the Geneva meeting....

Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to buy arms worth up to $15 billion from Russia, and provided a raft of economic and political concessions to the Kremlin – all...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia and Syria are calling for the US to concentrate its efforts on holding a peace conference, urging the US...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius wants those who used chemical weapons in Syria to be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC), not to be left without punishment. In...