The Syrian border guards have confiscated a large weapon shipment and ammunition, including missiles, in a Syrian town on the Syrian-Lebanese borders, state-run TV said Monday.
The UN Security Council on Monday stressed that the only sustainable solution to the current crisis in Syria is through an inclusive and Syrian-led political process.
The visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday discussed with President Bashar al-Assad ways to solve the Syrian crisis, the state news agency SANA reported.
At least 39 Syrian military personnel were killed during raging battles with the Islamic State (IS) group at a besieged northern airbase, a monitor group reported Wednesday.
The long-stalemated Syrian crisis is now witnessing a flurry of diplomatic talks and marathon meetings that could usher in a political solution, in what appeared to be the first positive repercussions of the Iranian nuclear deal on Syria, analysts say.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Wednesday urged political and diplomatic efforts as the "only means to solve the Syrian crisis."
Kremlin denounced Monday the U.S. attempts to provide air cover for Syrian rebels, indicating it will ultimately destabilize the country's situation.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Thursday that his country supports the recently-proposed Russian initiative on forming a regional alliance to battle the rampant terrorism in the region, according to the state news agency SANA.
U.S. defense chief said Tuesday that execution of the U.S. strategy against the extremist group, the Islamic State, fell short of expectation.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi on Wednesday denied reports about the presence of Iranian forces fighting on Syrian soil, according to the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV.
Some 3660 Syrian refugees fleeing clashes between Islamic State (IS) militant group and the Syrian Kurdish fighters have swarmed into Turkey over the past three days, private Dogan News Agency reported on Saturday.
Syrian forces and allied fighters dislodged the Islamic State (IS) militants from areas they stormed in the northern city of Hasaka, the state news agency SANA reported Sunday.
Iranian top officials reiterated on Tuesday the country's unwavering support to Syria which has been the hotbed of political dissension and armed conflicts over the past four years.
Hussein Dandashi, a nine-year old Syrian refugee, was waiting outside a school in a poor district in Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli for pupils to finish their school day to play soccer with them.
Syria's pro-government National Defense Forces (NDF) withdrew Wednesday from the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria following large-scale offensive by the Islamic State (IS) group, according to the state-run Al-Ekhhariya TV reported.
The Islamic State (IS) militants executed at least 26 people near the city of Palmyra of Homs Governorate in Syria, a monitor group said on Thursday.
The battles in a Syrian mountainous range near the Lebanese borders are intensifying amid a progress made by the Syrian government troops and the Lebanese Hezbollah group, a source familiar with the situation told Xinhua on Monday.
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