Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed Thursday his country's support for Syria in a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
Syria's Foreign Ministry on Thursday complained to the UN about the rebels' escalating mortar attacks against Syrian cities, urging it to hold accountable the countries that support the armed rebels.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said Wednesday that the Syrian government will attend the Geneva II conference on Syria and will be open to all ideas.
A leading Syrian Kurdish figure stressed Tuesday that the Kurds have no intention to establish an independent political entity, or Kurdish government, in the Kurdish-dominated areas in Syria.
Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Russia hopes the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition (SNC) could fulfill its promise to participate in the Geneva-II conference.
Syria's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday slammed the recent European Union meeting in Luxembourg, during which the EU ministers condemned the Syrian government for "unprecedented use of force and systematic violations of human rights."
A meeting of the "core" of the Friends of Syria has attempted to revise all key provisions of the Geneva communique adopted on June 30, 2012, and to distort the shape of the future Geneva-II conference, Moscow said Wednesday.
UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Monday held talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad about the Syrian crisis, expecting an international conference on Syria to be held at the end of November.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi stressed his country's readiness to take part in the planned Geneva II conference without preconditions, but made it clear that the Syrian government will not negotiate with " terrorists or Takfiris," according to the state-run SANA news agency.
Turkish fighter jets Thursday repelled a Syrian warplane and military helicopter after officials spotted the aircraft approaching the border, the Turkish military said in a statement.
Turkey will not help al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels launch attacks against the Syrian regime, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday.
Moscow is satisfied with the prompt start of Syria's chemical weapons disarmament, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Russia is ready to safeguard the sites for destroying Syrian chemical arsenals, a senior diplomat said Thursday.
Thirteen Syrian Islamist rebel factions, including al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, said in a statement Wednesday that they reject the leadership of exiled Syrian National Coalition (SNC), calling instead on all the opposition forces to unite under an Islamic umbrella.
Only political and diplomatic methods could settle the crisis in Syria and stabilize the situation in the region as a whole, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Despite overrunning many areas of Syria, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) received a blow from its former main ally al-Qaeda, forcing the political opposition to reconsider its attitudes and agree to take part in negotiations with the Syrian government to reach a solution to the Syrian crisis.
It is a "positive development" that initial efforts to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control are moving ahead on schedule, a former UN weapons inspector said Sunday.
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