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US lawmakers forbade Pentagon to deal with Russian firm
US lawmakers have introduced a legislation to end Pentagon’s arms contracts with the Russian major defense firm Rosoboronexport. The lawmakers claim the company sells arms to Syria. Iranian Press TV writes about this. 407 lawmakers have adopted the amendment in the House of Representatives on Thursday. It was attached to the 2013 defense spending bill but has to wait for...
Reuters: Syrian Presidential residence is attacked
The situation in Syrian capital Damascus becomes more and more strained. As the Reuters writes Syrian rebels kept up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. According to the residents the sight of the presidential palace and near government headquarters are attacked. An official source said the president, who has made no statement or public appearance since Wednesday's stunning...
Iran, Russia, Venezuela condemn the terroristic acts in Syria
The world concentration is on Syria. After the yesterday’s blast when the high-level officials were killed the situation becomes more and more strained. As the Guardia writes mass defections of soldiers and a rampage by pro-regime militiamen were reported in the capital amid a swirl of rumors, including one that Assad's wife, Asma, had fled to Russia and another that tro...
More officials are announced to be killed and wounded in Syria
As Times.am has already informed referring to the world media Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha was killed in the bombing at the headquarters of the National Security Bureau on Wednesday. As Iranian Press TV informs Syria’s deputy defense minister Assef Shawkat and security Chief General Hisham Ikhtiyar have also been killed in a bomb attack on a security building in...
Blast in Syria: Syrian Minister of Defense is killed
Syria's defense minister, Dawood Rajiha, was killed today, Wednesday, in a suicide bombing at a national security building in Damascus. CNN writes about this referring to the state-run media. The bombing took place during a meeting of ministers and security officials, state-run TV said. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said initial reports indicate a car bom...
China and Russia will oppose the UN resolution against Syria
Russia and China will veto a Western-backed UN Security Council draft resolution that calls for sanctions against Syria. Iranian Press TV reports about this. The 15 members of the UN Security Council are scheduled to meet later on Wednesday to vote on the draft that proposes sanctions against Damascus under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows for sanctions ranging from e...
ICRC says war is going on in Syria
The fighting in Syria has reached the capital of Damascus Sunday. As cbsnews.com writes street fighting is taking place in the capital of Syria. The bloody uprising has gone on for 16 months and has claimed more than 10,000 lives. Now, the International Committee of the Red Cross is calling it a civil war, which could have significant repercussions for the future of the confli...
Salehi: Iran is ready to be mediator between Syrian opposition and Government
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Sunday that Tehran is ready to host Syrian opposition groups to help prepare grounds for talks with the Syrian government. Iranian IRNA informs about this.  Salehi underlined that Iran is ready to hold a meeting with Syrian opposition groups in Tehran to help resolve the issue through mutual talks with the ...
Erdogan will visit Russia: Syrian issue is the main topic of discussions
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will leave for Russia next Wednesday to discuss the developments in Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkish Hurriyet Daily News writes about this referring to the PM’s office. "Significant regional and international developments led by Syria are on the table to be discussed thoroughly during Erdogan's visit”,...
Annan announces Assad discusses the possibility of transition, Iran claims political solution for Sy...
Iran continues expressing troubles towards the situation in Syria. As Iranian ambassador to Damascus said the Syrian crisis needs a political solution, warning that any measure contrary to such trend would further complicate the situation in the country.Iranian Press TV informs about this. Mohammad-Reza Raouf Sheibani made the remarks in a meeting with Syrian Minister for Nati...
Russia offers new plan on Syria
Syrian issue remains unsettled and world forces continue offers and discussions to find a way. As Iranian Press TV writes Russia has proposed to the UN Security Council a resolution on Syria. This resolution includes no threat of sanctions against Damascus. Russian Deputy UN Ambassador Igor Pankin said on Tuesday that the draft resolution had been sent to the 14 other members ...
K. Annan is in Iran: he discusses the situation in Syria
The UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has arrived in Tehran, Iran to hold talks with senior officials of the country about the latest developments in Syria. Iranian Press TV informs about this. Before this visit Annan has also been in Syria where he held negotiations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "I just had a positive and constructive discussion wit...
Bodies of Turkish pilots of the jet are found
Bodies of two Turkish pilots of a jet downed by Syria are found in the Mediterraneasn Sea by the search and rescue teams. Hurriyet Daily News writes about this.  Pilot Cpt. Gökhan Ertan and pilot Lt. Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy had been missing since their RF-4 plane was shot down by Syria on June 22, according to the source. The Turkish Army altered its rules of engag...
Syrian President directly condemned Turkish authorities
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has announced that Turkey supports terrorists who commit atrocities against the people in Syria. “Turkey has supplied all logistic support to the terrorists who have killed our people,” Assad said in an interview with the Turkish Cumhuriyet daily. Press TV informs about this. “Turkey’s desire to interfere in Syria&rsquo...
Anders F. Rasmussen: “The right response to Syrian crisis remains a political response”
Discussions and announcements on Syrian issue are continued by the international officials and diplomats. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen referred to Syrian crisis and as AFP informs Rasmussen called on the international community to enforce a political solution in Syria while reiterating there would be no military intervention. "The right response to this crisis remains a p...
The next round of the Iranian nuclear program talks takes place in Istanbul
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) are beginning an expert-level round of talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Iranian Press TV informs about this. Iran and the P5+1 - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany - agreed to hold the expert-level meeting during their negotiations in the Russian capital of M...
S. Lavrov: Geneva statement places no preconditions on the political process or national dialogue
On 30 June 2012, the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, the Foreign Ministers of China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Turkey, Iraq (Chair of the Summit of the League of Arab States), Kuwait (Chairof the Council of Foreign Ministers of the League of Arab States) and Qatar (Chair of the Arab Follow-up Committee...
Geneva meeting on Syria starts today
Today a meeting on Syrian issue will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. World media writes about this. Members of the UN Security Council, Turkey, Iraq and Qatar will participate in the meeting. During the meeting the sides will discuss UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan’s offer on Syrian crisis.Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad announced before that his country ...
Iranian official discussed Syrian issue with UN envoy
UN Secretary General special envoy in Syria affairs Kofi Annan talked over phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi about Syrian crisis. Iranian IRNA writes about this. Annan discussed Syrian crisis in details with Salehi over telephone. Today, On june 30, a meeting is to be held in Geneva , Switzerland, on Syria crisis.
S. Manukyan: Western forces are not ready for the serious military actions in Syria
There is a concrete Western program today which aims to remove Bashar al-Assad from the authority and to redecorate the geopolitical map of the Middle East by settling Syrian issue. These actions aim to reduce the dangers coming from Iran. Expert on Arabia, deputy director of Armenian Genocide Institute-Museum Suren Manukyan announced about this during the press-conference toda...
Turkish troops are approaching to the border with Syria
The situation in Syria remains tensed and messed. The world powers are holding discussions on the theme and are trying to offer some solutions. UN SC countries, Turkey, Qatar and Iraq will have discussion on Kofi Annan’s offers on Syria. Russian MFA Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary General Hilary Clinton will also speak on this theme on June 29. But before it Turkey uses th...
Iranian officials consider Iran must be involved in Syrian crisis settlement process
Iranian officials continue discussing Syrian issue and making announcements on it. They condemn Western forces and also make some offers how to settle the crisis in their Middle East country. “Some powers do not want to accept Iran’s important role in resolution of regional problems”, Iranian Ambassador to UN Mohammad Khaza'ie said about this on Wednesday in ...
Bashar al-Assad: my country is in war
Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees. Reuters writes about this referring to the Syrian local media. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was at war. The dawn attack on Ikhbariya television's offices, located 20 km (15 miles) south of the capital, as well...
V. Putin is for the Iranian participation in Syrian issue discussion
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he is for the more neighbors’ involvement in Syrian issue settlement process. As gazeta.ru informs Russian President announced about this on the end of his visit to the Middle East. “I consider that as more neighbors are involved in the process as better it will be. Something demands on each neighbor country and each of th...
NATO accepted a statement over the shot Turkish jet by Syria
The North Atlantic Council has met at Turkey's request to hold consultations within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty which states that "the Parties will consult whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any of the Parties is threatened." Official web-site of NATO informs about this. The organiz...
Guardian: Turkey claims another jet is shot by Syria
Turkey continues theme of destroyed jet by Syrian forces. NATO will have a meeting to discuss the issue today, official web-site of the organization informed. As Guardian writes Bülent Arınç, Turkish deputy prime minister, said the rescue plane had been attacked as it flew over the Mediterranean searching for two pilots. The claim undermines Damascus's insistence t...
NATO will discuss issue of the Turkish destroyed military jet by Syrian forces
Western military leaders will meet Tuesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to have a discussion with Turkey over the downing of one of its military jets by Syria. NATO official web-site informs about this.The "consultations" are being held at Turkey's request under Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's founding charter, CNN writes. "Under Article 4, ...
Another soldier with Armenian origin dies in Syria
Another soldier of Armenian origin became victim of Syrian clashes. Jalal Melqon, born in 1992, was from Hasaqa city of Syria and was killed during his military service in Syria. “Armenians of Syria” page on Facebook informs about this. It is known that Jalal was serving at Syrian Homs city. Armenian community has suffered a lot during these 15 months and the clash...
Syria confirmed fact of shooting down Turkish fighter jet
As Syrian SANA news agency confirms that Syria had shot down a Turkish fighter jet, having opened fired on an unidentified target that had entered its airspace. "An unidentified aerial target violated Syrian airspace, coming from the west at a very low altitude and at high speed over territorial waters" in the eastern Mediterranean, a military spokesman told SANA. Anti-aircra...
International politicians consider Iran must participate in negotiations on Syria
International politicians consider that Iran must participate in world discussions about Syria. Iranian IRNA writes about this.According to the source deputy Secretary General of Arab League Ahmed Ben Helli said on Friday, as an important player in the region, Iran must participate in International Meeting of Syria in Geneva on June 30. Saying Annan’s plan for Syria is d...
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