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Israel Thursday claimed it turned to ashes most Iran’s military infrastructure sites in Syria and promised greater military response if the Islamic Republic increases its attacks on the Jewish state. Israel response came after Israel defense forces said that Iran Read more
Riyadh has announced the possibility of sending troops to Syria, making it the second battleground the kingdom will be engaged in after Yemen, as the White House is seeking to withdraw from the Middle Eastern war-torn country. Foreign Minister Adel Read more
Iran’s top leadership Tuesday vowed to avenge the death of seven of its military advisers in Syria in Israeli airstrikes on a military base deemed a drone factory used by Iran. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s foreign policy advisor Ali Read more
The Israeli army Sunday admitted that its fighter jet F-16, which crashed near the Jezreel valley, was hit by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile. The F-16 was downed in response to an Israeli raid, targeting Iranian military entrenchments in the civil Read more
Iraqi militia groups fighting on the side of national army to quash the Islamic State group (IS) said Thursday they will return weapons they use to the Iraqi army as US and Saudi Arabia worry the groups might be used Read more
Saudi Arabia will host a meeting bringing together leaders of the Syrian opposition with a view to unifying ranks ahead of the direct negotiations in Geneva under the auspices of the UN. The meeting scheduled on November 22-24 will take Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the US and Russia should withdraw their troops from Syria in keeping with their belief that “no military solution” was possible in the war-torn country. “If a military solution [in Syria] is out Read more
Saudi Arabia has decided to open a Public Relations office in Moscow to be tasked with improving its image in the large soviet country. The office to open its doors by the end of January 2018 will boost cultural exchanges Read more
Seasoned war crimes investigator Carla Del Ponte Monday told the UN human rights council that she decided to resign from the Commission of Inquiry because of an unacceptable impunity enjoyed by warring factions in the Syrian conflict. The former ex-Yugoslavia Read more
The war against President Bashar al-Assad lingering on for more than six years would continue as the UN mediation has failed, Syrian opposition figure, Riyad Hijab, chairman of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said Thursday. Hijab made the comments Read more