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Russia has renewed its pressure on Turkey at the UN Security Council with its Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Vladmir Safronkov claiming that Ankara is building an “illegal wall” on Syrian territory. He said this will “undermine efforts to Read more
Speaking at the Oslo Forum in Norway, US Secretary of State John Kerry called on the allies of President Assad to exert more pressure in order to have a durable ceasefire agreement and delivery of aid in Syria. “Russia needs Read more
“We have seen this all a couple of years ago and know the Security Council decision was used in the exact opposite way than was stated in the document,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, told the Russian news agency Read more
President Bashar al-Assad addressed the Syrian parliament on Tuesday vowing that the war against terrorism will be carried on until it is uprooted and that they will liberate every inch” of the country like they have done in Palmrya. He Read more
A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavorv and the President of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister, focused on various topical regional issues, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, and discussed Read more
Morocco and China have signed on Wednesday a joint statement establishing strategic partnership between the two countries and King Mohammed VI who is on an official to Peking announced his decision to abolish visas for Chinese nationals as of June Read more
Al-Qaeda network’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on its Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front to continue fighting for the establishment of an Islamic State in Syria. In a new audio tape, believed to have been released by al-Qaeda, al-Zawahiri urged the Read more
Russian special security forces have foiled terror attacks targeting street celebrations on May 9, reports say. Federal Security Service (FSB) said they have arrested a group of alleged terrorists from Central Asian countries who were planning attacks in Moscow on Read more
The bombardment of Aleppo will continue after a partial ceasefire agreed upon on Friday evening excluded it from the areas covered. Russia, Assad’s main ally, has stressed that it supports the bombardment of the city by Damascus following a request Read more
The Syrian talks in Geneva that had been ongoing for two weeks ended with the UN special Envoy Staffan de Mistura releasing a seven-page document highlighting that although the rival parties have common grounds, there continues to be differences in Read more