Parliamentary delegation meets top Syrian officials

TEHRAN – An Iranian parliamentary delegation left Tehran for the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday to hold talks with senior Syrian officials.

Iran staying in Syria upon Damascus request, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that Iran is staying in Syria upon the Syrian government and people’s request.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian 

Saudi’s new project is to portray Damascus is insecure 

TEHRAN - After the Saudis series of defeat in Syria in the past few years, the regime is trying hard to portray Syria as an insecure country through some Western-Arab media outlets. 

Parliamentary delegation in Syria for talks

TEHRAN – An Iranian parliamentary delegation left Tehran on Sunday morning for Damascus to discuss parliamentary ties with Syrian officials, Mehr reported.

Syria air defences 'confront Israeli missiles' near Damascus

Syrian state media says government air defences have intercepted missiles fired by Israeli fighter jets near the capital, Damascus.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Syria's important message to the Zionists: The end of hit and run era 

TEHRAN - The Israeli military once again attacked the Syrian territory on 30 November 2018. Syria’s official news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying that “Air defense intercepted hostile targets over al-Kiswah and downed them,” and that “the Israeli attack did not achieve its goals.”

Iran to stay in Syria upon Damascus’s request: advisor

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, said on Sunday that Iran will stay in Syria as long as the Syrian government asks for advisory help, Mehr reported.

By Fatemeh Mohammadipour

U.S. withdrawal from JCPOA undermine unification of Western countries: professor

On May 8, 2018 Donald Trump, President of the United States announced withdrawal of U.S. from JCPOA during a speech, with starting unfounded claims against Iran.

Iran: Attack on Syria is against intl. law

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday strongly condemning the U.S.-led attacks on Syria, saying the act is contrary to international law and a violation of Syria’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

By Raad Hadi Jabareh

French recognition of Iran’s Quds Force roles

French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen the right time to make a telephone call to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as the first Western leader to do so since demonstrations and violence broke out in Tehran and several other Iranian cities.

By Saeed Sobhani

Why Is Erdogan Angry?

TEHRAN _ Recent statements by Turkish government officials against Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government have again made the stark confrontation between Ankara and Damascus public. This conflict has lasted for years between the two neighboring countries. The support of Erdogan and members of the AKP from ISIS and the al-Nusra Front in Syria over the past years is not something that can be ignored. Turkish government authorities who have made a major and strategic mistake in protecting Takfiri terrorism in Syria, continue to make the same mistake in confronting the Syrian crisis. Recent remarks by the Turkish PM indicate Ankara is still not going to correct its misplaced approach toward Damascus.

Tehran, Damascus sign document on boosting economic co-op

TEHRAN- Iran and Syria signed a document on enforcement of economic cooperation in Damascus on Thursday, IRNA reported.

Death Toll Reaches 118 in Terrorist Attack on Syria Evacuees

DAMASCUS – The death toll in a terrorist attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two government-held towns in the country’s Idlib province has risen to at least 118.

Iran calls blasts in Damascus ‘horrible’, ‘shameful’

TEHRAN – On Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned “horrible” and “shameful” terrorist blasts in Damascus, Syria, which left 74 people killed.

Over 160 People Killed, Injured in Twin Bombings in Damascus

DAMASCUS - At least 40 people were killed and more than 120 others wounded after two bomb blasts hit the Old City of Damascus in Syria on Saturday.

Baghdad, Damascus would have fallen without Tehran: military advisor 

TEHRAN – A military advisor to the Supreme Leader said on Saturday that if it were not for the help of Tehran, the governments in Baghdad and Damascus would have fallen.

Syrian General: Operations in Damascus First Likely Response to Israeli Aggression

TEHRAN - A senior Syrian General underlined that Syria will intensify operations against the Israeli-affiliated terrorist groups in Western Ghouta of Damascus as the first likely response to Tel Aviv's recent attack.

Militants to Hand over More Towns to Syrian Army in Damascus Province

TEHRAN - Militant groups in Southern Damascus are planning to surrender at least four towns to the Syrian government in the coming days, local sources said.

By Mehdi Sepahvand, Ali Kushki

Aleppo-educated Rumi, Messiah missing to an extremist world

September 30 was the birth anniversary of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and Sufi master born in 1207, and the Rumi Day named in his honor as a globally acclaimed poet.