Iran to possibly provide Syria with indigenous air defense system

TEHRAN- Iranian and Syrian military authorities have agreed to deploy missile systems to Damascus in order to strengthen the Arab nation’s air defenses in the face of an upsurge in Israeli airstrikes.

Iran sends 13th humanitarian aid for quake-hit Syria

TEHRAN- The 13th plane delivering Islamic Republic of Iran’s relief supplies to Syria’s earthquake victims arrived in the country on Saturday.

By Mehdi Zare, professor at Earthquake Prediction Center, IIEES

Where and when next major earthquakes may occur?

TEHRAN - The occurrence of earthquakes on February 6, 2023, Mw7.8 and Mw7.5 in southern Turkey and northern Syria, on the northwestern border of the Arabian plate and at the point of collision with the Anatolian block (Eurasian plate), and the occurrence of the earthquake on 12 November 2017 in Sarpole Zahab in the basement of Folded Zagros belt in Iran, Mw7.3 has raised the important question of where and when the next major earthquakes may occur on this border and around the Arabian Plate.

Iran lambasts Israeli raid on Syria

TEHRAN - The Israeli regime’s deadly aerial assault on the Syrian capital Damascus was sharply denounced by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

Syria grateful for Iran's aids to quake-hit regions

TEHRAN – Syrian Health Minister Hassan Muhammad Al-Ghabash has thanked Iran for providing aid to people affected by the recent devastating earthquake.

Iran envoy meets Syria deputy FM 

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Syria Mehd Sobhani has met with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Ayman Sosan, IRNA reported. 

Resistance movement prays for quake-hit citizens

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has sent 32 rescue teams to Syria and Turkey to help the quake-stricken citizens in the two countries. The photo reads “the resistance movement is praying for you”.

Iran sends another humanitarian package to quake-hit Syria, Turkey

TEHRAN- The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has said Turkey has received another shipment of relief supplies for those living in the earthquake-affected areas in Syria and Turkey.

Iran rules out veracity of chemical watchdog report on Syria

TEHRAN- Iran’s UN envoy has cast doubt on the authenticity of a report from the world chemical watchdog that charges Syria of a purported chemical assault against the citizens of the Arab nation in 2018.

Death toll rises above 5,200 after Turkey, Syria earthquakes

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 5,200 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria.

Raisi holds talks to his Syrian, Turkish counterparts over the quake

TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held two separate phone conversations with his Syrian and Turkish counterparts, Bashar al-Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdogan respectively, on Tuesday.

Devastating quake hits Turkey and Syria

TEHRAN- By the time closing the newspaper late on Monday, media reported that more than 2,300 people had died and rescuers were racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through southern Turkey and northern Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.

7.8-magnitude quake hits Turkey and Syria, hundreds killed

Hundreds are killed after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey in more than 100 years sent tremors across the region, collapsing buildings and sending residents running into the streets.

Russia FM urges Iran to join talks on Turkey-Syria normalization

TEHRAN- The Russian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that there is a general understanding that Tehran would join the efforts of Moscow to normalize relations between Turkey and Syria.

Syrian-led political solution only way to end crisis: envoy 

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has underlined the need for a political solution to the crisis in Syria that is based on a Syrian-led process. 

Iran stands by Syria in reconstruction period: Raisi

TEHRAN – Iranian President Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi underlined that Iran will stand by Syria in the reconstruction period just as it did during the resistance period.

Amir Abdollahian meets advisor to Syrian president

TEHRAN - In a meeting with Bouthaina Sha’aban, an advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian described ties between the two countries as strategic and multi-faceted.

Iran, Turkey hold joint consular meeting

TEHRAN – Iran and Turkey held on Sunday their 19th joint consular meeting meeting in which they discussed a variety of consular issues.

Iran FM to visit Turkey for meeting on Syria

TEHRAN – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced that his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay a visit to Turkey to attend a ministerial meeting about Syria.

U.S. suffered defeat the hands of Iran and resistance movement: ambassador

TEHRAN - The United States faced humiliation and defeat in West Asia at the hands of Iran and the resistance movement, Iran’s ambassador to Damascus has said.

Syrian deputy FM meets Amir Abdollahian

TEHRAN - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Ayman Sosan met late on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and Ali Asghar Khaji, the senior advisor to Iranian foreign minister for Special Political Affairs.

Damascus wants Iran to be involved in political initiatives in Syria

TEHRAN – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Sunday that it is necessary that Iran play a role in “any political initiative” in his country as he lauded Tehran’s constructive role in fighting terrorism in Syria and helping settle the crisis in the Arab country.

Iran values Syria’s cooperative relationship with OPCW

TEHRAN- Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York on Thursday expressed Tehran’s gratitude for Syria's cooperative relationship with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).