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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Twitter)

September 3rd, 2018 - 11:48 GMT

Iran's Javad Zarif in Syria, Demands Idlib be 'Cleansed' of Terrorists

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Idlib in northwestern Syria must be cleansed of terrorists and returned to the government fold as he arrived in Damascus for key talks.

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January 31st, 2014 - 12:57 GMT

Watchdog body urges Syria to speed up chemical arms shipment

Assad allegedly said that his departure from the presidency was not up for discussion, but the Syrian president's office denied the comment Sunday (File Archive/AFP)

January 19th, 2014 - 01:28 GMT

Syrian presidential office denies Assad "no intention" to give up power statement

Assad has said he will NOT be relinquishing his control over Syria. (AFP/File)

January 19th, 2014 - 10:53 GMT

Assad has "no intention" of giving up power in Syria

Preceding the collective EU decision to not host the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on home soil, Albania publicly refused to take on the task following international momentum to encourage Tirana to host the mission (Courtesy of EU)

November 19th, 2013 - 05:59 GMT

EU nations: No Syrian chemical weapons destruction here

Rebel fighters walk in the rubble of destroyed building in Syria. (Image credit: AFP)

November 6th, 2013 - 07:27 GMT

Car bomb kills eight in Syrian intelligence building

Moscow said Thursday it is willing to fully help Syria with the disposal of its chemical weapons stockpiles. (AFP/File)

September 26th, 2013 - 09:47 GMT

Russia pledges to assist Assad's chemical arms destruction

Syrian President Bashar Assad said he will not surrender Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles unless the US stops threatening to launch a strike against the country. (AFP)

September 12th, 2013 - 05:37 GMT

Assad: Syria will surrender chemical agents if US strike threats end

French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius gives a press conference on the situation in Syria, on September 10, 2013 at the ministry in Paris. (AFP)

September 10th, 2013 - 12:15 GMT

France preps UN resolution allowing Syria to cede chemical weapons

The Russian Navy CCB-201 vessel (front) sails in the Bosphorus on September 5, 2013 in Istanbul, on its way for intelligence operations off the coasts of Syria (AFP)

September 6th, 2013 - 10:41 GMT

Russia sends warships to Syria

The Russian ships will have to compete with the presence of the US navy in the Med. Seen here is the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, left, and the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman transiting the Strait of Gibraltar on August 3, 2013 on their way to the Mediterranean Sea. (AFP)

August 29th, 2013 - 08:51 GMT

Russia deploying ships to Mediterranean in anticipation of Syria strike

Syrian army soldiers walk on a road during an alleged pursuit of opposition fighters in the Latakia province, western Syria on August 8. (AFP/SANA)

August 13th, 2013 - 07:36 GMT

No Geneva II peace talks before October - Russian diplomat

Model of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - in the Iranian pavilion of EXPO 2010 Shanghai (Wikimedia Commons/Bernd.Brincken)

August 1st, 2013 - 11:19 GMT

Russia criticizes new Iran sanctions