Moscow will continue to provide military equipment to Syria’s Assad regime in accordance with international law, state Duma speaker announces
Assad’s regime even boasts that Moscow’s decision to hunker down demonstrates the strength of bilateral relations
Russia has sent a clear message to all the countries concerned about the ISIS threat that they should coordinate with the Syrian army to combat terrorism more effectively
Assad has given a lengthy interview to Hezbollah’s channel al-Manar. Below is the interview as translated and published by SANA, the Syrian official news agency
Third Moscow meeting has become a necessity due to the impossibility of resuming the Geneva process in the current circumstances, says Ali Haidar
No one has expected or demanded that every party should drop their weapons and forgo their means of pressure
Experts explain how the removal of opposition forces from Zabadani clears the way to establish an opposition free zone that extends along the Lebanese Syrian border
The Kremlin’s shifting Syria policy sheds light on the possibilities of a Russian-backed peace settlement, French sources reveal
At some point, I was optimistic that all fighting parties would work seriously to reach a political solution, but the recent massacre in Douma killed my optimism
Syria’s information minister dismisses rumors of a so-called Saudi-Syrian meeting regarding bilateral security and political issues
100 people were killed on Sunday in an air strike by the Syrian military on a market in the rebel-held district of Douma, 15 km northeast of Damascus
The difference between Moscow and the Syrian opposition has become vulnerable to a change in the past few months due to three factors: changes on the ground in Syria, a shift in regional and international attitudes towards the crisis, and the opposition’s favorable position towards terrorism
Regional crises should be solved by political means, Zarif tells reporters at Moscow press conference
Moscow has been able to engineer a new language for the Security Council regarding Syrian affairs, and it has succeeded – largely because the United States has allowed it to succeed
KNC still remains popular among a larger Syrian Kurdish community who cannot express their opinion while living under PYD repression, says Aliko
SNC rejects Russian initiative to form new international coalition, that includes the Syrian army and President Bashar al-Assad, to confront terrorism and ISIS, says Khoja
Opposition forces inside and outside Syria have made significant progress to unite their efforts and vision following June’s Cairo conference, says Coordination Committee head
Moscow issues brief statement announcing its invitation to the SNC to visit the Russian capital from August 12-13
Russia’s deputy FM tells reporters Moscow will not abandon its position on Syria, stating that the Kremlin remains committed to all agreed upon initiatives to solve the crisis
De Mistura believes that in the Geneva 3 meeting, Iranian backing, representation of the opposition by more than just the coalition, and a Russian-American understanding will eliminate the reasons for the failure of Geneva 2
