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The United States has dispatched truckloads of military and logistical equipment to Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, less than a day after rocket fire targeted the largest base run by American occupation forces in eastern Syria. Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that a convoy …

A powerful explosion has rocked the gas refinery that US forces are using as a military base in the east of the Syrian Province of Dayr al-Zawr. According to a war monitor, the blast was caused by a mortar shell landed in the Conoco Gas Field, where American troops are stationed. A …

The Syrian foreign minister has hailed as an “achievement” a newly-adopted United Nations resolution to extend the cross-border aid operation into the West Asian country, as the move would compel the West to respect the territorial integrity of Syria. According to reports, Faisal al-Mekdad made the remarks in a statement …

At least one explosion has rocked the Conoco gas field in Deir Ez-Zor province, which is occupied by Washington-backed SDF forces, with initial reports suggesting no casualties among American troops stationed in the area. Local sources, cited by Syrian state news agency SANA, noted “unusual movements of the occupation forces” …

Russia’s special envoy for Syria has expressed hopes that all foreign troops will soon withdraw from the Arab country to respect its sovereignty and stop the looting of its natural resources. “We hope that the presence of a limited American contingency and of a number of Western states in northeastern Syria, …

Syria has censured as “politicized” the UN Security Council’s decision to extend a cross-border aid operation into the war-ravaged country from Turkey for the next 12 months, stating that the measure undermines the country’s sovereignty. Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh said Western states solely insisted on the extension of …

In a joint statement, Russia, Iran, and Turkey have condemned Israel for its “military attacks in Syria, which violate international law,” as the nations resume discussions at the 16th round of Astana Process talks. In a statement released on Thursday, the trio condemned Israel for continuing to carry out airstrikes …

Russia, Iran, and Turkey will continue to cooperate in Syria to decisively defeat Islamic State and other militants, the RIA news agency cited a joint statement by the nations as saying on Thursday. The three powers were at international talks in Kazakhstan’s city of Nur-Sultan to discuss the Syria conflict.

The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, in a move that is likely to further complicate the already fraught ties …

More US voices have joined the chorus of opposition to President Joe Biden’s weekend airstrikes against facilities belonging to Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups on the Iraq-Syria border, with Democrats expressing frustration over his decision to sidestep Congress again. Democratic lawmakers have already been infuriated over Biden’s airstrikes in the region …

An Iraqi power station in the holy city of Samarra has been struck by Katyusha rockets reportedly fired by Daesh terrorists after the United States conducted airstrikes on the country’s western border region.

The United States claims it has conducted airstrikes against three targets allegedly belonging to Iraqi resistance groups along with Iraq and Syria’s common border.

Iraqi security forces have foiled a series of major terrorist attacks after capturing a group of militants in the capital city, an official revealed on Tuesday.

Russian forces have blocked an American military convoy, comprising four armored vehicles, in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province.

The Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria says the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group plans a chemical attack in collaboration with the “pseudo-humanitarian” White Helmets organization in the militant-held Idlib Province. Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian center, told reporters on Tuesday that …

At least seven people were killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks on the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Saturday, civil defense sources said. The first attack targeted a residential area, while the second targeted a hospital shortly after, killing at least six. Video footage on social …

Syria has categorically rejected remarks by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reiterating that the land was and will remain a “Syrian Arab” territory. “The Syrian Arab Republic absolutely rejects the statements of the US Secretary of State regarding the occupied Syrian Golan which come …

The administrator of the Snuny sub-district in the north of the Sinjar district, Khadida Jougi, said on Sunday that the trafficking of the Yazidi abductees from al-Hol camp in Syria to other destinations is still ongoing. Jougi said, “trafficking networks are still in the process of smuggling the Yazidis from …

President Bashar Assad has been reelected to a fourth term with over 95% of the votes cast, defeating two challengers – including a former senior official of a rebel coalition, Syrian authorities have announced. Turnout in Wednesday’s election was 78%, with Assad winning over 13 million votes, according to Hammouda …

Dozens of US military trucks have left Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah for the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, carrying tons of grain. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported that a convoy of 35 military vehicles loaded with wheat crops from silos of Tal Alou village in …