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Israel has deployed additional units of the Iron Dome and Patriot air defense systems near the borders of Lebanon and Syria. Pro-Israeli sources claim that the country’s military is preparing to repel possible retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed forces following the recent airstrikes on alleged ‘Iranian targets’ near…

ANKARA- Anadolu Agency Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke with his Russian counterpart over the phone on April 28.  According to diplomatic sources, Çavuşoğlu and Sergey Lavrov discussed the novel coronavirus and developments in the region. Turkish and Russian forces carried out their sixth joint patrol along M-4 highway in…

Iran Press TV Monday, 27 April 2020 8:11 AM Turkish forces have reportedly opened live fire on people protesting their patrolling of a key highway in northwestern Syria, killing two people and wounding three more. The protesters had set up roadblocks across the part of the M4 Highway that runs…

Iran Press TV Monday, 27 April 2020 7:10 AM Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of "hostile" missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the aggression took place in the…

April 24, 2020, marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was the first genocide of the 20th century.  The starting date is held to be April 24, 1915, in a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire, which resulted in at least 1.5…

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish troops fired tear gas and live bullets at protesters blocking a major highway in northwest Syria early Sunday, killing two people and wounding others, opposition activists said.The protesters have been blocking part of the highway near the government-held village of Nairab in Idlib province for weeks…

MOSCOW- Anadolu Agency Russia on April 23 praised Turkey's efforts in Idlib, northwestern Syria that aim to eliminate terrorists. Speaking at a news conference in the capital, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow expects the Turkish military to separate opposition groups from what it called “terrorists” in the region.…

April 23, 2020 | 3:51pm Enlarge Image A volunteer wearing gloves builds a prototype ventilator to help combat coronavirus in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria. Reuters IDLIB, Syria – A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine – homemade equipment to…

ANKARA Turkey has expressed concerns in a meeting with Russia and Iran over the acts by the YPG in eastern Syria to legitimize itself through fait accompli. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif came together in a teleconference on April 22…

Iran Press TV Wednesday, 22 April 2020 5:55 PM The Iranian, Turkish and Russian foreign ministers have emphasized the need to continue consultations and coordination among the three guarantors of the Astana process as the most effective format for the settlement of the crisis in Syria. The trilateral meeting between…