Germany Will Make Sovereign Decision on Military Spending, Maas Says

Germany’s foreign minister rejected suggestions that Berlin could be browbeaten by US President Donald Trump into hiking military spending, saying that his country would make its own “sovereign” decisions.

Showing its brightest side: Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield Impossible Without Russia

An aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that Turkish the military "operations" Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch would have been impossible without Russian cooperation.

La Liga Árabe exige a Turquía que "retire sus fuerzas" del territorio iraquí

El Consejo de la Liga Árabe exigió hoy a Turquía que retire inmediatamente "sus fuerzas" de Irak por considerarlo una "violación a la soberanía iraquí" y una "amenaza a la seguridad nacional árabe".

US Continues Air Raids on Civilian Targets in Eastern Syria

Over 50 civilians were killed and wounded in yet another US airstrike on residential areas in Eastern Deir Ezzur, media sources reported on Thursday.

Russia urges US-led coalition to let evaluating commission to Raqqa

Russia has urged the US-led coalition to let UN officials visit the Syrian city of Raqqa and to transfer the areas the coalition controls at present over to the care of the Syrian government, the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya said on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

US-Led Coalition Reportedly Targets Pro-Damascus Forces Again

The US-led coalition carried out airstrikes on Monday to impede the advance of pro-Damascus forces towards Syria’s oil-rich city of Deir ez-Zor, the Anadolu agency reported, citing local sources. Both Syria and the US have yet to comment on the fresh reports.

Putin orders daily 5 hour ceasefire in East Ghouta

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily five hour ceasefire in the East Ghouta region of Damascus that will allow civilians time to reach safety.

Threat of a collision: Turkish military stops Eni drilling offshore Cyprus

Five vessels from the Turkish military have stopped a drillship commissioned by an Italian company to drill in the waters offshore Cyprus, an official said.

Turkey to lay siege to Afrin city center soon: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the Turkish army would lay siege to Syria’s Afrin city center in the coming days.

La verdadera misión de la llamada Coalición Internacional es apoyar a los terroristas : Al-Jaafari

El embajador permanente de Siria ante la ONU, Bashar al-Jaafari, denunció que EEUU, Francia y Gran Bretaña, no han escatimado esfuerzo para socavar a Siria, resaltando que la verdadera misión de la llamada Coalición Internacional es otorgar apoyo a los terroristas en Siria.

Syria has accused the US of carrying out a "brutal massacre, war crime and a crime against humanity"

Syria has accused the US of carrying out a "brutal massacre" with a bombing attack in Deir al-Zour province.

US Seizing Economic Assets in Syria Instead of Fighting ISIL: Russian MoD

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the US-led coalition’s shelling of the Syrian militiamen proves that rather than fighting the ISIL, Washington has been seizing Syria’s economic assets.

US-led coalition launches aggression against popular forces fighting Daesh and Qasad, casualties reported

Forces of the US-led “international coalition” targeted popular forces that were fighting Daesh (ISIS) terrorists and Qasad groups in Deir Ezzor countryside in an attempt to support terrorism.

US-led coalition strikes pro-Syrian gov't forces in Deir al-Zour

The US-led coalition has carried out several “defensive” airstrikes on Syrian forces in retaliation for what they called an “unprovoked” attack on the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and foreign military “advisers.”

No ‘security zone’ in Syria before trust with US established: Turkish FM

It would not be correct to discuss establishing a “security zone” in coordination with the United States before trust between Ankara and Washington is re-established, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan. 25.

Putin, Erdogan discuss situation in Syria, including near Afrin : Kremlin

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russian and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey spoke over phone to discuss the situation in Syria, including near Afrin, where Turkey is conducting a military operation, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.

Iran Stresses Preserving Syria’s Territorial Integrity

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi voiced the country’s concern about Turkey’s ground incursion into a city and Kurdish enclave in Syria known as Afrin and said Tehran stresses the need to protect the territorial integrity of the Arab country.

US announcement of forming armed militia in north-eastern Syria violates Syria’s sovereignty, int’l law : Syria FM

The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned the US announcement of forming an armed militia in the north-eastern Syria as a blatant breach of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a flagrant violation of the International law, an official source at the Foreign Ministry said Monday.

Pour ses vœux de Nouvel An, Poutine réaffirme à Assad le soutien russe à la souveraineté syrienne

Alors que les Russes ont entamé le retrait de leurs forces déployées pour lutter contre les djihadistes en Syrie, Vladimir Poutine a assuré le président syrien de son soutien, dans la défense de sa souveraineté nationale.

UN Security Council renews aid to Syria opposition areas, Russia abstains vote

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday voted to renew cross-border aid deliveries to Syria's opposition-held areas for one year, but Russia abstained and said the relief operation should wind down.