Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his top priority is the reconstruction of his country, which has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011.
Russia says the number of villages and towns that have joined a Moscow-brokered truce with the Syrian government in southwestern Syria has risen to 90.
An Israeli military aircraft has targeted a Syrian army position in the Golan Heights after a projectile allegedly fired from Syria landed in the occupied territory.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani affirmed on Wednesday that the solution to the crisis in Syria was the core of talks held between Iran and Austria.
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Hussam Eddin Ala, affirmed that the Israeli occupation continues to disregard all its legal obligations, taking advantage of the protection from accountability provided by the United States and its allies.
The Trump administration has been seeking to implement its Mideast peace plan despite the Palestinian Authority president’s rejection of Washington’s mediation role in the conflict with Israel after the US moved its embassy to the Jerusalem.
The Syrian army has managed to wrest control over several towns and villages in the strategic southern Dara’a Province, leading Israel to raise its alert level in the bordering Golan Heights.
Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said that The UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has forgotten that combating terrorism is priority in Syria, and some UN member states submitted in their statements distorted image on Syria.
The Syrian military continue its onslaught in the southern province of Daraa, liberating more ground everyday, seizing large rebel hideout
Despite US President Donald Trump vowing “I want to get out” of Syria to “bring our troops back home” a few months ago, a new report indicates the US military and a cohort of allies including Israel, Britain, France, Jordan and “some Persian Gulf states” are still supporting some 54 militia groups in Syria.