Tags - Russia
Rasa - Russia and America’s fragile attempt to stop five years of fighting in Syria is in jeopardy because of attacks by rebel forces and terrorist groups, as well as the woeful response of Western leaders.
News ID: 423599 Publish Date : 2016/09/16
Moscow:
Rasa - Last week’s agreement between the Russia n and US senior diplomats on a ceasefire in Syria should give impetus to the start of inclusive dialogue between the Syrian government and opposition, Russia n Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik on Friday.
News ID: 423596 Publish Date : 2016/09/16
Rasa - The Syrian army has gone on the alert in Homs after the ISIL launched a first round of assaults to capture government-controlled regions in the province, specially the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur).
News ID: 423566 Publish Date : 2016/09/15
Diplomat:
Rasa - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari says the Islamic Republic considers dialogue as the only way to resolve the crises in the Middle East, stressing that Tehran maintains its political approach in that regard.
News ID: 423565 Publish Date : 2016/09/15
Russian Military:
Rasa - Russia 's Defense Ministry said on Thursday the United States was using "a verbal smokescreen" to hide its reluctance to fulfill its part of a ceasefire agreement on Syria, including separation of "moderate" opposition units from terrorist groups.
News ID: 423564 Publish Date : 2016/09/15
Rasa - A period of relative calm seems to have returned to Syria since a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect on Monday.
News ID: 423550 Publish Date : 2016/09/14
Syria:
Rasa - The Russia n warplanes targeted a group of terrorists as they were readying for an offensive on the Syrian city of Palmyra in Homs province, killing 250 militants and destroying 15 vehicles.
News ID: 423544 Publish Date : 2016/09/14
Russia Foreign Ministry:
Rasa - The Daesh terrorist group’s progression in Afghanistan is a severe security threat for Russia , says a Russia n Foreign Ministry official.
News ID: 423529 Publish Date : 2016/09/14
Rasa - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura says there has been a “significant drop” in violence after a ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States came into force in the crisis-hit Arab country.
News ID: 423523 Publish Date : 2016/09/14
Russia:
Rasa - Russia says US-backed militant groups in Syria have violated the new ceasefire 23 times since it entered into force in the northwestern city of Aleppo.
News ID: 423517 Publish Date : 2016/09/13
Rasa - Source in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry stressed that the Russia n, Iranian and Iraqi intelligence units will continue their close cooperation against ISIL to pave the ground for the Iraqi Army and popular forces' large-scale operation for the liberation of Mosul in the near future.
News ID: 423514 Publish Date : 2016/09/13
Envoy:
Rasa - Russia n presidential envoy for Afghanistan said ISIL terror group’s growing military capabilities threaten to pose a more formidable challenge next year if the banned terrorist group is not contained.
News ID: 423512 Publish Date : 2016/09/13
Rasa - A fragile truce deal, negotiated by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia n Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, entered into force in Syria on Monday, September 12.
News ID: 423467 Publish Date : 2016/09/12
Analyst:
Rasa - A political analyst said on Sunday that there is no guarantee that the long-awaited deal Russia n Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have inked to put an end to violence in Syria, would be abided by militant groups backed by the US and some other foreign countries.
News ID: 423436 Publish Date : 2016/09/11
Rasa - European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has welcomed a US- Russia deal on a nationwide truce in war-torn Syria, calling on the United Nations to prepare proposals for political transition talks in the Arab country.
News ID: 423425 Publish Date : 2016/09/10
Sputnik:
Rasa - Moscow and Tehran are currently in negotiations over the redeployment of Russia n bombers to the Hamadan airbase in Iran so that they could resume their counterterrorism missions in Syria, Russia n media outlets claimed, citing an unnamed source in military and diplomatic circles.
News ID: 423417 Publish Date : 2016/09/10
Rasa - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says the United States and Russia are making progress in negotiations on a temporary ceasefire deal on the conflict in Syria.
News ID: 423390 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
Russia:
Rasa - Russia n Foreign Ministry has announced that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed "in principle" to meet in Moscow as Russia hopes for the revival of the so-called peace talks.
News ID: 423346 Publish Date : 2016/09/08
Russia:
Rasa - Russia n Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that Moscow sees links between certain militant groups and terrorists in Syria as obvious.
News ID: 423338 Publish Date : 2016/09/08
Rasa - The Syrian government has begun releasing 169 militants in exchange for the bodies of five Russia ns killed after their helicopter was shot down in northern Syria in August, a lawyer says.
News ID: 423335 Publish Date : 2016/09/08