Syrian army units have continued carrying out successful operations against the foreign-backed militant groups' gatherings and hideouts across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon their members and destroying their equipment.
Terrorists affiliated to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have started new wave of fierce clashes with other militant groups such as al-Nusra Front and the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in eastern Syria.
Seven men suspected of fighting in Syria have been placed under formal investigation in France following their arrest in Strasbourg, a judicial source says.
Syrian armed forces have conducted new military operations against foreign-backed insurgents in areas around Idleb, Aleppo, Daraa and Homs, thwarting persisting infiltration attempts into safe areas by intruding militants and eliminating scores of armed elements and their weaponry.
Syria’s Deputy Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Faisal Mikdad has emphasized that the position adopted by the US and its allies in France and other European states against the nation’s presidential election and government reforms proves the hypocrisy of some Western nations in dealing with democratic principles.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has slammed the foreign-sponsored militants operating in Syria over cutting water supplies to people in the country's northern city of Aleppo.
Foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists operating in Syria have destroyed a Shia shrine in the northern province of Raqqa.
The Syrian army units have cleared several areas, including Aleppo, Daraa, Homs, Damascus countryside and Idlib, from foreign-backed militants, destroying their weaponry.
Foreign-sponsored insurgents in Syria have killed at least 13 civilians and injured a number other people by targeting government-held areas of key city of Aleppo with rockets.
European Union’s Home Affairs commissioner has criticized the bloc’s member states for failing to provide safe havens to Syrian refugees who are fleeing a war which is supported by several EU states.