The Syrian army has moved forward in several key areas including outskirts of capital city of Damascus to hunt and uproot foreign-backed militants.
Turkey urged its citizens to leave Lebanon after gunmen abducted two Turkish Airlines pilots in Beirut, forcing them from an airport bus early Friday.
U.S. and Russian officials agreed on Friday on the need to convene a Syrian peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible and will meet again by the end of the month to prepare for the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra militants have killed a commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) as in-fighting and rivalries between opposition groups rage in Syria.
Russia’s contract with Syria to supply S-300 air defense systems will be fulfilled by June 2014, a corporate report indicates.
The Syrian army has made progress in Latakia, retaining control of two villages of Esterba and al-Balata in the outskirts of the capital of northern coastal province, al-Alam reports.
An Emirati cleric has accused certain Muftis in Arabian countries of issuing “false” Jihad fatwas for sending militants to Syria in exchange of money, al-Alam reports.
Iran has distributed humanitarian supplies among Syrian and Palestinian civilians in Syria on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr ending holy month of Ramadan.
Syrian Defense Minister Fahd al-Freij says the army is chasing foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists who are ‘in service of’ the Israeli regime.
A senior commander of a terrorist group has been shot dead by Syrian troops in Syria’s western province of Homs.