Tens of foreign militants have been killed in clashes between the Syrian army and al-Nusra Front terrorists in Barzeh, Rif Dimashq, al-Alam reports.
Qatar's new emir has appointed Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani as the new prime minister as well as interior minister, excluding current powerful premier.
Iran says the whole region will benefit if the new Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani changes his country’s policy on the crisis in Syria, pledging to help Doha in doing that.
Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani has gathered a group of experts to assess future nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.
Militants in Syria have brutally beheaded two Christians, one of them a priest, because they were suspected of cooperating with the Syrian army.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed gratitude to the Iranian nation over their high turnout in June 14 presidential election, saying things proceeded contrary to what enemies had expected.
An Iranian naval fleet has been dispatched to the Russian port city of Astrakhan as part of moves to consolidate friendly relations between Tehran and Moscow, a deputy commander of the Iranian Navy says.
Britain and France are deeply involved in forging the terrorism within Syria and they cannot be part of a solution to end the crisis, the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations has said.
Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has warned that the United States and Israel are the sole beneficiaries of sectarian division in the Muslim world.
Besieged residents in the northern towns of Nubbul and al-Zahra in Syria’s Aleppo province are struggling with a severe humanitarian crisis after a year of fierce blockade imposed by anti-government insurgents, al-Alam reports.