Tasnim Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad praised Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs recent visit to Damascus as very successful and said it indicated the two countries common stances on the threats posed against the Middle East region. The trip was very successful and useful and important meetings were held between Dr. Zarif ...

Reuters | Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: Iran on Wednesday kept up a drumbeat of opposition to U.S. demands for sweeping change in its foreign policy and nuclear program, and Tehrans ally Damascus dismissed out of hand a U.S. call for a withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria. France, one of several European powers dismayed by the U.S. withdrawal from a ...

Sputnik- Turkey threatens to start a military operation in Syria's Afrin amid reports of the country's shelling the areas. "We warn the Turkish leadership that if they initiate combat operations inthe Afrin area, that will be considered an act ofaggression bythe Turkish army," deputy foreign minister Faisal Meqdad told reporters. The statement ...

Press TV- Syria saysthe US, Britainand their allies are supporting terrorists in the war-torn Arabcountry by supplying them with toxic agents and other kinds of weapons. During a press conference in the Syrian Foreign Ministrys main office in the capital Damascus, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Wednesday thattoxic agents ...

IRNA Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Jaberi-Ansari met his Syrian counterpart Feisal Meqdad on Wednesay. In the meeting, the two high-rank political officials discussed the most recent developments on the region. Jaberi Ansari arrived in Damascus late on Tuesday to participate in meetings of the fifth Iran-Syria Joint ...

Reuters- The participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria talks will be discussed once they stop backing militancy, Syria's deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday, appearing to reject their attendance at forthcoming peace talks. "Once Qatar and Saudi Arabia halt their support for terrorism we will discuss the matter of their ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad blasted Britain for conducting airstrikes in his country, and warned that any move against the ISIL terrorist group should first be coordinated with the Damascus government. "Any move against the ISIL in Syria should be in coordination with the Syrian government," Meqdad said on Tuesday ...

A senior Syrian official has blamed Turkey for theflood of Syrian refugees heading towardEuropeamid growingconcerns over the failure of the international community to do enough to protect stranded Syrian asylum-seekers. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad said Thursday that Turkey has been encouraging the Syrians on its soil to seek refuge ...

[caption id="attachment_109390" align="alignright" width="277"] Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad[/caption] Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad has called for the prosecution of Israeli leaders for committing crime against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. In an address to a foreign ministerial meeting of the Palestine ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Syrian delegation is to hold talks with Russian officials in a bid to discuss peace conference aimed at ending the current conflict in Syria. President Bashar al-Assad's presidential adviser Buthaina Shaaban and Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad were in Moscow and would hold talks with Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov,...