Reuters - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Wednesday that the withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria was not up for discussion, Lebanons al-Mayadeen TV reported. Whether Iranian forces or Hezbollah withdraw or stay in Syria is not up for discussion because its the (business) of the Syrian government, the channel cited him as ...

Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says 13 of its military advisers have been killed and 21 others wounded in Syria in recent days. In a statement on Saturday, the IRGC said the forceswere all from Iran's northern province of Mazandaran. It added that they were killed and injured in the town of Khan Tuman, located in thesouthwest of ...

BEIRUT: Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi fighters have been deployed in Syria in past weeks to bolster the defenses of Damascus and its surroundings, a Syrian security source told AFP Wednesday. "Around 7,000 Iranian and Iraqi fighters have arrived in Syria over the past few weeks and their first priority is the defense of the capital. The larger ...