IRNA - Qalamun Mountains clearance from takfiri terrorists Daesh (ISIS) and Al-Nusra Front is an important achievement, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs said. [Deputy FM: Qalamun Mountains clearance important achievement] Hossein Jaberi Ansari made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mohi Edine ...

The Lebanese army has been deployed to the countrys border with Syria as militants flee areas captured by the Syrian army in the Qalamoun region. On Monday, the Lebanese army sent commandos to the eastern border to contain the influx of the western-backed militants. Hundreds of militants have crossed into Lebanon after Syrian forces took control ...

[caption id="attachment_73710" align="alignright" width="180"] A militant is seen clashing with Syrian government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on December 11, 2013.[/caption] The Syrian army has intensified its operations against foreign-backed militant groups, retaking a strategic hill in Qalamoun region, Press TV reports....

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 150 foreign backed militants were killed in an ambush by Syrian government troops near Damascus, Syria's state television reported. The attack near Qalamoun, Northeast of the capital, killed dozens of terrorists. A military official said the dead included militants from the Al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front, Al-Alam reported ...