- 13:16 22/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti)
UN peacekeeping observers have acknowledged the presence of terrorist groups in Syria, which are hindering the peace process between the government and the opposition, China’s Xinhua agency has reported, quoting UN peacekeeping head Herve Ladsous.
- 15:08 21/05/2012 ANKARA, May 21 (RIA Novosti)
Turkish security forces have foiled a plot to kidnap the head of the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA), Riad al-Asaad, Milliyet daily reported on Monday.
- 07:27 21/05/2012 CHICAGO, May 21 (RIA Novosti)
NATO does not plan to use military force in Syria, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
- 15:28 19/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti)
At least nine people were killed and some 100 others injured after a car bomb exploded in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, al Jazeera television reported.
- 21:29 16/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti)
The number of terrorist attacks in Syria has increased since UN observers arrived in the country, President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday in an interview with the Rossia 24 TV channel.
- 19:47 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged international bodies operating in Kosovo to prevent the region from turning into a training ground for Syrian rebels.
- 17:18 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow believes that terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, carried out recent suicide bombings in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday.
- 16:35 14/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow does not see any prospect of direct talks between the government and opposition in Syria in the near future, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday.
- 22:14 12/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti)
A first group of 25 Circassians from Syria have arrived in the southern Russian republic of Adygea for permanent resettlement in their ancestral homeland, the head of Adygea’s committee on nationality affairs said.
- 04:32 11/05/2012 WASHINGTON, May 11 (RIA Novosti)
The United States has allocated $40 million to assist relief agencies aiding victims of the Syrian crisis, the Department of State has said.
- 16:53 10/05/2012 BEIJING, May 10 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not change its position on Syria despite pressure from outside, Russian acting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 12:04 10/05/2012 DAMASCUS, May 10 (RIA Novosti)
At least 40 people were killed and 170 were injured in two explosions that rocked a highway near the capital, Damascus on Thursday, Al Arabiya reported.
- 04:56 09/05/2012 NEW YORK, May 9 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will continue its efforts to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down
- 07:59 08/05/2012 WASHINGTON, May 8 (RIA Novosti)
The United States does not intend to change the terms of its contract or cancel agreements with Russia on the delivery and maintenance of helicopters for Afghanistan’s armed forces
- 20:47 05/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will keep backing the peaceful settlement plan in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.
- 17:37 04/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti)
Violence in Syria is subsiding even despite some violations of the ceasefire deal, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 20:07 03/05/2012
The official authorities in Syria call them bandits and terrorists. Syrian civilians are either afraid of them or support them. When a RIA Novosti correspondent wanted to go to Homs to find the rebels, he was warned: “The FSA hates the Russians, they’ll probably kill you.”
- 15:13 02/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 2 (RIA Novosti)
The series of terrorist attacks that hit Syrian cities over the last week are aimed at foiling a peace plan by UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 20:10 01/05/2012 UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (RIA Novosti)
The United Nations will send its 300 international unarmed observers to Syria by the end of May, the head of the UN peacekeeping body, Herve Ladsous said on Tuesday.
- 12:05 30/04/2012 DAMASCUS, April 30 (RIA Novosti)
Over 170 rebels in Syria have given up armed struggle and surrendered to the Syrian authorities, the news agency Sana reported on Monday.
- 14:15 29/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti)
The Lebanese navy has intercepted a Sierra Leone-registered ship carrying arms and ammunition reportedly destined for Syrian rebels, al Jazeera television said.
- 16:55 28/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti)
The Syrian military fought back on Saturday an infiltration attempt by an armed group north of the port of Lattakia, the SANA news agency reported.
- 02:42 28/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 28 (RIA Novosti)
The United States has no plans to send its monitors to Syria as part of a UN-backed peace plan to end the 14-month conflict there, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
- 20:32 27/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 27 (RIA Novosti)
The crisis in Syria is impossible to settle if the international community ignores the positions of Russia and China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
- 16:16 27/04/2012 DAMASCUS, April 27 (RIA Novosti)
A power explosion rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday with at least three people killed and ten injured, Syrian Addounia TV reported.
- 22:55 26/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 26 (RIA Novosti, Maria Kuchma)
A delegation from Syria’s Popular Front for Change and Liberation opposition movement met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday in what Russia says is part of its efforts to overcome differences between the Middle East country’s multiple opposition groups and facilitate their dialogue with the government.
- 17:29 26/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 26 (RIA Novosti)
The situation in Syria is gradually improving mainly due to the efforts of the UN observers monitoring the ceasefire in the violence-torn country, a spokesman for Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said.
- 17:23 26/04/2012 STRASBOURG, April 26 (RIA Novosti)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on the UN Security Council on Thursday to impose an arms embargo on Syria.
- 16:18 26/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 26 (RIA Novosti)
At least 69 people were killed in an explosion in Syria's central city of Hama on Thursday, al Jazeera television reported, citing activists.
- 15:12 25/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti)
At least three people were critically injured in a blast on Wednesday in the province of Aleppo in northern Syria, SANA news agency reported.
- 14:31 25/04/2012 CAIRO, April 25 (RIA Novosti)
Iraqi Shiite Vice President Khodair al-Khozaei has warned that a Taliban-style regime may be established in Syria if President Bashar al-Assad is ousted from power, Arab media reported on Wednesday.
- 14:17 25/04/2012 CAIRO, April 25 (RIA Novosti)
The Syrian opposition welcomes the UN observer mission as a guarantee of further peaceful revolution – the key to resolving the year-long political crisis, the leader of a major opposition group said on Wednesday.
- 15:17 24/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not impose limitations on arms deliveries to Syria in addition to those established by the UN Security Council, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday.
- 13:18 24/04/2012 DUSHANBE, April 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russia hopes that the efforts of those seeking to thwart the UN observer mission in Syria will fail, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 20:08 23/04/2012 DAMASCUS, April 23 (RIA Novosti)
Representatives from another group of the Syrian opposition, the Popular Front for Change and Liberation (PFCL), will visit Russia on April 26-27.
- 16:03 23/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti)
Switzerland has extended sanctions against the Syrian regime to President Bashar al-Assad’s mother and wife, Swiss media reported on Monday.
- 19:28 22/04/2012 CAIRO, April 22 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s position on Syria has positively changed over the recent months, former League of Arab States chief Amr Moussa said on Sunday.
- 19:45 21/04/2012 NEW YORK, April 21 (RIA Novosti)
The UN Security Council has authorized on Saturday a dispatch of 300 military observers to Syria to supervise on the ceasefire between the government and opposition forces.
- 13:33 20/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 20 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti)
Syria faces a catastrophic civil war if both sides in the crisis that has gripped the country for over a year fail to take advantage of the current fragile ceasefire there, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 05:58 20/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s cooperation with the international community to achieve a ceasefire in Syria is in its own interests, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday.
- 03:44 20/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has started interacting with the United States and other countries on the Syria issue, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday.
- 17:32 19/04/2012 MOSCOW/PARIS, April 19 (RIA Novosti)
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Russia’s refusal to attend an international ministerial meeting on Syria in Paris on Thursday isolated the country from the Arab world and the international community.
- 17:23 19/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti)
Syria and the United Nations have signed a preliminary deal on the deployment of observers to monitor a ceasefire between government and opposition forces, the BBC reported.
- 15:38 19/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti)
France has no intention to supply arms to the Syrian opposition and is ready to discuss the UN and Arab League’s peace plan, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday.
- 09:47 19/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti)
Syria has failed to meet its obligations under a UN-backed peace plan to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from residential areas, the UN Secretary General said on Wednesday.
- 18:11 18/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti)
A UN commission has found serious human rights violations have been committed by Syria's opposition movement, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on his Twitter microblog on Wednesday.
- 15:57 18/04/2012 ANKARA, April 18 (RIA Novosti)
The Turkish maritime authorities stopped a German-owned, Bermuda-flagged vessel for inspection on Wednesday following reports that it may be transporting Iranian weapons to Syria in violation of a European Union arms embargo, Turkish-language media reported.
- 13:48 18/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow is concerned over attempts by self-proclaimed structures to “privatize” interntaionally approved efforts to end the Syrian conflict such as the UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
- 11:13 18/04/2012 BRUSSELS, April 18 (RIA Novosti)
The European Union is working on a new set of sanctions against Syria, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.
- 03:41 18/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 18 (RIA Novosti)
The United States is pushing for tough sanctions against Syria, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Tuesday
- 19:54 17/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 17 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti)
Syria’s opposition National Coordination Body for Democratic Change (NCB) signaled on Tuesday a possible rethink of its long-standing aversion to foreign military intervention in the violence-wracked Middle East country.
- 13:39 17/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Tuesday against “third parties” becoming involved in the Syrian conflict.
- 21:37 16/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti)
UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s plan is the last chance to normalize the political situation in Syria and the country’s authorities should not miss it, Professor Aref Dalila, head of Syria’s internal opposition, told RIA Novosti in an exclusive interview on Monday.
- 15:38 16/04/2012 BRUSSELS, April 16 (RIA Novosti)
The first group of UN observers who arrived in Syria earlier have proceeded to their mission - monitoring and making sure the country’s ceasefire is adhered to, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
- 07:22 16/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti)
The first six United Nations monitors have arrived in Damascus as part of a peace plan designed to end 13 months of bloodshed in Syria, international media reported.
- 01:05 16/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti)
Representatives of the Syrian National Coordination Committee, an internal opposition bloc, will arrive in Moscow on a three-day visit later on Monday, a Syrian opposition representative in Moscow, Adel Ismail, has said.
- 12:50 15/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 15 (RIA Novosti)
Syrian government forces have shelled the besieged city of Homs just hours before a team of UN observers visit Damascus, Sky News reported on Sunday, referring to Syrian activists.
- 20:21 14/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti)
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Saturday the draft resolution to send a group of unarmed observers to Syria to oversee the ceasefire, CNN reported in a live coverage from the 15-nation meeting.
- 11:52 14/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti)
Syrian troops have shelled two central districts of the battered city of Homs, activists say, the first bombardment since a UN-Arab League-brokered ceasefire began on Thursday.
- 05:21 14/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti)
The UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution to send a group of unarmed observers to Syria, the U.S. envoy to the UN said.
- 01:30 14/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti)
At least seven people were killed in various Syrian cities during opposition protests on Friday, Arab media reported citing opposition sources.
- 22:41 13/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is calling on the UN Security Council to adopt a swift resolution on the urgent sending of UN observers to Syria to ensure a ceasefire in the country torn by civil unrest, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Friday.
- 22:40 12/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed on Thursday the ceasefire in Syria, but said it is only a "first step" in the implementation of Kofi Annan's plan.
- 18:37 12/04/2012
The agreement on ending the warfare between Syrian government forces and the opposition that was negotiated by Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League special envoy to Syria, came into force at 6:00 a.m. local time on Thursday. No new clashes have been registered. While adults address their problems, Syrian children from refugee camps are painting their dream houses. Nine-year-old Meriya Senkar has this vision.
- 12:16 12/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
The UN-backed Syrian ceasefire plan appeared to take hold on Thursday, lifting hopes for an end to the deadly clashes between opposition and pro-government forces that have killed over 9,000 people in the past year, Al Arabiya reported.
- 19:12 11/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov wrote on his Twitter account on Wednesday that the Syrian government had declared a ceasefire with rebel forces starting from Thursday morning.
- 14:22 11/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti)
UN’s special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, said that he expects progress on the peace process in the country after the deadline for the ceasefire on Thursday.
- 10:58 11/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's inaction over the crisis in Syria is keeping President Bashar al-Assad in power, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
- 06:24 11/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is ready for talks with all Syrian opposition groups, both ‘internal’ and ‘external,’ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said in an interview with the Russia Today TV channel.
- 01:20 11/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti)
The United Nations Security Council called on the Syrian government to stick to the Six-Point plan and cease hostilities by Thursday, April 12, the U.S. envoy to the UN told reporters.
- 18:00 10/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 10 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti)
Russia criticized the Syrian authorities on Tuesday over their efforts on UN envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan and said Damascus needed to show more decisiveness to end the violence in the Middle East country.
- 12:33 10/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 10 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is ready to send observers to Syria from a team currently based on the Golan Heights, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday at a briefing with Syrian diplomats in Moscow.
- 19:42 09/04/2012
Both sides in the Syrian conflict are preparing to launch a peaceful dialogue. The shooting has not stopped yet, but the government and the opposition have declared a desire to end the bloodshed – an exclusive RIA Novosti video report from Syria.
RIA Novosti/Aurora. Yevgeny Fatkin and Rustam Buzanov report from Hama and Damascus
- 16:06 09/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian guided-missile destroyer that called in the Syrian port of Tartus last week left it to carry out unspecified tasks near the country’s shores, a military-diplomatic source said on Monday.
- 15:10 09/04/2012 ANKARA, April 9 (RIA Novosti)
Syrian army snipers on Monday injured three refugees who had taken shelter across the border in Turkey, Turkish NTV reported.
- 22:58 07/04/2012 JEDDAH, April 7 (RIA Novosti)
Syrians need humanitarian aid worth of $70 million, the head of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Saturday.
- 22:16 07/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti)
Syrian opposition on Saturday announced that 110 people died as a result of shelling peaceful settlements, CNN reported quoting Local Coordination Committees.
- 07:24 07/04/2012 NEW YORK, April 7 (RIA Novosti)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the Syrian authorities for new military attacks on opposition forces, which reportedly killed dozens of people in the past two days.
- 15:50 06/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia welcomes the UN Security Council’s statement expressing support for the UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s demand for Damascus to stop military offensives and begin a troop pullout from cities and towns by April 10, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 13:51 06/04/2012
Syrian troops adopt a shoot to kill policy to break up an opposition rally. Militants from the People’s Army try to resist the soldiers. This RIA Novosti video shows footage of the street fighting in the city of Zabadani.
- 13:15 06/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti, Alexey Eremenko)
A UN-backed plan to end the internal conflict in Syria has a slim chance of success because opponents of the Syrian government are funding armed opposition in the country parallel to taking part in peace negotiations, Russian analysts said.
- 20:00 05/04/2012
The anti-government protests, which began in Syria over a year ago, have grown into fierce armed clashes. People are forced to flee their homes amid ongoing shelling and explosions in the cities.
- 11:55 05/04/2012 BISHKEK, April 5 (RIA Novosti)
Russia may approve a UN Security Council document on Syria, if it does not contain any ultimatums and will assist in bringing about the fulfilment of UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan and the Arab League's plan for a peace deal there, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 17:22 04/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti)
Envoys of Syria's opposition will visit Moscow for talks on April 17-18, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 16:18 04/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti)
Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League special envoy for Syrian affairs, will visit Tehran next week to discuss the Syrian issue, IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
- 15:10 04/04/2012 BAKU, April 4 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that those "egging on" the Syrian opposition are not facilitating the settlement process in Syria.
- 13:30 04/04/2012
Refugees from the Syrian city of Homs, where armed clashes are continuing, are being forced to hide out on the outskirts of Damascus. Watch this RIA Novosti video to find out why people are having to leave their homes.
- 04:26 03/04/2012 CAIRO, April 3 (RIA Novosti)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr has called on all Syrian opposition groups to gather for a conference in Cairo under the auspices of the Arab League to unite their efforts in resolving the current political crisis in Syria.
- 20:51 02/04/2012 YEREVAN, April 2 (RIA Novosti)
The Syrian authorities should “make the first step” towards restoring peace in the country by pulling troops and tanks out of rebellious cities and towns, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 18:09 02/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti)
Calls by some of the countries in the Friends of Syria People group to supply arms and render logistical support to the Syrian opposition are at odds with the Syrian peace plan outlined in the UN-backed Annan Plan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 19:35 01/04/2012 ISTANBUL, April 1 (RIA Novosti)
The international group Friends of Syria recognized on Sunday the oppositional Syrian National Council as the “sole representative of the Syrian people.”
- 14:39 01/04/2012 ISTANBUL, April 1 (RIA Novosti)
Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines has temporarily halted flights to Syria due to ongoing violence, the company said on its website
- 13:07 01/04/2012 ISTANBUL, April 1 (RIA Novosti)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the international community to take immediate actions to resolve the Syrian crisis.
- 15:23 31/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti)
Government troops will stay in urban areas until "peace and security prevail," the Syrian government said on Saturday.
- 21:52 30/03/2012 Political analyst Andrei Murtazin for RIA Novosti
The Arab League foreign ministers who met in Baghdad on March 28-29 failed to sway the Syrian authorities. A day after the opposition was defeated in Homs, Bashar Assad’s foreign minister said that Syria would not talk with the League of Arab States, which had suspended Syria’s membership.
- 16:14 30/03/2012 BEIJING, March 30 (RIA Novosti)
China called on the Syrian opposition on Friday to respond quickly to special envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
- 20:04 29/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Arab League member states to join forces in order to find a solution to the crisis in Syria as soon as possible, the Kremlin website said on Thursday.
- 17:19 29/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said on Thursday time was running out for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to act on a UN-backed peace plan for the country, where government forces continued a crackdown on rebels.
- 20:25 28/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti)
Militants killed a Syrian brigadier general on his way to work on Wednesday near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
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