Bashar Assad

Iran vows to stand by Syria, Resistance

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Iran supports the expansion of relations between Syria and Turkey to stabilize the region, the Iranian Foreign Minister said, adding that the country will stand by Syria and the Resistance.

Larijani:

Messages to Syria, Lebanon carry Iran's support

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, revealed that he carried messages to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

President Assad, Iran's leader adviser discuss bilateral ties

TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The senior adviser to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Larijani, met and talked with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Thursday.

Leader's advisor Ali Larijani to visit Syria Thursday

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Ali Larijani, the senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and a member of the Expediency Council, will depart for Syria on Thursday.

FM Araghchi meets with Syrian president Assad in Damascus

TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday on a visit to Syria.

Contradictory reports on martyrdom of Bashar Assad's brother

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – According to contradictory unconfirmed reports, Syrian President Assad's brother Maher al-Assad has been assassinated by the Israeli regime in an air strike.

Bashar Assad:

Martyr Nasrallah memory, history of Resistance

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – The Syrian president has offered condolences over the martyrdom of former Hezbollah leader, saying that Hassan Nasrallah was the memory and the history of Resistance.

Assad vows Syria to assist people fleeing Israeli aggression

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – President Bashar al-Assad says the newly formed government of Syria will prioritize assistance to the people of Lebanon fleeing Israel’s barbarism.

Erdogan says ready to meet with Syrian president Assad

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was ready to meet with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, and was waiting for Damascus to respond to Ankara's request.

Ankara says has no unsolvable problem with Syria

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Turkish Minister of National Defense General Yaşar Güler stated on Saturday that Ankara and Damascus do not have any problems that cannot be solved.

Turkish FM:

Potential Erdogan-Assad meeting could be in third country

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that a potential meeting between the presidents of Türkiye and Syria would take place in a third country, should it come to fruition.

Iranian diplomat Khaji, Assad stress boosting strategic ties

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Senior Advisor to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs met with the Syrian President in Damascus and the two sides stressed the expansion and deepening of strategic relations.

Syria reacts to media report on Erodgan, Assad meeting

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Syrian sources reacted to Turkish media's report about the meeting between the presidents of Turkey and Syria in Moscow and rejected the Turkish media's news on the meeting in August.

US shrugs off Iraq's bid to broker Turkey-Syria talks: report

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Western media have reported that the United States has shrugged off the Iraqi government's efforts to mediate the Turkish-Syrian reconciliation negotiations as it seeks to continue its illegal presence on the Syrian soil.

Syria begins fourth post-crisis parliamentary elections

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – On Monday, the People’s Assembly (Parliament) elections in Syria began, marking the fourth parliamentary elections held after the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011.

Pezeshkian, Assad confer on expansion of Iran-Syria ties

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Preside-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held a telephone conversation on Tuesday evening.

Erdogan says may invite al-Assad to Turkey ‘at any moment'

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey “at any moment,” in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus.

Syria's Assad sends congratulatory message to Pezeshkian

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad congratulated Iran's president-elect Pezeshkian for winning runoff vote on Friday.

Advisor to Syrian president Luna Shibl dies after car crash

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Luna Shibl, an advisor to Syrian president Bashar Assad, died on Friday after she was involved in a car accident last Tuesday, sources confirmed to Al-Majalla magazine.

Erdogan:

Turkey may extend invitation to Syria's Bashar al-Assad

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The Turkish president on Friday signaled a new diplomatic peace initiative with Damascus, suggesting a potential invitation to Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

Assad vows to preserve resistance as strategic choice

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – President Bashar al-Assad of Syria told visiting Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani that resistance is the strategic choice and is the right way to confront the enemies.

Leader hails Assad for preserving Syria's resistance identity

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with Bashar al-Assad Thursday and praised the Syrian president for preserving the long-standing resistance-based identity of his country.

Syria's Assad tells Mokhber he will travel Tehran

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – In a telephone call on Thursday, President Bashar al-Assad told Iran’s acting president Mohammad Mokhber that he will pay a visit to Tehran to express his condolences over president Raeisi's martyrdom.

Assad expresses sympathy for pres. Raeisi painful martyrdom

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – President Bashar al-Assad offered his heartfelt condolences to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei over the tragic martyrdom of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions.

Raeisi felicitates Syrian Arab Republic on national day

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – The Iranian president sent a message to the President and the people of the Syrian Arab Republic to congratulate them on the National Day of the country.

FM Amir-Abdollahian:

"Our response to Zionist regime, its punishment certain"

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran will definitely give a response to and punish Israel for its recent terror attack against the Iranian diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Raeisi:

Israel to surely be punished for attacking Iran's consulate

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said that the Israeli regime and its supporters will surely be punished for attacking Iran's consulate building in Damascus and the crimes that they've committed in the Gaza Strip.

Russia will triumph over terrorism, Nazism, Assad tells Putin

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the recent terrorist attack near Moscow. President Assad said that Russia will triumph over terrorism and Nazism.

Amir-Abdollahian meets with Bashar Assad in Damascus

TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in the capital Damascus as part of the second leg of a regional tour after visiting Lebanon.