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Syrian Air Force counters hostile moves near Damascus

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – The official Syrian sources reported on Friday morning that the country's air defense forces have managed to counter hostile targets near Damascus.

Sec-Gen of PFLP-GC hails Iran for supporting Resistance Axis

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Secretary-General of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) hailed Iran's principled support for the Axis of Resistance in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

FM Amir-Abdollahian arrives in Damascus

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – The new Iranian Foreign Minister has just arrived in Damascus, which is the second destination of his first diplomatic tour to the region.

Iran parl. speaker meets with president Assad in Damascus

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met and sat down for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday afternoon.

Ghalibaf stresses boosting Tehran-Damascus trade relations

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker stressed that strong trade relations between the private sector of Iran and Syria must be achieved by removing the obstacles in various economic fields.

Parl. Speaker Ghalibaf arrives in Syria

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Damascus on Tues. evening.

Iran's new ambassador to Syria meets with Pres. Assad

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Mehdi Sobhani, the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Syria presented his credentials to President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in Damascus Sunday.

Islamic Jihad envoy:

Saudi aggression on Yemen serves Israeli interests

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Yemeni ambassador to Damascus, the representative of Islamic Jihad stressed that the aggression of the Saudi coalition against Yemen serves the interests of the Zionist regime.

Missile explodes near Israel's Dimona nuclear facility

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Local sources in the Palestinian occupied land reported several explosions on Thursday morning in the south of the occupied lands close to the Gaza Strip.

Damascus blast leaves 1 dead, 7 injured

TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) –A roadside bomb blast in Damascus of Syria has killed at least one person and injured seven others.

Syrian Army intercepts Israeli missile attack (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – The Syrian Army air defenses intercepted on Sunday Israeli missile aggression in the surroundings of Damascus.

Syrian air defense foils Israeli attack on Damascus (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – The air defense of the Syrian Arab Army confronted on Monday the Israeli regime’s aerial aggression the western outskirts of Damascus.

Iran deplores 'unwise, unconstructive' blacklisting of Syrian

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – Iran has denounced the decision by the European Union to add Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to its sanctions blacklist, calling the decision an unconstructive move that would obstruct the peace process.

Israeli regime launches aggression on Damascus

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – According to Syrian media, the Israeli regime has launched fresh airstrikes on Damascus on Tuesday night. 

Iran opens trade center in Damascus

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – The chairman of the Iran-Syria Joint Trade Committee said the Iranian trade center in Damascus has been opened in a bid to encourage bilateral economic ties.

VIDEO: Lavrov arrives in Syria to hold talks with Assad

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Leading a high-level delegation of Russian political, military and economic officials, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov landed in Damascus on Monday to held talks with President Bashar al Assad.

Syrian army repels Israeli missile aggression

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – The Syrian army’s air defenses confronted Israeli missile aggression in the airspace of Sothern Damascus, shooting down the majority of the missiles.

1 killed, 1 injured in Syrian capital's blast

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – One civilian was martyred and another sustained critical injuries when two explosive devices went off in Nahr Aisha area in Damascus, Syria.

FM Zarif meets with Syria’s Assad, al-Moalem

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with top Syrian officials in Damascus on Monday.

FM Zarif arrives in Damascus

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Syrian Capital of Damascus on Monday to meet and hold talks with Syrian officials.

Iran parl. speaker travels to Syria for bilateral talks

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani left Tehran for Damascus on Sunday morning to hold high-level talks with Syrian officials.

Israeli strikes on Syria nearly downed Airbus-320 with 172 Passengers on board: Russia

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – An Airbus-320 with 172 passengers on board could have been targeted by Syrian missile defense systems because of Israel's airstrikes at Damascus suburbs on February 6, the plane was escorted out of the danger zone and assisted in landing at the Hmeymim airbase, according to the Russian Defence Ministry’s spokesman.

Iran ready to coop. with Syria in reconstruction of educational centers

TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohsen Haji Mirzaei expressed Iran’s readiness to cooperate with Syria in rebuilding educational centers in the war-torn country.

Hezbollah strongly condemns Israeli regime's aggression on Gaza

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah denounced on Tuesday the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza which martyred the military commander of Islamic Jihad movement Baha Abu al-Atta.

Iranian parliamentary delegation holds talks with Syrian speaker

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – An Iranian parliamentary delegation headed by Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour left Tehran to Syrian capital on Tuesday morning.

Iran to set up pavilion at Syria Rebuild Expo 2019

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Iran will attend the 5th edition of Re-Build Syria Expo, which will kick off on Tuesday and will run till Saturday (Sep. 21-25).