A senior member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) says Damascus has rejected Ankara's request to arrange a meeting between presidents of the two neighboring countries.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the West is pursuing the policy of waging wars in order to maintain its dominance.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stresses the need for open dialog among Arab countries in order to resolve regional crises, and address challenge that their nations are facing.

The chairman of Turkey’s left-wing Patriotic Party is slated to visit neighboring Syria, where he is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

President Assad says Syria supports collective Arab initiatives, and attaches great importance to initiatives and mechanisms that promote such an ideal.

The United States reacts bitterly to an earlier trip by Syria’s president to the United Arab Emirates.

Syria’s president visits the UAE in his first such visit to an Arab state since 2011.

An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Russia was entitled to launch a military campaign in Ukraine to preserve its security.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is ready to dispatch a high-level delegation for talks with Ukraine in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, the Kremlin says, as the Russian military campaign in Ukraine enters its second day.

Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad about military cooperation as well as counterterrorism.