The Syrian army units clashed on Sunday with the US-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing six alliance fighters, according to media reports. State news agency SANA said the army seized control of four villages from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Ezzor province.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says military approaches will fail to resolve the Syrian crisis, stressing that military intervention of certain countries has only prolonged the sufferings of people in the war-stricken state. Zarif was speaking at a joint news conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts Sergei Lavrov ...
