Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has stressed that the American and Turkish illegal military presence in the Arab country will eventually end.

Vellamvelly Muraleedharan met with President Bashar al-Assad and other senior Syrian officials.

Syria’s President Assad says the issue of the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland needs to be kept out of politics.

Syria has reaffirmed its commitment to developing further cooperation with Iraq in various fields, saying Damascus and Baghdad's stances are united in facing joint challenges. 

Syria’s foreign minister says President Bashar al-Assad would only meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when Turkey was ready to completely withdraw its military forces from northern Syria.

Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad confirmed Assad's participation on Wednesday.

China's Special Envoy for the Middle East Zhai Jun has met with Syrian President Bahsar al-Assad, following the recent efforts to a political solution to the Syrian conflict.