TEHRAN(Basirat): A human rights group closely monitoring the situation in Syria says the US-led coalition is seeking to have a number of ISIS commanders besieged in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor hand themselves in so that it can take 40 tonnes of gold and millions of dollars off the terrorist group’s hands.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Russia’s Foreign Ministry objects to Israel’s airstrikes on Syria, calling for an end to the “arbitrary” Israeli attacks on the country.