Insurgents reach gates of Syria's capital, threatening to upend decades of Assad ruleSyrian insurgents advanced rapidly, seizing Homs and reaching Damascus's outskirts. Government forces retreated, leaving Assad's control pr...
08 Dec, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Syria's Jolani: From jihadist to pragmatistAbu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Islamist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), spearheaded a rebel offensive that ousted Syrian Presid...
08 Dec, 2024, 11.29 AM IST
Syria's Abu Mohammed al-Jolani: From jihadist to pragmatistAbu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an extremist group with roots in al-Qaeda, is spearheading an offensive to ov...
07 Dec, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
Why rebel capture of Syria's Hama, city with dark history, mattersSyrian rebels seized Hama, a city etched in memory by the 1982 massacre. The insurgents removed a poster of President Bashar Assad. Hama's ...
06 Dec, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Syrian army says it has withdrawn from Hama after insurgents broke through its defencesSyrian insurgents, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian National Army, have captured Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, after inte...
05 Dec, 2024, 07.38 PM IST
Iraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against insurgentsIranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Who is fighting in Syria and why?Syrian rebels have recaptured Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad. The surprise offensive has reignited the Syrian civil war, leading to ...
02 Dec, 2024, 08.12 PM IST
Syria insurgents breach second largest city of Aleppo, fighters and a war monitor saySyrian insurgents have breached Aleppo after blowing up two car bombs and are clashing with government forces. Insurgents have seized contr...
02 Dec, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Syria's second city slips from government control: MonitorAleppo, Syria's second-largest city, has fallen out of government control for the first time in a decade following a surprise rebel advance...
01 Dec, 2024, 06.32 PM IST
Syrian rebels return to Aleppo after 8 years: What it means for President Assad and the Middle EastThe ongoing violence in Aleppo has reignited tensions in Syria, as rebel forces launch an offensive against President Assad’s regime. Led b...
30 Nov, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
This bearded man with a $10 million bounty on his head could be the next trouble maker in the Middle east; who is he? Here's all about himIn the heart of the Syrian conflict, a bearded man with a $10 million bounty on his head stands as one of the most enigmatic and controvers...
30 Nov, 2024, 10.45 PM IST
Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroupThousands of Syrian insurgents entered Aleppo with little resistance from government troops, raising their flags over the Aleppo Citadel. A...
30 Nov, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
Israel hits Syria in heaviest raid on Iran proxies in monthsIsrael conducted deadly strikes in Aleppo, killing a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon amid escalating conflict with Iran's proxies. Airstrike...
30 Mar, 2024, 12.39 AM IST
In Beirut, Iran's foreign minister warns war could spread if Israeli bombardment of Gaza continuesIran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, warned that if Israel's attacks on Gaza continue, the violence could spread to other part...
14 Oct, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
Drone strikes at Syrian military ceremony kill 67 people and wound 180, health official saysIn an earlier statement, Syria's military said that drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony packed with young officers and their...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 28,000; Turkey moves against some buildersFive days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving...
12 Feb, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
ISIS executed over 4,000 in Syria in last two years: ReportThe so-called offences of those executed included sodomy, apostasy and alcohol smuggling, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights notes.
30 Apr, 2016, 04.22 PM IST