On This Day, June 5: D-Day, Operation Blue Star, RFK assassination, AIDS epidemic, Marshall Plan and other key eventsOn This Day, June 5, history witnessed several defining moments across war, politics and social change. The date is associated with the D-D...
04 Jun, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
How Israel has emptied southern Lebanon far beyond the front linesA fragile ceasefire in Lebanon has faltered. Israel's military campaign is expanding, forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. Evac...
28 May, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
April 6 in world history: From turning point in WWI to global invasions, genocide and bombingsApril 6th marks significant global events, from the 1896 rebirth of the Olympic Games to the US entry into World War I in 1917. The day als...
06 Apr, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
US strikes kill Al-Qaeda affiliate leader linked to ISIS ambush on American soldiers in SyriaAmerican forces eliminated a key Al-Qaeda leader in Syria. This operative had direct ties to the ISIS ambush that claimed the lives of two ...
18 Jan, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Who is Bilal Hasan al-Jasim? Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader killed in US latest retaliatory strike in Syria under ‘Operation Hawkeye Strike’The US conducted a retaliatory strike in Syria, killing Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader Bilal Hasan al-Jasim. Officials state al-Jasim was direc...
18 Jan, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
US military launches multiple strikes across Syria targeting Islamic StateAmerican forces conducted multiple strikes in Syria against the Islamic State group. These actions followed an operation launched in Decemb...
11 Jan, 2026, 06.06 AM IST
Operation Hawkeye Strike: US hits more than 70 ISIS targets in massive assault across Syria, in retaliation for the deadly ambush that killed two soldiers and a civilian interpreterIn retaliation for a deadly ambush that killed two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter, the United States launched extensive air and gro...
20 Dec, 2025, 07.29 AM IST
Three Americans killed, three wounded in ambush during counter ISIS engagement in Syria, Trump vows retaliation as probe continuesTragedy struck in Syria as an ambush claimed the lives of two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter. Three other American personnel s...
14 Dec, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on ISTwo American soldiers and one civilian died in a Syrian attack. President Donald Trump vowed severe retaliation against the Islamic State g...
14 Dec, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
What is Islamic State, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?The FBI recovered an Islamic State banner from a truck used by a Texas man, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 15 people at a New Year's event ...
02 Jan, 2025, 09.45 AM IST
Iraq slams US after strike kills pro-Iran commanderIraq condemns a US airstrike killing a senior Kataeb Hezbollah commander accused of attacks on American troops. The strike follows previous...
08 Feb, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
7 Kurdish-led fighters killed in attack on US base in Syria: monitorOvernight, seven Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters were killed in a drone attack on the largest US-led coalition base, Al...
05 Feb, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
Biden promises US 'shall respond' after troops killed in JordanIt is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the war between Israel and Iran-...
29 Jan, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
US forces targeted in Syria, no casualties: OfficialAmerican and allied forces in Syria were targeted in an attack by drones, according to a militant group. The attack did not cause any casua...
23 Oct, 2023, 10.37 PM IST
Obama rules out US troops on the ground to fight ISDescribing the Islamic State as "the face of evil", US President Barack Obama admitted that deadly attacks in Paris were a "terrible and si...
16 Nov, 2015, 11.20 PM IST
ISIS demands $6.6 million ransom for release of a 26-year-old American womanThe American woman was captured over a year ago while participating in humanitarian relief work in Syria.
27 Aug, 2014, 04.16 PM IST
Attacking Syria will only deepen the messInternational intervention in situations with an imminent risk of state actors carrying out mass killings has been a controversial issue in...
29 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST