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Syrian army says it has withdrawn from Hama after insurgents broke through its defencesSyrian insurgents, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian National Army, have captured Hama,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
Syrian army launches counteroffensive against rebelsSyrian government forces launched a counteroffensive against Islamist-led rebels near Hama after significant losses. Rebels had swiftly cap...
04 Dec, 2024, 05.30 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
Syria state media reports Israeli attack on Homs, Hama provincesIsraeli airstrikes targeted a car factory and military positions in Syria's Homs and Hama provinces, causing material damage but no casualt...
10 Oct, 2024, 09.31 AM IST
US, UK launch airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebelsThe US and British militaries launched strikes on over a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen, including weapons systems and bases. The Houthis ha...
04 Oct, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Iran's Revolutionary Guards hold military drill in western Iran, IRNA saysIran's elite Revolutionary Guards are conducting military drills in the western province of Kermanshah, near the Iraq border. The exercises...
11 Aug, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 84 peopleFlash floods in Afghanistan raise death toll to 84 in the country's north after weeks of devastating torrents. Heavy rains hit four distric...
19 May, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in AfghanistanFlash floods in Afghanistan kill 68, with 50 dead in Ghor and 18 in Farayab. Abdul Wahid Hamas reports significant financial losses in Ghor...
18 May, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Who is Jaish al-Adl, the Sunni group that Iran targeted in an airstrike on Pakistani soil?Jaish al-Adl, or the Army of Justice, surfaced in 2012. It mainly comprises members of the Sunni militant Jundullah group, which was weaken...
18 Jan, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
Islamic State vows to defeat Russia in Syria as strikes intensifyThe Islamic State group vowed Tuesday to attack Russia and defeat it, as Moscow announced it had intensified its air campaign against jihad...
14 Oct, 2015, 01.29 AM IST
Russian air force struck 53 targets in Syria in last 24 hours: MilitaryRussia's air force hit 53 targets in Syria in the past 24 hours, the defence ministry said on Monday, as Moscow continues a bombing campaig...
12 Oct, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Syrian army, Russian jets advance against rebels in fiercest clashes for days: MonitorForces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have in the past few days recaptured territory close to the government's coastal heartland in the...
12 Oct, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Russia flies 64 sorties against Islamic State targets in Syria: Defence ministryThe ministry said hat a total of 63 air strikes destroyed 53 fortified positions in Syria's Hama, Lattakia, Idlib and Raqqa provinces.
11 Oct, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Syrian army advances in west after Russian strikes: ReportsSyrian news agency SANA said Tal Skik was now under Syrian army control after an 'extensive military operation' on the ground backed by Rus...
11 Oct, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
Russian air strikes target western Syria: MonitorThe Observatory said a large explosion hit a building on the outskirts of the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, which is held by the ultra-...
10 Oct, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
Rebels battle IS after advance in Syria's AleppoIslamist rebels including the powerful Ahrar al-Sham group were able overnight to recapture a village from IS, the Syrian Observatory for H...
10 Oct, 2015, 02.58 PM IST