US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon saysThe US affirms its commitment to maintaining its presence in eastern Syria to counter a potential Islamic State resurgence. Following Syria...
08 Dec, 2024, 03.36 PM 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
Syria war monitor says rebels control most of AleppoJihadist-led rebels captured Aleppo's airport and nearby towns, taking control of much of the city. The offensive killed at least 327 peopl...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.25 PM IST
In his final days in office, U.S president Joe Biden has new problem in hand; here's what it isIn the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, Syria faces a new upheaval as Turkish-backed rebels and jihadist groups push into Assad-contro...
02 Dec, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assaultJihadists and Turkish-backed allies seized significant parts of Aleppo, Syria, causing regime forces to withdraw. The offensive led to heav...
02 Dec, 2024, 03.03 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
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 droneOn Sunday, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed to have downed another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, though the U.S. military has not confirmed this...
09 Sep, 2024, 07.15 AM IST
Islamic State chief blows himself up during US raid in SyriaThe operation was the biggest blow to the jihadist organisation since his predecessor, the better-known Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in...
03 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
24 Chadian troops killed in suspected jihadist attackJihadists from Boko Haram and a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, have been using the region for years as a hav...
05 Aug, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Ten years on, Tunisia is Arab Spring's only successEven so, recent popular movements that toppled leaders in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan have drawn inspiration from the uprisings.
30 Nov, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
French forces kill leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebDroukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of...
06 Jun, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
What impact is coronavirus having on Middle East conflicts?The United Nations has appealed for ceasefires in all the major conflicts rocking the planet, with its chief Antonio Guterres on Friday war...
05 Apr, 2020, 11.06 AM IST
Syria's deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 livesBacked by Russian air strikes, the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake IS- controlled areas in the ...
01 Oct, 2017, 07.02 PM 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
US drops ammo to anti-IS rebels as Syria regime advancesA US-led coalition has for the past year carried out air strikes on IS, which controls swathes of both Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
13 Oct, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
Barack Obama’s anti-IS partners have dubious track records in combating jihadistsDeep-seated sectarian and regional power rivalries in the Middle East present myriad stumbling blocks in the monumental new endeavour.
12 Sep, 2014, 12.57 PM IST