US, regional diplomats urge respect for minorities in Syria after Assad, Blinken saysTop diplomats from the U.S., Turkey, the EU, and Arab nations convened in Jordan to discuss Syria's future after President Assad's ouster. ...
15 Dec, 2024, 06.57 AM IST
Here's how US is countering Islamic State group during Syria's upheavalThe US launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria following the overthrow of President Assad. This action aims to prevent t...
10 Dec, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Damascus falls, rebels rise: Who are they and what’s their plan?Syria Civil War: Syria’s prolonged civil war has escalated dramatically as opposition forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Tur...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.35 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
Iraq's missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captivesYazidis in Iraq are rebuilding their lives after facing persecution by the Islamic State. Many were captured and enslaved, and families are...
16 Nov, 2024, 06.04 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
Islamic State attacks Syria jail, military base in Iraq in deadly escalationThe jihadist group has yet to comment on the attacks and there is no indication that they are coordinated but, according to analysts, they ...
21 Jan, 2022, 11.45 PM IST
Turkey says it will take over fight against IS after US pull-outFor Turkey, the step removes a source of friction with the United States. Erdogan has long castigated his NATO ally over its support for Sy...
22 Dec, 2018, 09.45 AM IST
Amit Shah to start preparation for 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Northeast India on May 20Assam BJP president, Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that May 20 meeting will chalk out detail preparation of BJP and its allies for 2019 Lok Sabha...
03 May, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
Force hails 'historic' Raqqa victory but handover on holdThree days after fully retaking the northern Syrian city that was considered the inner sanctum of IS's now moribund "caliphate", the Syrian...
20 Oct, 2017, 07.40 PM 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
Syria will never be stable as long as Assad is in power: USThe Trump administration believes that Syria's political future should be decided by Syrians in a free, credible and transparent process.
16 May, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
US-backed forces seize 80% of Syria's Tabqa from IS: MonitorAt dawn, IS fighters withdrew from the western-most district towards the other two quarters, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Obs...
01 May, 2017, 01.47 PM IST