Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warMore than 1,000 people died in four days of clashes after an ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Ass...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warGunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol, leading to clashes that resulted in over 1,000 deaths within ...
09 Mar, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Lebanon's Hezbollah sees 'major, dangerous' change in SyriaHezbollah, the Iran-backed group, considers the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a significant and dangerous shift. Assad's removal...
09 Dec, 2024, 05.49 PM IST
Iran-Pakistan flare-up rooted in restive borderlands, not Mideast strifeIran's recent strike on Pakistan aimed to bolster internal security amid rising concerns about domestic militant threats, not Middle East a...
19 Jan, 2024, 02.54 PM IST
Pakistan under a strong clutch of sectarian violenceThe study seriously faults the Pakistani counter-terrorism approach as mostly reactive, when it should be proactive, because all institutio...
17 Sep, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Death toll rises to 50 from blasts near Afghan girls' schoolMinister Tareq Arian said a car bomb detonated in front of the Sayed Al-Shuhada School on Saturday, and when the students rushed out in pan...
09 May, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Indian think-tank sends petition to UN Secy Gen & other global bodies on Pakistan govt atrocities against ShiasOn September 24 Usanas Foundation sent another petition to the UN Secretary-General and all the other entities mentioned above, in which it...
27 Sep, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Pakistan on alert ahead of Salman Taseer's assassin Mumtaz Qadri's funeralSecurity forces were deployed at main junctions in Islamabad and Rawalpindi city, where Qadri's funeral procession will pass through.
01 Mar, 2016, 02.36 PM IST
Pakistan behind rise of international Jihadi forces, says NYTAn op-ed in the NYT said, "This behaviour is not just an issue for Afghanistan. Pakistan is intervening in a number of foreign conflicts."
07 Feb, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
01 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM 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
Iraq hostage crisis is a wakeup call for India to build strategic intervention capabilitiesDetention of 39 Indian immigrants by jihadists in Iraqi city of Mosul since June 15 is first major foreign policy crisis for Modi govt.
29 Jun, 2014, 08.34 AM IST
India should be wary of conflict spill-over from IraqThere is possibility of sectarian passions flaring up in India, in the wake of protests and attempts to send Shia volunteers to fight in Ir...
20 Jun, 2014, 05.51 AM IST
Jihadists control 75% of Iraq’s largest oil refinery in Baiji: OfficialSunni extremists have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery ...
18 Jun, 2014, 09.26 PM IST
Why US military aid alone can't save IraqMoreover, the US must compel the Iraqi Army to adopt a sensitive, population-centered approach to reversing the militants' conquests.
12 Jun, 2014, 01.49 PM IST
Egypt court orders detention of Morsi over Hamas linksAn Egyptian court has ordered detention of Mohammed Morsi for questioning over colluding with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
26 Jul, 2013, 03.53 PM IST
- Muslim Brotherhood seeks India help for polls in Egypt
The possibility of India helping out with Egypt elections was also raised by US secretray of state Hillary Clinton with foreign minister S ...
28 Feb, 2011, 05.13 AM IST