On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
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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...
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As US and Iran talk ceasefire, Israel digs in for a 'forever war'Israel is establishing buffer zones in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon. This marks a strategic shift following the October 7 attacks. The country ...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
IS-linked module eyed Boston-style attack with remote-controlled toy carsAn IS-inspired terror plot to use remote-controlled toy cars as detonators for IEDs has been foiled. Police seized an RC car and actual det...
07 Apr, 2026, 06.04 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
Syria faces upsurge in strikesAlready unstable after years of civil war, Syria has seen attacks on US troops on its territory, Israel targeting its airports and senior I...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.32 AM IST
Israel strikes Syrian army assets after rocket launches, Israeli military saysThe military said it had identified two rocket launches from Syria that had landed in open areas late on Tuesday, and that it had responded...
25 Oct, 2023, 07.19 AM IST
U.S. forces detain 6 Islamic State group militants in SyriaIn their statement, U.S. Central Command said the raids were conducted over the preceeding 48 hours, and identified one of the detained mil...
20 Dec, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
Islamic State says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battleLittle had been known about al-Qurayshi, who took over the group's leadership following the death of his predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashim...
30 Nov, 2022, 10.37 PM IST
US confirms its troops carried out raid in Syria targeting ISIS officialThe US military officially confirmed a raid near the frontlines in north-east Syria targeting a senior ISIS official.
06 Oct, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
ISIS leader in Syria killed in US strike, say officialsThe officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to provide details. The killing would be another blow to the Islamist militant...
12 Jul, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactorThe missile, also known as an S200, set off air raid sirens in a village just a few kilometers (miles) from Dimona, the southern desert tow...
23 Apr, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
Russia says its airstrike in Syria killed 200 militantsKarpov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the air raid killed some 200 militants and destroyed 24 vehicles and about...
20 Apr, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
US unleashes Delta Force in Iraq to target ISIS operativesIt is a strategy that worked in May 2015, when Delta raided a compound in Syria, killing ISIS operative Abu Sayyaf and capturing his wife, ...
01 Mar, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
US deploying elite force to boost fight against Islamic StateCarter said the new force will be larger than the one being sent into Syria, but did not specify how many troops it will include.
02 Dec, 2015, 01.10 AM IST
Suspected leader of Paris attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud boasted of crossing bordersHe had, he said, returned to Syria, despite his face having been well known to police thanks to a much-posted video of him driving a pick-u...
18 Nov, 2015, 08.17 PM IST
- Assad denies building nuclear reactor
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied in remarks published on Sunday that a site raided by Israel last year was a nuclear reactor under c...
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