Assad's downfall is a humbling blow to Russia. How will it affect Putin's prestige?Seven years after declaring victory against terrorists in Syria, Russia's support for Bashar al-Assad crumbled amidst a swift rebel offensi...
11 Dec, 2024, 12.19 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
Bashar Assad: How a novice eye doctor and his minority family ruled Sunni-majority Syria for half a centurySyria War: After over five decades of rule, the Assad family's reign in Syria has ended with the fall of Damascus and President Bashar al-A...
08 Dec, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
China is willing to work with Syria, upgrades ties: Xi JinpingChina and Syria have announced plans to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership. This comes after a meeting between Chinese P...
22 Sep, 2023, 03.12 PM IST
Turkiye, Syria quake deaths pass 11,000; deadliest in decadeThinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkiye and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings ...
08 Feb, 2023, 05.11 PM IST
Fears grow for untold numbers buried by Turkey earthquakeThe last two days have brought dramatic rescues, including small children emerging from mounds of debris more than 30 hours after Monday's ...
08 Feb, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Syrian President, wife test positive for coronavirusIn a statement, Assad's office said the first couple did PCR tests after they experienced minor symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illne...
08 Mar, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Reports of radicalisation, incitement of external ops in ISIL facilities in Syria concerning: IndiaCiting the 12th report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da'esh) to international peace and security, Tirumurti said th...
10 Feb, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on visit to Israel, says he will go to Golan HeightsPresident Donald Trump in 2019 recognised Israel's claim of sovereignty over the parts of the Golan that it captured from Syria in a 1967 w...
19 Nov, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
India must reorient its Pakistan strategy in view of Trump’s ‘America First’ policyThat means Pakistan’s policy of surreptitiously extending all kinds of support to the Taliban risking international isolation has finally p...
26 Dec, 2018, 02.28 PM IST
Russia warns US against unilateral strike on North KoreaRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments broadcast on state TV on Monday that "it is a very risky course of action.”
18 Apr, 2017, 12.29 AM IST
Russia vetoes UNSC action condemning Syria chemical weapons attackRussia, a permanent member of 15-nation Council, exercised the veto yesterday when a draft resolution drafted by France, the United Kingdom...
13 Apr, 2017, 10.27 AM IST
Russia undermining sovereignty of neighbouring countries: USHe said the Pentagon will take all the necessary steps to deter Russia's "malign" and "destabilising" influence, coercion and aggression.
15 Oct, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
Russia should not interfere in US efforts to destroy ISIS: White HouseOn Afghanistan, Earnest said President Obama's policy in particular troops presence would be driven by the situation on the ground.
07 Oct, 2015, 11.43 AM IST
Any action in Syria should be under UN framework: Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that India was not in favour of armed action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
06 Sep, 2013, 01.10 PM IST
Barack Obama's U-turn on Syria surprises US mediaObama's surprise U-turn on launching retaliatory military strikes on Syria over its suspected use of chemical weapons has evoked mixed resp...
01 Sep, 2013, 07.46 PM IST
- Mubarak, Sarkozy prepare for summit
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met French President Nicolas Sarkozy to prepare the founding summit of the Union for the Mediterranean.
12 Jul, 2008, 08.24 PM IST