Syria extends ceasefire with Kurdish forces by 15 daysGovernment troops have seized swathes of northern and eastern territory in the last two weeks from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces...
26 Jan, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect DruzeIsrael launched significant airstrikes in Damascus, targeting the defense ministry and areas near the presidential palace, asserting its in...
17 Jul, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
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 announces probe after reports of mass killingsSyria's government announced a probe following the killing of 830 Alawite civilians, causing international backlash and condemnation. Clash...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.18 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
Why rebel capture of Syria's Hama, city with dark history, mattersSyrian rebels seized Hama, a city etched in memory by the 1982 massacre. The insurgents removed a poster of President Bashar Assad. Hama's ...
06 Dec, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UNAround 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, according to the UN. The UNHCR is supporting new arrivals...
30 Sep, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wife sentenced to death in Iraq; what was her crime and who was Baghdadi?The wife of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court. She was convicted for facilitating the kidnapping, illegal ...
12 Jul, 2024, 02.09 AM IST
Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn countryHowever, crippling Western sanctions against Assad's government remain in place and could prevent oil-rich Arab countries from rushing to i...
15 May, 2023, 10.54 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 plotting attacks across Europe, says British media reportThe November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris and the city's northern suburb of Saint-Denis.
14 Apr, 2019, 07.48 PM IST
Fresh strikes on Syria's Ghouta, UN calls for ceasefire to be 'immediately implemented'Air strikes destroyed a building in Douma, the main town in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus, and buried alive an entire family, th...
26 Feb, 2018, 05.09 PM IST
ISIS planning coordinated attacks across Europe: ReportThe dreaded terror group Islamic State (ISIS) is planning a new coordinated attack across Europe, according to a former militant linked to ...
19 Dec, 2015, 06.13 PM IST
Syria hails India's position on fight against ISIS militantsSyria has been grappling with a fierce civil war for last couple of years with ISIS posing a serious threat to President Bashar al-Assad's ...
16 Oct, 2014, 08.04 PM IST
ISIS actions against Islamic law: Malaysian PM Najib Razak"The actions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq run counter to our faith, our culture, and our common humanity," Prime M...
28 Aug, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
Attacking Syria will only deepen the messInternational intervention in situations with an imminent risk of state actors carrying out mass killings has been a controversial issue in...
29 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
'Fingers on pulse if needed it can be on trigger': Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael has termed the alleged use of chemical weapons by the embattled Syrian regime against civilians "a terrible tragedy and a terrible c...
25 Aug, 2013, 07.03 PM IST