Syria selects members of first post-Assad parliament in contested processSyria is set to select its first post-Assad parliament, a process widely criticized as undemocratic. Interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will ap...
05 Oct, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
New Syria leader vows state 'monopoly' on weaponsSyria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, declared the state's exclusive control over weapons at the national dialogue conference, emphas...
25 Feb, 2025, 03.13 PM IST
Syria's long-ruling Baath party faces collapseFollowing the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria's Baath party has frozen its activities, signaling the end of its six-decade rule....
31 Dec, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Syria's de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four yearsSyria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa stated in an interview that holding elections in Syria could take up to four years and drafting a n...
29 Dec, 2024, 05.31 PM IST
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
Syria govt pledges 'rule of law' after Assad's overthrowSyria's interim government pledged to establish the rule of law following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. Celebrations erupted acr...
13 Dec, 2024, 06.41 AM IST
Fall of Assad regime 'historic opportunity for people' of Syria: US President Joe BidenPresident Biden announced the fall of the Assad regime in Syria after rebel forces seized control. He declared it a historic opportunity fo...
09 Dec, 2024, 03.28 PM IST
Syria's Baath party oversaw half a century of repressionSyria's Baath party, under the Assad dynasty, ruled with an iron fist for over five decades. Hafez al-Assad seized power in a 1970 coup, es...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
UN special envoy for Syria calls for urgent talks in Geneva for 'orderly political transition'UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen urges for immediate talks in Geneva concerning Syria's political transition. Pedersen emphasized the urgency...
07 Dec, 2024, 09.32 PM IST
USCIRF recommends to designate India, 14 others as 'Country of Particular Concern'India has in the past said that the American body on international religious freedom has chosen to be guided only by its biases on a matter...
25 Apr, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
UN Syria envoy Geir Pederson says there's interest in stepped up diplomacyPedersen said a ``new international format`` could bring stakeholders to the table. ``With a relative, albeit fragile, calm on the ground, ...
29 Apr, 2021, 12.53 PM IST
Foreign fighters involved in Syrian conflict have moved to other places as mercenaries: India"As we begin our new Council term eight years later, it is indeed disheartening to note that the ongoing crisis in Syria still has no end i...
21 Jan, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Decisive Russian action ensures defeat of ISIS in Syria; threats of terror looms large in Central AsiaThe scope of the peace process in Syria was to a large extent set by the joint statement adopted by the Russian and US leaders on the sidel...
23 Jan, 2018, 09.58 AM IST
Mehbooba Mufti lashes out at those saying 'go to Pakistan'Mufti said there is tolerance in India and the scientists, authors and historians returning the awards in protest is the biggest proof of t...
27 Nov, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad must go as soon as possible: Francois Hollande"I will not provide you with a date because it must be as soon as possible. That is one of the requirements for a solution to stand," Holla...
25 Nov, 2015, 01.51 AM IST
Russia's Vladimir Putin reaches out to Americans over Syrian crisisPutin has warned the US against any unilateral military strike on Syria, saying it would trigger a new wave of terrorism, result in the col...
12 Sep, 2013, 06.04 PM IST
- Bush condemns bombing in Lebanon
President George W. Bush bemoaned the latest assassination of a Lebanese official and told Syria and Iran to stop meddling in its neighbor'...
27 Jan, 2008, 11.57 AM IST