Straight out of a movie? A tiny white pill called Captagon brought Syria's Bashar Al-Assad down; here's how that happenedBashar Al-Assad has successfully managed to escape to Russia after insurgents in Syria managed to topple his regime, and now the Syrian Pre...
14 Dec, 2024, 01.09 AM IST
How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria's governmentRebel forces swiftly overthrew the Assad dynasty in Syria after a 13-year conflict. The insurgents launched an offensive in late November, ...
09 Dec, 2024, 07.59 AM IST
Insurgents reach gates of Syria's capital, threatening to upend decades of Assad ruleSyrian insurgents advanced rapidly, seizing Homs and reaching Damascus's outskirts. Government forces retreated, leaving Assad's control pr...
08 Dec, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Syrian rebels seize fourth city, close in on Homs in threat to Assad's ruleSyrian rebels seized control of Daraa, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, marking the fourth city lost by Assad's forces in a week. Rebel...
07 Dec, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
Syrian army says it has withdrawn from Hama after insurgents broke through its defencesSyrian insurgents, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian National Army, have captured Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, after inte...
05 Dec, 2024, 07.38 PM IST
Syrian rebels say they are pushing into Hama city, army says defences holdingSyrian rebels claimed to have begun an offensive into Hama, but the Syrian army denied these claims. Following their recent victory in Alep...
05 Dec, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
Iraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against insurgentsIranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
At least 25 killed as Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syrian rebel territoryAt least 25 people were killed in air strikes in northwestern Syria by the Syrian government and Russia. The attacks targeted the rebel-hel...
02 Dec, 2024, 03.04 PM IST
Syria insurgents breach second largest city of Aleppo, fighters and a war monitor saySyrian insurgents have breached Aleppo after blowing up two car bombs and are clashing with government forces. Insurgents have seized contr...
02 Dec, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Assad's army, Russian forces pound Syria's rebel-held northwest regionRussian and Syrian jets have conducted intensive bombings on the rebel-held city of Idlib, targeting insurgent hideouts while resulting in ...
01 Dec, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroupThousands of Syrian insurgents entered Aleppo with little resistance from government troops, raising their flags over the Aleppo Citadel. A...
30 Nov, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
Drone strikes at Syrian military ceremony kill 67 people and wound 180, health official saysIn an earlier statement, Syria's military said that drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony packed with young officers and their...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Airstrikes again hit Syria's rebel area, displace thousandsThe violence at the edge of Idlib province is the most serious breach of the cease-fire in place since early March, when an agreement betwe...
09 Jun, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
How US weaponry is turning Syrian conflict into proxy warSeveral US-aided units have come under direct fire by the Russians. But they claim to have held their territory, with the help of TOW missi...
13 Oct, 2015, 01.43 PM IST
Syrian army, Russian jets advance against rebels in fiercest clashes for days: MonitorForces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have in the past few days recaptured territory close to the government's coastal heartland in the...
12 Oct, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Syrian army advances in west after Russian strikes: ReportsSyrian news agency SANA said Tal Skik was now under Syrian army control after an 'extensive military operation' on the ground backed by Rus...
11 Oct, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
Russian air strikes target western Syria: MonitorThe Observatory said a large explosion hit a building on the outskirts of the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, which is held by the ultra-...
10 Oct, 2015, 04.05 PM IST