Syria Video: Rebels ransack Central Bank and Assad's palace, loot cash, Ferraris, and clothesSyrian rebels took Damascus. President Assad's rule ended. People celebrated in the streets. The central bank was looted. Assad's palace wa...
09 Dec, 2024, 09.43 AM IST
With Assad gone, Middle East battle lines are redrawnIt took just 11 days for Syrian rebels to force Bashar al-Assad to flee the country and impose a new revision of the strategic map in the M...
09 Dec, 2024, 07.33 AM 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
Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple himSyrian President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule ended as he fled Damascus amidst a swift rebel advance. Rebels declared the capital free, m...
08 Dec, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Syria's Assad: The president who led a bloody crackdownSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled the country amidst a swift rebel advance into Damascus. The rebel offensive, launched ...
08 Dec, 2024, 09.45 AM IST
Syrian rebels tighten grip on Damascus, aim to topple iron-fisted Assad's regimeSyrian rebels, led by opposition forces including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have made rapid advances into the city of Homs and its suburb...
07 Dec, 2024, 09.01 PM IST
Iron-fisted Assad under threat as Syrian rebels draw closerSyrian President Bashar al-Assad faced a major challenge to his family's 50-year rule. Rebels advanced despite Russian and Iranian backing....
07 Dec, 2024, 08.56 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad: The Syrian president who led a bloody crackdownSyrian President Bashar al-Assad, once seemingly secure in power after quashing a pro-democracy revolt, now faces a renewed threat. An Isla...
07 Dec, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Over 2,80,000 displaced in northwest Syria amid rebel offensive, says UNHTS rebels advanced in Syria, displacing over 280,000 people. The UN is increasing aid. Thousands fled Homs as rebels neared Damascus. HTS ...
07 Dec, 2024, 06.46 AM IST
Syria: Assad dynasty's half century in powerHafez al-Assad, Syria's defence minister and the father of Bashar al-Assad, takes power in a military coup on November 16, 1970 that ousts ...
24 May, 2021, 05.20 PM 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
Syrian President Bashar Assad: Western sanctions hinder return of refugeesAssad's forces have recaptured much of Syria, with the backing of his allies Russia and Iran, which helped tip the balance of power in his ...
11 Nov, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
India Inc moves in Syria as peace returns in war-torn countryDelhi has allowed Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) to revive its thermal power project in Syria. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONG...
11 Jul, 2017, 09.17 AM IST
MoS for External Affairs, MJ Akbar to visit Syria, terror fight on agendaAkbar’s will be the maiden ministerial visit to Damascus as the situation in embattled country is showing signs of improvement following mi...
12 Aug, 2016, 06.28 AM IST
US remains key player in West Asia: Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East), MEAIndia believes that the US, despite its pivot towards Asia-Pacific region, remains an important player for stability in West Asia in the fi...
22 Jan, 2016, 08.55 PM IST
Geopolitics of spices: How Syria unrest is benefitting India's jeera exportsSyria is India's closest rival in jeera, for the past one year, India has been virtually the sole supplier of jeera to the world.
08 Sep, 2012, 11.53 AM IST
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Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central US states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager...
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