10 countries are home to two-thirds of world's most hungry: UN-backed reportA UN-backed report reveals two-thirds of global food crises last year were concentrated in just 10 countries, with Sudan, Nigeria, and the ...
24 Apr, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Grey zones, proxy wars and a changing world orderA new era of grey-zone conflicts is upon us. International institutions face challenges managing geopolitical tensions. U.S. foreign policy...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.32 PM IST
Israel strikes in vicinity of three Syrian cities, Syrian media saySyrian state media reported Israeli strikes near Homs, Latakia, and Palmyra, prompting condemnation from Syria's Foreign Ministry, which la...
09 Sep, 2025, 07.57 AM IST
Islamists from Tajikistan gain prominence in new Syrian governmentThreats from radicals in Tajikistan are emerging as a potential challenge for both Afghanistan and India, with Saifiddin Tadjiboev, now a c...
10 Jan, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
The curious case of Assad clan's missing billionsFor years, Bashar al-Assad and his family carefully cultivated an image of the Syrian leader as a modest, austere figure. Assad's regime co...
16 Dec, 2024, 03.53 PM IST
Syrian rebels return to Aleppo after 8 years: What it means for President Assad and the Middle EastThe ongoing violence in Aleppo has reignited tensions in Syria, as rebel forces launch an offensive against President Assad’s regime. Led b...
30 Nov, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
What to know about sudden rebel gains in Syria's 13-year war and why it mattersThe Syrian civil war reignites with a significant rebel offensive on Aleppo, involving the terrorist-designated group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham....
30 Nov, 2024, 07.45 AM IST
US reprisals against Iran-linked groups anger Iraq, SyriaOvernight airstrikes were carried out by the United States against Iran-supported factions in Iraq and Syria, eliciting criticism from the ...
03 Feb, 2024, 06.40 PM IST
Syria faces upsurge in strikesAlready unstable after years of civil war, Syria has seen attacks on US troops on its territory, Israel targeting its airports and senior I...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.32 AM 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
UNSC needs to introspect about the cost of its 'actions and inactions' on Syria: IndiaThe UN Security Council needs to introspect about the cost of its "actions and inactions" on Syria, India has said, emphasising that the po...
30 Mar, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
India calls for relaxation of sanctions on Syria in light of worsening humanitarian crisisIn late December last year, UN human rights expert Alena Douhan had called on the US to remove unilateral sanctions against Syria, saying t...
16 Mar, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
War has cost $226 billion to Syria economy: World BankThe devastating war has killed over 320,000 people and displaced more than half the country's population since it began in March 2011.
10 Jul, 2017, 10.34 PM IST
Lone Hindu-American lawmaker in US Congress draws flak for meeting Assad during secret Syrian visitGabbard’s office said in a press release on January 25 that she went to Syria “to see and hear firsthand the impact of the war in Syria dir...
30 Jan, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
US, allies increasing pace of actions against ISIS: John KerryThe US and its coalition partners are "increasing the pace" of actions against the Islamic State, Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
06 Dec, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon asks Israel, Syria to de-escalate tensionsThe Secretary-General calls on all involved to exercise maximum restraint to prevent any further escalation in an already tense regional en...
22 Aug, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
Syrian people need new leadership, says US Secretary of State,John KerryTo end bloodshed and give the people of Syria a chance to meet their long-deferred aspirations, a new government is called for.
26 Nov, 2013, 04.03 PM IST