In his own words, Bashar Al-Assad narrates the dying moment of his dictatorship and how he escaped Syria; here's his ball-by-ball accountBashar Al-Assad, after his safe escape to Moscow from war-torn Syria, is now recollecting the incidents that made him leave the country wit...
17 Dec, 2024, 12.59 AM IST
Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of insurgency that toppled Syria's Assad?Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) insurgent group that overthrew Syrian President Bashar Assad, is attemptin...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Damascus falls, rebels rise: Who are they and what’s their plan?Syria Civil War: Syria’s prolonged civil war has escalated dramatically as opposition forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Tur...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.35 PM 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 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
Russian bases in Syria threatened by insurgent advance, say Moscow's war bloggersRussian military facilities in Syria, including the crucial Hmeimim airbase and Tartous naval facility, face a growing threat from advancin...
07 Dec, 2024, 06.28 PM IST
Rebels rise in Syria: Alone and broke against a renewed insurgency, is Assad's rule at risk of collapse?Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive, recapturing Aleppo and other towns, exploiting Russia's focus on Ukraine and Hezbollah's weake...
07 Dec, 2024, 10.58 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
A UN envoy says the Israel-Hamas war is spilling into Syria, adding to growing instability thereGeir Pedersen told the Security Council that, on top of violence from the Syrian conflict, the Syrian people now face “a terrifying prospec...
31 Oct, 2023, 10.49 AM IST
Trump threatens to devastate Turkey if it hits US-backed Kurdish forcesThe US troop withdrawal has left America's Kurdish allies vulnerable to an attack from Turkey. Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorist...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.42 AM IST
Islamic State has overshadowed al-Qaeda as principal terrorist threat: US"Originally an outgrowth of al Qaeda in Iraq, in the past two years ISIL has eclipsed core al Qaeda as the principal terrorist threat we fa...
08 Mar, 2016, 01.11 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
Al-Qaeda core now focused on physical survival: PentagonTerror group focused on physical survival following battlefield losses, says Pentagon.
04 Feb, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
Al-Qaeda core now focused on physical survival: PentagonAl-Qaeda core is now focused on physical survival following battlefield losses, but the terrorist outfit will remain a difficult and critic...
04 Feb, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
Intelligence Bureau Director Syed Asif Ibrahim warns of rising influence of terror groups“We have deliberated the serious issue yesterday and felt that the threat is likely to accentuate as the situation unfolds further in futur...
01 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
India vulnerable to ISIS activities, says Home Minister Rajnath SinghThe Home Minister said although the terror group was born out of Syria & Iraq, the Indian sub-continent cannot remain untouched by this men...
30 Nov, 2014, 01.43 AM IST
No threat from Iraqi insurgent group ISIS: GovernmentThe government on Wednesday denied receiving any threat from Iraqi insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
13 Aug, 2014, 03.20 PM IST