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
Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assaultJihadists and Turkish-backed allies seized significant parts of Aleppo, Syria, causing regime forces to withdraw. The offensive led to heav...
02 Dec, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Syria's second city slips from government control: MonitorAleppo, Syria's second-largest city, has fallen out of government control for the first time in a decade following a surprise rebel advance...
01 Dec, 2024, 06.32 PM IST
Russian air strikes kill 19 civilians in north SyriaRussian air strikes killed 19 civilians in the Aleppo countryside on Thursday, a war monitor said, as jihadists and the Syrian army clashed...
28 Nov, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Rockets fired from Iraq at US-led coalition base in SyriaThe rocket attack on the military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, originating from northern Iraq, has sparked a major search oper...
22 Apr, 2024, 07.22 AM IST
7 Kurdish-led fighters killed in attack on US base in Syria: monitorOvernight, seven Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters were killed in a drone attack on the largest US-led coalition base, Al...
05 Feb, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
Iran blames Israel, vows revenge after Guards die in Syria strikeIsrael has been accused of intensifying strikes targeting senior Iranian and allied figures in Syria and Lebanon -- both backers of the Pal...
22 Jan, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
IS attacks kill 30 pro-government forces in Syria: monitorIslamic State group attacks killed at least 30 pro-government forces and soldiers in the Syrian desert, a war monitor said Wednesday, in on...
08 Nov, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
Death toll in Islamic State attack on Syria army bus rises to 33An attack by ISIS militants on Syrian government forces in the country's east has killed 33 soldiers. The shooting on an army bus was the e...
12 Aug, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Russia drafting thousands in Syria for Ukraine war: MonitorThe Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.
15 Mar, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
Islamic State chief blows himself up during US raid in SyriaThe operation was the biggest blow to the jihadist organisation since his predecessor, the better-known Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in...
03 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
United States strikes kill Iran-backed fighters on Iraq-Syria borderKirby said that the targets had been used by "Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against US per...
28 Jun, 2021, 01.46 PM IST
IS jihadists retake parts of Syria town in major attackThe offensive is the latest in a string of IS attacks which confirm predictions that the jihadist organisation would continue to be a threa...
08 Jun, 2018, 09.20 PM IST
Syria's deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 livesBacked by Russian air strikes, the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake IS- controlled areas in the ...
01 Oct, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
US-backed forces seize 80% of Syria's Tabqa from IS: MonitorAt dawn, IS fighters withdrew from the western-most district towards the other two quarters, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Obs...
01 May, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
Twin bombings kill 44 in Damascus Old CityThe director general of the capital's Al-Mujtahed hospital told AFP earlier there were at least 28 people dead and 45 wounded.
11 Mar, 2017, 06.00 PM IST
Syria mosque blast kills 25 Al-Nusra fightersAn explosion in a mosque in northern Syria killed 25 members of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, including one of its leaders, as they attended...
04 Jul, 2015, 08.57 AM IST