Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warGunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol, leading to clashes that resulted in over 1,000 deaths within ...
09 Mar, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal townGunmen ambushed a Syrian police patrol in Jableh, killing at least 13 security members amid escalating tensions between Assad's minority Al...
07 Mar, 2025, 09.53 AM IST
Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons, foreign minister saysIraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein emphasizes efforts to convince powerful armed factions to lay down arms or join official forces amidst...
16 Jan, 2025, 10.20 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 President Assad goes missing as the country grapples with another deadly conflictRebel forces advance on Damascus amid swirling questions about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's whereabouts. Unverified reports suggest A...
08 Dec, 2024, 10.08 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
US counter-terror strategy in Persian Gulf and Arab World based on "realpolitik"Delhi is uncomfortable over US assertions on Iran and asserted that Indo-Iran ties are not guided by any third country.
04 Jul, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
Decisive Russian action ensures defeat of ISIS in Syria; threats of terror looms large in Central AsiaThe scope of the peace process in Syria was to a large extent set by the joint statement adopted by the Russian and US leaders on the sidel...
23 Jan, 2018, 09.58 AM IST
One fourth of armed conflicts in ethnically divided countries coincide with climatic problems: StudyThe study found 23 per cent of conflict outbreaks in ethnically highly fractionalised countries robustly coincide with climatic calamities.
20 May, 2017, 12.38 AM IST
Pakistan part of Saudi alliance but won't contribute troops: Sartaj AzizPakistan today said that it was part of the Saudi-led 34-nation Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism but will not contribute soldi...
12 Jan, 2016, 10.36 PM IST
US appeals to Iran, Saudi Arabia to show restraintThe US asked Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint as the tensions between the two countries erupted into a full-blown diplomatic crisis ...
05 Jan, 2016, 03.05 AM IST
India voices concern over UNSC failure to solve West Asia crisis"The effectiveness of the Council has therefore been brought into question," Mukerji said in the open debate on the situation in the Middle...
16 Jan, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
India expresses concern over extremism in Iraq, SyriaIndia said consolidation of political processes and building durable state institutions will be an effective way to address such radicalism...
22 Oct, 2014, 09.18 PM IST
ISIS poses threat to Indian lives and interestsISIS has declared areas in Syria and Iraq it has captured as a caliphate — but its agenda isn’t confined to that region alone.
05 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
India should be wary of conflict spill-over from IraqThere is possibility of sectarian passions flaring up in India, in the wake of protests and attempts to send Shia volunteers to fight in Ir...
20 Jun, 2014, 05.51 AM IST
No talks with Iran on Iraq crisis: USUS and Iranian diplomats are headed to Vienna next week to hold talks on the latter's controversial nuclear programme, she said, adding tha...
14 Jun, 2014, 11.30 AM IST