Israel bombs Syria army HQ after warning Damascus to leave Druze aloneIsrael struck Syrian military headquarters in Damascus following a warning to the Islamist government. The warning was regarding the Druze ...
17 Jul, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
Six months after deposing Assad, Syria faces security, economic challengesSince assuming power after toppling Assad, Syria's interim President Sharaa has achieved international recognition and sanctions relief. Ho...
03 Jun, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
Israel says struck near Syria presidential palace amid Druze clashesIsrael said it carried out an air strike near Syria's presidential palace in Damascus on Friday, warning the country's new Islamist rulers ...
02 May, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
Syria's sectarian violence reached capital, terrorizing Alawites, residents sayMasked men stormed Alawite homes in Damascus on March 6, detaining over two dozen unarmed men amidst sectarian violence in Syria. Reports s...
27 Mar, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warMore than 1,000 people died in four days of clashes after an ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Ass...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
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
Fighting ISIS can lead to "sectarian violence" in India: Home MinistryAllowing Indians to take part in the conflict in Iraq or Syria would "directly result in sectarian conflict" and amount to promoting terror...
13 Jul, 2018, 04.58 PM IST
Syria will never be stable as long as Assad is in power: USThe Trump administration believes that Syria's political future should be decided by Syrians in a free, credible and transparent process.
16 May, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
US panel wants Pakistan on list for religious freedom violationsAs such USCIRF again recommended the State Department to designated Pakistan a "country of particular concern", or CPC, under IRFA.
03 May, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Islam Is Non-Violence: Unfortunately Sufis, Islam’s original mystics, are succumbing to sectarianism tooExtremism feeds on selective retrieval of sacred texts and history, creating irrational fears that require urgent remedial measures.
19 Apr, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Former US military intelligence chief: We knew something like ISIS was comingThe former head of one of the US govt's leading intelligence divisions says that the US believed that religious extremists could carve out ...
11 Aug, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
'ISIS will benefit' from the Iran nuclear deal"ISIS will benefit a lot from this deal; segments of the Sunni community in the region will see Iran as having won and brought in from the ...
17 Jul, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
US-led international coalition will destroy Islamic State"I do believe we will degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL with our coalition of over 60 countries," National Security Advisor Susan Rice sa...
30 Oct, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon invokes Mahatma Gandhi's message of peace and nonviolenceUNAI, launched by Ban in November 2010, is committed to the "unlearning of intolerance" and to peace and conflict resolution.
10 Oct, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
India tracking 18 desi jihadis in Iraq, SyriaThe security establishment is tracking 18 Indian citizens who have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight as jihadis.
09 Jul, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
- Shias, Sunnis sectarianism turns into a nightmare for Syria
It is the larger picture, the shape the civil war in Syria is acquiring, that can have severe repercussions across West Asia and the rest o...
09 Aug, 2012, 06.39 AM IST
- Unrest in Syria continues, international efforts remain deadlocked
Amidst the complexity of the situation in Syria, the clearest danger is that of the fighting between the opposition and the Assad regime's ...
06 Aug, 2012, 05.28 AM IST