340 Alawite civilians killed by Syrian security forces, alliesIn recent days, more than 300 Alawite civilians have been killed by government and allied forces in Syria's Latakia province following fier...
09 Mar, 2025, 12.01 AM IST
Car bomb kills 20 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppledA car bomb in Syria's city of Manbij killed at least 20 people, mostly women. This is the second attack in three days in the city. Syria's ...
03 Feb, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UNAround 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, according to the UN. The UNHCR is supporting new arrivals...
30 Sep, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wife sentenced to death in Iraq; what was her crime and who was Baghdadi?The wife of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court. She was convicted for facilitating the kidnapping, illegal ...
12 Jul, 2024, 02.09 AM IST
Six months of bloodshed: The Gaza war in numbersThe unprecedented Hamas raid on southern Israel killed 1,170 Israelis and foreigners, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally bas...
08 Apr, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
Biden promises US 'shall respond' after troops killed in JordanIt is the first time American military personnel have been killed by hostile fire in the Middle East since the war between Israel and Iran-...
29 Jan, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in yearsFamily members of victims of a deadly drone attack in Homs, Syria, gathered to collect the bodies of their loved ones. The attack on a mili...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.03 AM IST
Drone strikes at Syrian military ceremony kill 67 people and wound 180, health official saysIn an earlier statement, Syria's military said that drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony packed with young officers and their...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Six killed after fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria borderA new 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.29 PM IST
Syrian government shells in rebel area kill seven of same familySo far it is unclear what caused the escalation, which prior to the attack had already killed at least 17 children this month, according to...
22 Jul, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
'Jihadi Jack' first white British boy to join ISIS: ReportJack Letts travelled to Syria when he was 18 after converting to Islam and telling his parents he was going to study Arabic in Kuwait.
24 Jan, 2016, 04.59 PM IST
IS lures new recruits with promises of job, rule of sharia and 'jihadi bride'The four youths deported from UAE last September were made to believe that they will get better jobs and a meaningful life in IS ruled terr...
26 Nov, 2015, 05.50 AM IST
David Cameron orders MI6 to hunt down London-born IS terrorist Jihadi JohnBritain's intelligence and other special forces have been on the trail of IS forces in Iraq, Syria and even Libya in the last few months on...
24 Aug, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
ISIS actions against Islamic law: Malaysian PM Najib Razak"The actions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq run counter to our faith, our culture, and our common humanity," Prime M...
28 Aug, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
US condemns Syria assault around AleppoThe US has condemned the indiscriminate air assault by Syrian government in Aleppo city that has killed more than 300 people.
24 Dec, 2013, 10.37 AM IST
Chemical weapons used in Syria: USAsserting that chemical weapons were used in Syria by the embattled Assad regime, US Secretary of State John Kerry today termed the last we...
27 Aug, 2013, 01.34 AM IST
'Fingers on pulse if needed it can be on trigger': Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael has termed the alleged use of chemical weapons by the embattled Syrian regime against civilians "a terrible tragedy and a terrible c...
25 Aug, 2013, 07.03 PM IST