Bashar Assad
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UN report says five failed assassination attempts targeted Syria President and top ministers
World | Feb 12, 2026, 07:37 AM ISTOfficials say the incidents show that IS continues efforts to weaken Syria’s new leadership. The report warns that the group is taking advantage of security gaps and political uncertainty across the country.
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Syria Civil War: Syrians celebrate as govt falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family
News | Dec 08, 2024, 06:34 PM ISTPeople took to the streets of Damascus on Sunday after the government fell in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family. President Bashar Assad reportedly fled the country after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across the capital. Watch to know more!
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US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria use chemical weapons
World | Apr 16, 2018, 12:18 PM ISTThe ambassador to the U.N. said Russia has blocked six attempts by the U.N. Security Council to make it easier to investigate the use of chemical weapons.
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Vladimir Putin hosts Bashar Assad, tells him ‘Russia about to end military operation in Syria’
World | Nov 21, 2017, 03:34 PM ISTPutin hosted Assad in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday ahead of a summit between Russia, Turkey and Iran and a new round of Syria peace talks in Geneva.
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Syria burning 50 bodies a day to hide proof of mass killings: US
World | May 16, 2017, 12:57 PM ISTThe United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence.
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Top Lebanese Hezbollah military commander killed in explosion in Syria
World | May 13, 2016, 01:18 PM ISTHezbollah's top military commander supervising military operations in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine, has been killed in an explosion in Damascus, the terrorist group said on Friday.
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Vladimir Putin congratulates friend Bashar Assad on Palmyra victory
World | Mar 28, 2016, 09:35 AM ISTMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated his friends and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for re-taking the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. "In a telephone conversation with Syrian president, Putin congratulated his counterpar
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A look at key events in Syria since March 2011
World | Mar 12, 2016, 03:54 PM ISTAs Syrians mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, here are some of the key events in the conflict
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UN endorses peace process for Syria, but no mention of Assad
World | Dec 19, 2015, 12:40 PM ISTUnited Nations: UN Security Council members unanimously approved a U.N. resolution Friday endorsing a peace process for Syria including a cease-fire and talks between the Damascus government and the opposition, but the text makes no
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Bashar Assad can stay, for now: US accepts Russian stance
World | Dec 16, 2015, 08:20 AM ISTMoscow: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement
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With Islamic State targeted, what happens to Syria's Assad?
World | Nov 19, 2015, 11:55 AM ISTDubai: The tide of global rage against the Islamic State group lends greater urgency to ending the jihadis' ability to operate at will from a base in war-torn Syria. That momentum could also force a
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Turkey allows US to use key air base to strike Islamic State
World | Jul 24, 2015, 07:16 AM ISTWashington (AP): Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air base near the Syrian border, senior U.S. officials said Thursday, giving a boost to
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Russian veto 'extremely disruptive' on Syria: US Ambassador
World | Mar 21, 2015, 06:38 AM ISTUnited Nations: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia's vetoes against holding Syria's government accountable are "extremely disruptive" to the U.N. Security Council's ability to restore peace in the conflict, and have emboldened
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President Bashar Assad's Syria truncated, battered, but defiant
World | Nov 02, 2014, 09:25 PM ISTTartous, Syria: Syrian businessmen start from scratch after their shops and factories were destroyed. Families who lost their homes struggle to rent new dwellings and make ends meet. Along highways stretching through government-controlled areas are
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US-led strikes hit IS-held oil sites in Syria
World | Sep 25, 2014, 05:49 PM ISTBeirut: U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing
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Government airstrikes kill 44 in Syria: Activists
World | Nov 23, 2013, 09:03 PM ISTBeirut: A string of government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the north on Saturday killed at least 44 people, activists said, as al-Qaida-linked rebels captured one of the country's oil field in the east.Rami Abdurrahman,
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Key Syrian rebel leader dies of wounds
World | Nov 18, 2013, 11:51 PM ISTBeirut: The leader of one of Syria's most prominent rebel units died early Monday of wounds sustained during a strike by government forces last week, his group said, dealing another blow to fighters reeling from
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Syria crisis: No proven link of Bashar Assad to gas attack, admits US
World | Sep 09, 2013, 09:53 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama's top aide on Sunday pressed the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House
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Rouhani vows support for Assad
World | Aug 05, 2013, 09:57 AM ISTBeirut, August 5: Iran's new President has expressed his country's support to Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad's regime, saying no force in the world will be able to shake their decades-old alliance.Hasan Rouhani's comments came
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Rebels attack air base in northern Syria
World | Jun 07, 2013, 04:06 PM ISTBeirut, June 7: Human rights activists on Friday said rebels have attacked an air base in northern Syria but failed to capture it.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting concentrated near the