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  Syrian rebels strengthen border security amid tensions post Assad's ouster

  News | December 28, 2024 17:30 IST

  Syrian rebels stepped up security at the country's borders with neighboring countries as tensions rise. The Islamist rebels who took over Syria were seen operating a checkpoint at the country's border with Lebanon.

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  Syria Crisis: Why India Should Be Concerned About the Fall of Assad in Syria

  News | December 09, 2024 23:38 IST

  India is closely watching the situation in Syria as rebel forces claim to have toppled Bashar al-Assad's government. This could affect the relationship between India and Syria, which has been friendly and peaceful for many years. Watch the video to know more.

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  Syrian regime change: How emergence of new political set up will shape the Middle East?

  Explainers | December 09, 2024 12:46 IST

  On Saturday, the opposition rebel forces arrived at Damascus as part of its 10-day offensive which led to the fall of the Assad regime. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fled the country and took asylum in Russia.

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  Syria civil war: 'United States should stay out of it as this is not our fight', says Donald Trump

  World | December 08, 2024 7:00 IST

  Syria civil war: Rebels have been freeing political detainees of the Assad government from prisons as they advance across Syria, taking cities. Moustafa pledged to media that opposition forces would be alert for any US detainees among them and do their utmost to protect them.

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  Syria cancels BBC's media accreditation, accuses British broadcaster of spreading fake news

  World | July 09, 2023 18:25 IST

  Syrian government alleged BBC of spreading fake news about the drug trade in the war-torn country.

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  What is driving economic deterioration, hitting a new low in Syria? EXPLAINER

  World | January 05, 2023 13:11 IST

  The Syrian pound hit an all-time low of 7,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market last week before rebounding to around 6,000. It's still a significant plunge, given the rate was around 3,600 one year ago.

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  Donald Trump declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

  World | April 15, 2018 7:04 IST

  Although officials said the singular target was Assad’s chemical weapons capability, his air force, including helicopters he allegedly has used to drop chemical weapons on civilians, were spared.

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  Trump says relations with Russia worse than Cold War era, vows to continue air-strikes on Syria

  World | April 11, 2018 17:17 IST

  Trump's remarks came after Russian warning suggesting that Moscow would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime. 

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  Chemical weapons watchdog to send inspectors to Syria's Ghouta

  World | April 10, 2018 23:35 IST

  The OPCW, in its statement, said its technical Secretariat has asked the Syrian government to make the necessary arrangements for the deployment of a fact-finding mission. 

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  Trump, Putin had ‘very good’ talk about ending Syria war: White House

  World | May 03, 2017 8:36 IST

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a "very good" talk about ending Syria war and best ways to resolve the dangerous situation in North Korea.

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  A look at key events in Syria since March 2011

  World | March 12, 2016 15:54 IST

  As 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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  270,000 dead, 4.7 million refugees in Syria's war

  World | March 11, 2016 23:50 IST

  Syria's war has killed more than a quarter of a million people, uprooted over half the population and left much of the country in ruins since it erupted five years ago.

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  40 fighters killed in clashes near Damascus

  World | November 07, 2014 23:42 IST

  Beirut: At least 40 fighters have been killed in clashes between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic militias in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

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  US coalition strikes new targets in Syria

  World | November 06, 2014 20:39 IST

  Damascus:  The US led anti-terror coalition struck new positions of jihadI groups in Syria's Idlib province Thursday.The US strikes for the first time targeted a position of the Ahrar al-Sham movement near al-Hawa border crossing

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  Iraqi Kurdish force moves to help fight IS militants in Kobane

  World | October 28, 2014 20:44 IST

  Baghdad: A group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, headed Tuesday to the Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey to help local Kurdish people who have been struggling to fend off attacks by

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  48 including 41 children killed in twin blast in Syria

  World | October 02, 2014 16:27 IST

  Homs (Syria): A twin bomb attack on a primary school killed 48 people including 41 children in the government controlled city of Homs.This horrifying incident took place as children were leaving school at the end

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  Aleppo Bombing Kills At least 76 Syrians, Including 28 Children

  World | December 17, 2013 11:21 IST

  Beirut:  Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas in the northern city of Aleppo and near the southern border with Jordan on Monday, a day after airstrikes killed at least 76 people, while the United Nations

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  Syria War: Clerics issue fatwa allowing hungry to eat dogs, cats

  World | October 18, 2013 10:39 IST

  New Delhi: Muslim leaders in war-torn Syria have issued a fatwa allowing citizens in the tormented border of the capital Damascus to eat dogs and cats to satisfy their hunger, according to multiple reports.  Islam

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  Watch award-winning pics of Syria war

  World | October 16, 2013 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: The bloody civil war in Syria has been continuing for more than two years now and has taken a toll of a large number of lives. The civil war has made millions homeless.Though