Syria War
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Syrian rebels strengthen border security amid tensions post Assad's ouster
News | Dec 28, 2024, 05:30 PM ISTSyrian 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 | Dec 09, 2024, 11:38 PM ISTIndia 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 | Dec 09, 2024, 12:46 PM ISTOn 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 | Dec 08, 2024, 07:00 AM ISTSyria 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 | Jul 09, 2023, 06:25 PM ISTSyrian 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 | Jan 05, 2023, 01:11 PM ISTThe 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 | Apr 15, 2018, 07:04 AM ISTAlthough 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 | Apr 11, 2018, 05:17 PM ISTTrump'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 | Apr 10, 2018, 11:35 PM ISTThe 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, 08:36 AM ISTUS 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 | 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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270,000 dead, 4.7 million refugees in Syria's war
World | Mar 11, 2016, 11:50 PM ISTSyria'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 | Nov 07, 2014, 11:42 PM ISTBeirut: 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 | Nov 06, 2014, 08:39 PM ISTDamascus: 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 | Oct 28, 2014, 08:44 PM ISTBaghdad: 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 | Oct 02, 2014, 04:27 PM ISTHoms (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 | Dec 17, 2013, 11:21 AM ISTBeirut: 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 | Oct 18, 2013, 10:39 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 16, 2013, 02:40 PM ISTNew 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