Syrian Crisis
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Asma, Bashar-Al Assad's wife diagnosed with blood cancer, has 50 per cent survival chance
World | Dec 26, 2024, 05:08 PM ISTAsma al-Assad, the former first lady of Syria and wife of ousted President Bashar al-Assad is diagnosed with blood cancer, reports suggest. Earlier, she battled breast cancer in 2019.
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Assad's first statement after his dramatic ouster: 'No plans to leave Syria, wanted to fight'
World | Dec 16, 2024, 07:13 PM ISTHours after insurgent groups attacked the capital, Assad said he left Damascus on the morning of December 8. The ousted leader said that he left the country in coordination with Russian allies.
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UN envoy stresses political solution to Syrian crisis
World | Oct 18, 2014, 07:00 AM ISTBeirut: Visiting UN Special envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura stressed on Friday that the political path to solve the Syrian crisis is the best tool to confront the threat of Islamic State(IS) that is
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Nearly 200,000 killed since start of Syrian crisis: UN
World | Aug 23, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there
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India's role sought to resolve Syrian crisis
World | Nov 22, 2013, 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi : Syria wants India to play an important role in finding a political solution in that strife-torn nation, according to Bouthaina Shaaban, media and political advisor to the Syrian presidency."We want India and
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No military solutions to Syrian crisis, says India
World | Sep 05, 2013, 06:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the US mulling an attack on Syria, India on Wednesday said it would take a position on the crisis “when it becomes clear what is intended to be done” but stressed that