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  France issues international arrest warrants against Syrian President for alleged war crimes

  World | November 16, 2023 19:24 IST

  Assad’s government was widely deemed by the international community to be responsible for the chemical attack on August 21, 2013 that killed over 1,000 people. The US threatened military retaliation for the attack but settled for a deal with Russia.

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  Syrian President Bashar Assad sworn in for 3rd term

  World | July 16, 2014 17:03 IST

  Damascus (Syria): Proclaiming the Syrian people winners in a "dirty war" waged by outsiders, President Bashar Assad was sworn in on Wednesday, marking the start of his third seven-year term in office amid a bloody

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  UK minister: Syria has 'in effect' murdered doctor

  World | December 17, 2013 23:33 IST

  London: British Foreign Office official Hugh Robertson has accused the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad of effectively murdering a U.K. doctor held in Syrian custody.Robertson said in televised comments on Tuesday that there was

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  More than 160 killed as Syrian rebels try to siege

  World | November 24, 2013 22:53 IST

  Beirut: Heavy clashes between Syrian troops and rebels trying to break a government siege in the suburbs of Damascus have killed at least 160 fighters over two days, activists said on Sunday.Forces loyal to Syrian

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  Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack

  World | September 19, 2013 9:55 IST

  Washington : Syrian President Bashar Assad said a United Nations report finding “clear and convincing evidence” that sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an “unrealistic” account, and he denied his government orchestrated the

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  Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon

  World | July 09, 2013 17:12 IST

  Beirut, July 9: A large explosion rocked a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group south of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, setting several cars on fire, sending a thick plume of black smoke billowing

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  Al-Jazeera shows Twitter account hacked

  World | July 05, 2012 22:47 IST

  London, Jul 5:  The Twitter account of Al-Jazeera's English-language social media show has been hacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad.Hackers hijacked the Twitter account of “The Stream,” a program aimed at tapping into

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  UN General Assembly Wants Assad Out

  World | February 17, 2012 12:28 IST

  United Nations, Feb 17 :  The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights

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  16 Killed As Syria OKs Observers In Principle

  World | November 19, 2011 8:02 IST

  Beirut, Nov 19: Syria agreed in principle on Friday to allow dozens of Arab observers into the country to oversee a peace plan, a significant concession from a hardline regime that loathes any sort of

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  Syrian Security Forces Fire On Rallies, Killing 30

  World | October 29, 2011 13:20 IST

  Beirut, Oct 29: Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters and hunted them down in house-to-house raids, killing about 30 people in what was the deadliest day in weeks in the country's 7-month-old uprising, activists