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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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  Iran-backed fighters on high alert in east Syria after US retaliatory airstrikes I Story so far

  World | March 26, 2023 15:55 IST

  While it’s not the first time the US and Iran have traded strikes in Syria, the attack and the US response threaten to upend recent efforts to de-escalate tensions across the wider Middle East, whose rival powers have made steps toward detente in recent days after years of turmoil.

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  41 killed in Syria violence

  World | October 17, 2013 7:32 IST

  Damascus : At least 41 people were killed in clashes between Islamist and Kurdish militia forces in Hassakeh province in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday.Among the dead are 29 jihadists

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  UN says it can't feed one million hungry Syrians

  World | January 08, 2013 18:23 IST

  Geneva,Jan 8: The World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday it is unable to help one million Syrians who are going hungry.Spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said that this month, the agency aims to help 1.5 million

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  Annan says Syria violence levels 'unacceptable'

  World | April 25, 2012 8:48 IST

  Damascus, Apr 25: A car bomb rocked Damascus on Tuesday, a day after nearly 60 were killed across Syria, as international peace envoy Kofi Annan said violence levels were “unacceptable” 12 days into a promised

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  62 Killed In Syria On First Day Of Annan Visit

  World | March 11, 2012 7:21 IST

  Beirut, Mar 11: At least 62 persons, mostly soldiers and rebels, were killed in violence across Syria on Saturday , the first of a two-day visit by international peace envoy Kofi Annan, a monitor said.Among

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  Syria Envoy Annan To Meet Assad On Saturday

  World | March 10, 2012 13:09 IST

  United Nations, Mar 10 : Kofi Annan, the new Syria envoy, will meet Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Saturday morning and deliver a message that all violence must stop, the U.N. chief said

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  53 Killed In Syria Violence As Protests Rage

  World | February 25, 2012 22:30 IST

  Damascus, Feb 25: At least 53 people were killed today in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad's forces shelled the protest city of Homs for a 21st straight day and tens of thousands rallied nationwide to

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  Syria Violence Kills At Least 52 People, Says NGO

  World | February 24, 2012 8:48 IST

  Beirut, Feb 24 : At least 52 people, most of them civilians, were killed in violence across Syria on Thursday , including 13 members of one family, a monitoring group said. The death toll included 16

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  Activists Say 20 Dead In Syria Violence

  World | February 04, 2012 7:58 IST

  Beirut, Feb 4: Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south today in fresh violence that killed at least 20 people, including nine

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  Deaths Mount As Russia Resists UN Drive On Syria

  World | February 02, 2012 7:42 IST

  Damascus, Feb 2 : Fresh bloodshed swept Syria on Wednesday  after Western powers and the Arab League demanded immediate UN action to stop the regime's “killing machine” but holdout Russia vowed to veto any proposal

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  11 Soldiers, 10 Civilians Killed In Syria Violence

  World | January 09, 2012 8:46 IST

  Beirut, Jan 9 : Security forces conducting raids on homes and pro-regime snipers on rooftops killed at least ten civilians, including a teenager, most of them in the central city of Homs today. Fierce clashes

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  Syria Violence Surges As UN Calls For Protection

  World | December 03, 2011 11:58 IST

  Beirut, Dec 3  : The United Nations' human rights chief has called on the international community to protect Syrian civilians as violence surged across the country, with hours of intense shooting that sent stray bullets

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  At Least 33 Killed In Syria Violence : Activists

  World | November 25, 2011 8:54 IST

  Nicosia, Nov 24: Eighteen members of Syria's security forces and two deserters were killed in clashes today, mainly in the flashpoint province of Homs, where at least 13 civilians also died, activists said.“Eleven soldiers and