Syria
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Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria
World | Jan 21, 2019, 08:20 AM ISTThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its operation is against the Quds Force - an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the BBC reported.
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7 killed in blast near US-led coalition patrol in Syria
World | Jan 16, 2019, 05:52 PM ISTThe Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Kurdish-led Manbij Military Council, which runs the town, say the blast occurred near a restaurant.
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Donald Trump threatens to 'devastate' Turkey's economy if it attacks Kurds
World | Jan 14, 2019, 09:13 AM IST"Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining IS (Islamic State) territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms," the President tweeted on Sunday.
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Trump pulling out all 2,000 US troops from Syria, declaring victory over Islamic State
World | Dec 20, 2018, 06:49 AM ISTThe U.S. began airstrikes in Syria in 2014, and ground troops moved in the following year to battle the Islamic State, or ISIS, and train Syrian rebels in a country torn apart by civil war. Trump abruptly declared their mission accomplished in a tweet.
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80 ISIS jihadi brides on way back to UK after being detained in Syria: Report
World | Oct 28, 2018, 09:24 PM ISTOne of the women has reportedly told relatives in Britain that as many as 80 British women and children expect to return imminently, while others will be home by the end of the year.
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Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, Germany, France
World | Oct 19, 2018, 05:30 PM ISTIn a statement, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that the presidents of these four countries will take part in the summit scheduled for October 27, a news report said.
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Russia says Syrian missiles shot down its aircraft, killing all 15 onboard
World | Sep 18, 2018, 02:09 PM ISTFor several years, Israel and Russia have maintained a special hotline to prevent their air forces from clashing in the skies over Syria. Israeli military officials have previously praised its effectiveness.
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US accused of training terrorists near Russian base in Syria
World | Sep 02, 2018, 06:51 AM ISTThe militants were to conduct serial attacks in Palmyra along with enabling the passage of nearly 300 terrorists to hold the city captive within a week, the ministry said.
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US ends Syria development fund, says Donald Trump; urges 'rich countries' to pay
World | Aug 19, 2018, 08:12 AM ISTIn a tweet, Trump said "the US has ended the ridiculous $230 million yearly development payment to Syria."
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32 killed in string of suicide attacks in south Syria, Islamic State claims responsibility
World | Jul 25, 2018, 11:42 AM IST32 people, including several civilians have been killed in a string of suicide attacks against a regime-held area of southern Syria.
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Israel launches attack on air base in Syria's central province of Homs
World | Jul 09, 2018, 06:55 AM ISTThe Syrian air defences have "confronted" the attack on Sunday against the air base in the eastern countryside of Homs, SANA news agency reported.
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Syria: Army personnel celebrates recapture of Jordan border crossing
World | Jul 07, 2018, 11:58 PM ISTTroops captured the Naseeb border crossing a day earlier following a crushing two-week military offensive, after rebels announced they had reached an agreement with Russian mediators to end the violence in the southern province of Daraa and surrender the crossing.
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Will Kashmir become another Syria, Iraq? watch our special show
News | Jun 23, 2018, 09:37 PM ISTWill Kashmir become another Syria, Iraq? watch our special show
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Situation escalates in Middle East, Iran and Israel exchange dozens of rockets overnight
World | May 10, 2018, 12:00 PM ISTIranian forces based in Syria reportedly fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights, triggering an Israeli reprisal and escalating already heightened tensions in what appeared to be the most serious violence in years.
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Russian fighter jet crashes off Syrian coast, both pilots killed
World | May 03, 2018, 04:00 PM ISTThe ministry said the plane did not come under fire and that preliminary information indicates the crash could have been caused by a bird being sucked into one of the plane's engines.
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India calls for probe into use of chemical weapons in Syria
India | Apr 17, 2018, 04:32 PM ISTThe demand was made by Ambassador to Holland and Permanent Representative of India to OPCW Venu Rajamony at the 58th Meeting of the Executive Council of the OPCW convened on Monday to discuss allegations regarding use of chemical weapons in Douma, Syria.
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US to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria use chemical weapons
World | Apr 16, 2018, 12:18 PM ISTThe ambassador to the U.N. said Russia has blocked six attempts by the U.N. Security Council to make it easier to investigate the use of chemical weapons.
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Are we heading towards a Third World War as US and Russia cross swords in Syria?
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Syria civil war: US, Britain and France unleashed over 100 missiles
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Attack on Syria an act of aggression, says Putin
World | Apr 14, 2018, 04:35 PM ISTIn a statement issued by the Kremlin, the Russian leader says Moscow is calling an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council over the strike launched by the US, Britain and France.