Syria
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'There is no room for complacency', says Indian football coach Stephen Constantine
Football | Jul 11, 2017, 07:03 PM ISTThe Indian football coach Stephen Constantine stated that the team need to concentrate on the upcoming matches where the face Qatar and Syria
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ISIS confirms death of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Report
World | Jul 11, 2017, 06:28 PM ISTToday’s report comes a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally declared Mosul liberated from the ISIS after nearly nine months of fierce fighting to dislodge the extremist militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq.
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US, Russia reach deal on Syria cease-fire: Report
World | Jul 07, 2017, 11:49 PM ISTThe United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, three U.S. officials said Friday as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Assad may be preparing chemical weapons attack, says US; warns ‘heavy price’
World | Jun 27, 2017, 10:34 AM ISTSyrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the "mass murder" of civilians, the White House said today, warning the regime would pay a "heavy price" if it goes ahead
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Russia warns US after downing of Syrian warplane
World | Jun 19, 2017, 09:24 PM ISTRussia, Syria's main ally, also said it is suspending a cooperative pact with the US aimed at maintaining airspace safety in Syria, BBC reported.
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Iran targets Islamic State in revenge for Tehran attacks, fires missiles into Syria
World | Jun 19, 2017, 07:01 AM ISTIran's Revolutionary Guard launched missiles into eastern Syria targeting Islamic State terrorists.
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Syria Polio Outbreak: Steps being taken to eradicate the disease globally, WHO
World | Jun 09, 2017, 05:00 PM IST“On May 29, a World Health Organization spokeswoman told media that there had been 50 cases of acute flaccid paralysis in the governorate since the start of 2017, but no stool samples had yet tested positive for polio has been largely destroyed”.
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Paris Notre Dame attacker shouted ‘this is for Syria’ before being shot
World | Jun 06, 2017, 10:56 PM ISTAn attacker at Paris Notre Dame cathedral carrying an Algerian student card shouted “this is for Syria” when he attacked a police officer with a hammer, French interior minister Gerard Collomb said on Tuesday
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India welcome to play a role in reconstruction of Syria, says President Assad
World | Jun 04, 2017, 09:59 PM ISTOn the fight against terror, Assad said India and Syria could learn from each other and work towards building a "genuine coalition" against terrorism.
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ISIS suspect 'Jihadi Jack' caught in Syria: Report
World | Jun 04, 2017, 03:24 PM ISTJack Letts, who emerged as the first from the UK to join ISIS in Syria, told the London-based television network Al- Araby that he was living in a prison controlled by the Kurds.
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Syria: 35 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes
World | May 26, 2017, 11:28 AM ISTAt least 35 people were killed in airstrikes carried out by US-led forces in eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Syria burning 50 bodies a day to hide proof of mass killings: US
World | May 16, 2017, 12:57 PM ISTThe United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence.
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Syria deal bans US-led coalition aircraft, says Russia
World | May 05, 2017, 03:11 PM ISTUnder the Russian plan, President Bashar Assad’s air force would halt flights over the designated areas across the war-torn country.
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FBI translator marries an ISIS fighter she was hired to spy on
Blah | May 03, 2017, 12:31 PM ISTThings turned upside down when she was attracted to him and escaped to Syria to marry him.
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Eager to discuss Ukraine, Syria: Vladimir Putin tells Angela Merkel
World | May 02, 2017, 06:09 PM ISTOn Syria, Germany also has been sharply critical of Russia's support for President Bashar Assad. Merkel has suggested that Moscow was partly responsible for atrocities because of the airstrikes its forces have carried out on civilian areas.
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US-backed fighters retake more areas from ISIS in northern Syria
World | May 02, 2017, 11:44 AM ISTThe Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is the most effective ground force battling IS in Syria and will most likely lead the offensive to capture Raqqa in the near future.
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Huge explosion near Damascus Airport: monitor
World | Apr 27, 2017, 12:39 PM ISTThe explosion was heard across the capital, jolting residents awake, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdurrahman said.
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US imposes additional sanctions against Syrian regime
World | Apr 25, 2017, 08:32 AM ISTMnuchin said the Treasury has targeted these 271 employees because they have expertise in chemistry and related fields or have worked in support of chemical weapons programs since at least 2012.
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Chinese jihadis' rise in Syria raises concerns at home
World | Apr 22, 2017, 03:44 PM ISTThe Turkistan Islamic Party is the other name for the East Turkistan Islamic Movement that considers China's Xinjiang to be East Turkistan.
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As Trump completes four months in office, his 4 U-turns as US President
World | Apr 21, 2017, 06:04 PM ISTA close look at his tenure so far reveals that the US President has made several U-turns on international issues that he felt strongly about.