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  ISIS confirms death of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Report

  World | July 11, 2017 18:28 IST

  Today’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 | July 07, 2017 23:49 IST

  The 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 | June 27, 2017 10:34 IST

  Syrian 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 | June 19, 2017 21:24 IST

  Russia, 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 | June 19, 2017 7:01 IST

  Iran'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 | June 09, 2017 17:00 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 | June 06, 2017 22:56 IST

  An 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 | June 04, 2017 21:59 IST

  On 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 | June 04, 2017 15:24 IST

  Jack 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 IST

  At 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 IST

  The 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 15:11 IST

  Under 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 IST

  Things 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 18:09 IST

  On 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 IST

  The 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 | April 27, 2017 12:39 IST

  The 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 | April 25, 2017 8:32 IST

  Mnuchin 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 | April 22, 2017 15:44 IST

  The 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 | April 21, 2017 18:04 IST

  A 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.

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  No more US strikes on Syrian Army, Russia assures Assad govt

  World | April 20, 2017 7:54 IST

  Russia has assured the Bashar al-Assad government that there will be no more US strikes on Syrian military positions, according to Syria's presidential advisor Buthaina Shaba'an.