Syria
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US airstrikes on Syria's IS training camp, kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups
World | Sep 29, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTIn Syria, 37 militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group were killed in two strikes, the United States military said Sunday. Two of the dead were senior militants, it said.
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Valour knows no borders! Indian Army airlifts injured soldier from Israel in adverse conditions
India | Sep 26, 2024, 04:41 PM ISTThe medical team of the Indian Armed Forces successfully evacuated the injured soldier to India during a highly uncertain situation, while also providing advanced critical care support throughout the journey.
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Mizoram Police rescues three women stranded in Syria for two years
Mizoram | Aug 25, 2024, 10:09 PM ISTThree women from Mizoram who were trafficked to Syria and stranded for nearly 20 months have been safely brought back to India.
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Iran's 'Axis of Resistance': A growing threat to Middle East stability
World | Aug 01, 2024, 03:09 PM ISTIran's Axis of Resistance is a coalition with the potential to further destabilize the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Their coordinated actions against Israel and close ties to Iran could trigger wider conflicts, disrupt global trade, and worsen humanitarian crises.
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Israel launches missile strike at Syria while reported attack on Iran raises fears of full-blown war
World | Apr 19, 2024, 04:52 PM ISTThe attack came amid red-hot tensions at Iran fired air defence batteries at suspected Israeli drones in retaliation for a missile and drone attack by Tehran on Saturday. However, Iran has denied any external attack and Israel is yet to officially comment on the matter.
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Middle East on edge over Iran's possible retaliation against Israel: How it would impact oil prices?
Explainers | Apr 12, 2024, 05:31 PM ISTA suspected Israeli attack on Iran's embassy in Syria, killing 12, has dramatically raised the stakes in the Middle East as nations prepare for Iran's retaliation. This can result in an expansion of the war in the region and would have repercussions in the oil market, including India.
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Israel must be 'punished' for attack on embassy in Syria, reiterates Iran's Supreme Leader
World | Apr 10, 2024, 04:33 PM ISTThe suspected Israeli bombing of an Iranian consulate in Syria killed 12 people, including seven Revolutionary Guard members, for which Iran has vowed to retaliate. The recent flare-up of tensions has put the US on high alert as an Iranian retaliation may further lead to geopolitical complications.
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'Step aside so you won't get hurt': Iran to US as it readies attack on Israel for strike in Syria
World | Apr 06, 2024, 09:51 AM ISTThe suspected Israeli bombing of an Iranian consulate in Syria killed 12 people, including seven Revolutionary Guard members, four Syrians and a Hezbollah member. Top Iranian military commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi, marking he most high-profile killing since Qassem Soleimani's death in 2020.
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CIA warns Israel of Iran's possible retaliation within 48 hours for consulate attack in Syria
World | Apr 04, 2024, 10:38 AM ISTAt least 12 people were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander and a Hezbollah member. The attack has raised concerns of the Israel-Hamas war spreading in the Middle East due to Iran and its proxies.
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Iran vows 'revenge' as Israeli strike on Tehran's consulate in Syria killed top generals I VIDEO
World | Apr 02, 2024, 08:54 AM ISTIran reserves the right to take reciprocal actions against the Israeli attack in Damascus on its consulate, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.
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Iran's consulate in Syria destroyed by suspected Israeli airstrike, several killed
World | Apr 01, 2024, 10:32 PM ISTIranian and Syrian media reported that several people, including diplomats and Iranian commander, were killed in the strike. Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria in the course of its nearly six-month-long war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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At least 7 killed and 30 injured after deadly car blast rocks Syrian town near Turkish border
World | Mar 31, 2024, 07:34 AM ISTSyria: A deadly car blast rocked the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border, claiming the lives of at least seven individuals and injuring thirty others. The explosion occurred during peak shopping hours after the breaking of the fast during Ramadan, exacerbating the tragedy.
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Shamima Begum, who fled UK to join ISIS, loses appeal to regain British citizenship
World | Feb 23, 2024, 06:17 PM ISTShamima Begum fled the UK to join the ISIS in 2015 when she was 15, married a Dutch member of the group and all three of her children have died. The UK government maintained she could seek a Bangladeshi passport but her family has argued that she is a British citizen.
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Syrian base housing US troops suffers another drone attack, kills six Kurdish fighters
World | Feb 05, 2024, 05:07 PM ISTThe US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.
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US pledges further strikes on Iran-backed groups as Middle Eastern tension intensifies
World | Feb 05, 2024, 12:21 PM ISTWhite House national security adviser Sullivan declined to be drawn on whether the United States might attack sites inside Iran, something the US military has been very careful to avoid.
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Why US and UK carrying out massive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria I EXPLAINED
World | Feb 04, 2024, 11:17 AM ISTThe US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
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US airstrikes 85 Iran-linked targets in Iraq, Syria after 3 American soldiers killed in drone attack
World | Feb 03, 2024, 08:46 AM ISTPresident Joe Biden and other top US leaders had been warning for days that America would strike back at the militias, and they made it clear it wouldn't be just one hit but a "tiered response" over time.
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Iran won't start a war but will 'respond strongly' to bullies: President Raisi amid tensions with US
World | Feb 02, 2024, 06:03 PM ISTRaisi's remarks came after the US approved plans for strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three American soldiers by a drone in Jordan. There has been rising speculation of an American response as tensions heated up in the Middle East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate | Israel- Hamas War
News | Jan 16, 2024, 04:16 PM ISTIran fired missiles at what it claimed was Israeli “spy headquarters" near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria.
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Iran launches strikes against 'spy headquarters, terrorist ops' in Iraq and Syria
World | Jan 16, 2024, 07:29 AM ISTIran had accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousaviin an airstrike in Damascus last month after two members of the Revolutionary Guards. Tehran argues that Iraq's Kurdistan region is a staging ground for Iranian separatist groups and its arch-foe Israel.