Syrian Rebels
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Syrian rebels strengthen border security amid tensions post Assad's ouster
News | Dec 28, 2024, 05:30 PM ISTSyrian rebels stepped up security at the country's borders with neighboring countries as tensions rise. The Islamist rebels who took over Syria were seen operating a checkpoint at the country's border with Lebanon.
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Syrian govt's assault on rebel-held Damascus suburb kills 98
World | Feb 20, 2018, 03:50 PM ISTMonday’s bombardment that killed nearly 100 people saw the use of warplanes, helicopter gunships, missiles as well as artillery, in a major escalation of violence near President Bashar Assad’s seat of power.
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Russian air strikes kill 30 Syrian rebels after jet downed
World | Feb 04, 2018, 08:56 AM ISTEarlier on Saturday, the ministry said a pilot survived the fighter jet crash but was later killed in a ground fight with Syrian rebels.
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US training of Syrian rebels a 'total failure'
World | Sep 17, 2015, 10:25 PM ISTWashington: Republicans and Democrats lambasted the Obama administration's strategy to combat the Islamic State group after a top US general admitted that just a handful of US-trained Syrian rebels are still on the battlefield fighting
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Syrian rebel training programme to start in March
World | Dec 11, 2014, 09:03 AM ISTWashington: The programme to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels against Islamic State(IS) militants will begin in March, a senior US official said Wednesday.The programme, which is a key part of US President Barack Obama's
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40 fighters killed in clashes near Damascus
World | Nov 07, 2014, 11:42 PM ISTBeirut: At least 40 fighters have been killed in clashes between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic militias in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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US says training Syrian rebels will take months
World | Sep 20, 2014, 10:15 AM ISTWashington: The White House said Friday that it would take months to vet and train Syrian rebels to make them ready for battle against the Islamic State(IS) fighters.National Security Adviser Susan Rice told reporters that
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Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo
World | Dec 21, 2013, 04:41 PM ISTBeirut: Activists say Syrian rebels have gained control of a strategic hospital in the city of Aleppo despite days of relentless barrel-bombings of opposition-held areas in the northern city.Two activist groups—the Aleppo Media Center and
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More than 160 killed as Syrian rebels try to siege
World | Nov 24, 2013, 10:53 PM ISTBeirut: Heavy clashes between Syrian troops and rebels trying to break a government siege in the suburbs of Damascus have killed at least 160 fighters over two days, activists said on Sunday.Forces loyal to Syrian
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Syrian rebels behead Assad supporter
World | Sep 14, 2013, 11:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: The French magazine Paris Match is running a shocking video of what are reported to be rebels beheading a man who is either a pro-Assad militiaman, or was merely accused of not supporting
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US begins delivering arms to Syrian rebels
World | Sep 12, 2013, 02:38 PM ISTWashington: Ending months of delay, the US has started delivering weapons to rebels in Syria over the last two weeks.This move on the part of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) marks a major escalation in
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Syrians bracing for possible US strike
World | Aug 31, 2013, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that
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Syrian opposition won't participate in Geneva talks
World | May 30, 2013, 06:19 PM ISTBeirut, May 30: Syria's main Western-backed opposition group says it will not participate in U.S.-Russian sponsored peace talks while the regime is carrying out massacres in Syria.Thursday's announcement came at the end of weeklong opposition
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Syrian rebels free 48 Iranians in prisoner swap
World | Jan 09, 2013, 11:28 PM ISTTehran, Iran, Jan 07: Syrian rebels freed 48 Iranians held captive since August, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday, part of what appeared to be the first major prisoner swap of the civil war.The deal
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Syrian rebels capture air base near Damascus
World | Nov 26, 2012, 10:23 AM ISTBeirut, Nov 26: Syrian rebels captured a helicopter base just outside Damascus on Sunday in what an activist called a "blow to the morale of the regime" near President Bashar Assad's seat of power, while
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Obama Pledges 'Non-Lethal' Aid For Syrian Rebels
World | Mar 25, 2012, 08:34 PM ISTSouth Korea, Mar 25: Seeking to stem the violence in Syria, the U.S. and other key allies are considering providing Syrian rebels with communications help, medical aid and other “non-lethal” assistance.President Barack Obama discussed the
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Syrian Rebels Kill 27 Troops, Canadians Told To Go
World | Dec 16, 2011, 01:21 PM ISTBeirut, Dec 16: Syrian army defectors have killed 27 government forces in apparently coordinated attacks that were among the deadliest by rebel troops since the uprising began nine months ago. The escalating unrest prompted Canada