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Turkey's actions can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism, it said. (Photo: File)

‘Deeply concerned’: India urges Turkey for restraint in Syria

The action also has the potential for causing humanitarian and civilian distress, the MEA said in a statement.

11 Oct 2019 9:33 AM

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, defending his widely-criticized decision to clear the way for the assault. (Photo: File)

Syrian Kurds, facing Turkish offensive, ‘didn't help in normandy’: Trump

The Kurds 'are there to help us with their land, and that's a different thing,' said Trump.

10 Oct 2019 1:47 PM

Turkey told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that its military operation in northern Syria would be "proportionate, measured and responsible" ahead of a closed-door meeting of the 15-member body to discuss Ankara's offensive. (Representational Image)

Syria operation will be ‘proportionate, responsible’: Turkey tells UN

Turkey justified action under Article 51 of UN Charter, which covers individual or collective right to self-defense against armed attack.

10 Oct 2019 12:27 PM

The withdrawal, announced by the White House late on Sunday, was swiftly condemned by a bipartisan group of lawmakers over concerns that it could open the way for a Turkish strike on Kurdish-led forces long allied with Washington. (Photo : File)

Trump threatens to 'destroy, obliterate' Turkey's economy for any action in Syria

The United States began pulling troops back from the northeast Syrian border on Monday.

08 Oct 2019 9:06 AM

Air strikes stop in Syria's Idlib after truce announced

Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents on the edges of the anti-government bastion have also ceased after a unilateral ceasefire.

31 Aug 2019 4:21 PM

The Syrian army said in a statement that ‘the majority of the Israeli missiles were destroyed before reaching their targets’. Conricus, however, said the impact of the Israeli strikes was ‘significant’. (Photo: AP)

Israel hits Iranian force in Syria to stop 'killer drones': Israeli military

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military had thwarted the planned Iranian attack.

25 Aug 2019 2:05 PM

Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria, but an expansion of the campaign to Iraq -- where the Jewish state struck the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 -- would risk damaging Washington's relations with Baghdad. (Photo: AP)

'Israel bombed Iraq's weapons depot,' says report

There have been series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces.

23 Aug 2019 1:50 PM

In the copper market, Ahmad Zuhdi Ghazoul used his hammer to gently tap an embossed decoration into a copper piece. (Photo: AP)

Restoration of Syria’s ancient capital of Aleppo

Centuries-old bazaar in Syria’s Aleppo making slow recovery.

06 Aug 2019 11:24 AM

Iranian oil tanker seized by British Royal Marines. (Photo: ANI)

Iran terms Britain seizing its oil tanker as violation of JCPoA

The UK authorities have claimed that the vessel was bound for Syria and was circumventing sanctions.

28 Jul 2019 7:59 PM

The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building. (Photo: AFP)

Photo: Syrian girl grabs baby sister from shirt in bombed building’s rubble

The girls are part of a family of eight, consisting of two parents and six sisters.

27 Jul 2019 9:03 AM

He attempted to recruit another individual to travel from the United States to Syria to fight for ISIS. (Photo: File)

US citizen charged with being sniper for ISIS

Asainov, the accused was detained overseas by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and recently transferred into FBI custody.

20 Jul 2019 12:06 PM

Lisa Smith joined the Islamic State group after divorcing her husband for not following her at the age of 33. (Photo: ScreenGrab)

IS bride, Lisa Smith says she did not train fighters

She and her two-year-old daughter are being held in a camp for IS women and children.

05 Jul 2019 5:33 PM

A U.S.-led coalition has been fighting Islamic State in Syria since 2014 with an intensive air campaign and ground troops in support of local forces. (Photo: AP | Representational)

US says it struck al Qaeda ‘safe haven’ in Syria

The US said it carried out a strike on Sunday against al Qaeda in northwest Syria, calling the area a ‘safe haven’ for the group.

01 Jul 2019 6:34 PM

Toward the start of the Syrian civil war, the Israeli military established a number of red lines, which if violated would result in a retaliatory strike, including any attacks, either intentional or otherwise, against Israel. (Photo: ANI)

4 killed, 7 injured in Israeli attack in Syria

In recent years, Israel has carried out 100 strikes in Syria alleging it of violating ‘red lines’.

01 Jul 2019 3:47 PM

The Idlib region of some three million people is supposed to be protected by a September buffer zone deal, but the jihadist-run enclave has come under mounting bombardment by the government and its ally Russia since late April. (Photo: File/ AFP)

Regime strikes kill 8 civilians in Syria: monitor

Since late April, more than 460 civilians have been killed in government or Russian bombardment, according to the Observatory.

23 Jun 2019 1:28 PM

The bombardment destroyed shops and ripped apart bodies, according to an AFP photographer, who found human remains more than a hundred metres away from the site of the strike. (Photo: AFP)

28 including 17 civilians killed in regime attacks in Syria

The latest violence comes after UN chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday on Russia and Turkey to 'stabilise the situation' in Idlib region.

20 Jun 2019 10:23 AM

More than 370,000 people were killed and millions were displaced in Syria and abroad since the beginning of the Syrian war in March 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Syria: Aleppo mortar shelling claims 12 lives

The strike comes a day after seven people were killed in air strikes by the Syrian government on the northwest province of Idlib.

17 Jun 2019 9:06 AM

Over 170 civilians have lost their lives in Idlib since April 25. The province is home to about three million people. (Photo: AP)

7 killed, 15 injured in air strikes by Assad regime in Syria

More than 370,000 people were killed and millions were displaced in Syria and abroad since the beginning of the Syrian war in March 2011.

16 Jun 2019 1:24 PM

According to Belgian media reports, 50-60 Belgian children under 18 are in the camps of Al-Hol, Roj and Ain Issa in Syria. (Photo: AP)

Belgium to bring home six orphans of jihadists slain in Syria

‘These are children who were alone in camps, who have no support. No question of taking back parents who joined terrorist groups,’ he said.

13 Jun 2019 6:54 PM

The fighting to retake towns has been raging since April. A total of 126 personnel from government-backed forces and 102 rebels have lost their lives in the three towns since the latest offensive was launched three days ago, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Syrian Army continue offensive to retake rebel-controlled areas

‘We are heading to the towns of Tal Balah, Jalameh, and Jubain,’ a Syrian officer said in the village of Kafr Houd.

10 Jun 2019 3:34 PM

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