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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

Iran's biggest challenge: How to beef up economy

Defeat and deprivation can be dealt with; skilled rulers can use these to build a narrative to lull population into...

8 Jan 2018 7:06 PM

After the council vote Saturday, Syrian warplanes backed by Russian air power launched new raids on a town in Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo: AFP)

Hell on Earth: 500 deaths later, UN calls for ceasefire amid E Ghouta...

A young woman amputated from the knee breastfed a 40-day-old infant who had lost his entire family in the bombings.

25 Feb 2018 8:59 AM

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

Syria: Stop 'collateral damage'

The conflict's worst aspect is that its biggest casualties are civilians.

21 Feb 2018 8:03 PM

A Syrian civil defence member carries an injured child rescued following government bombings in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, on the outskirts of Damascus, on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Assad regime bombs villages, towns, kills 127 civilians in 1 day

Held by rebels since 2012, Eastern Ghouta is the last opposition pocket around Damascus and President Assad is keen to...

20 Feb 2018 7:57 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media after his meet with Palestine President Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo: AFP)

Deft diplomacy needed, hugs just aren't enough

Government spokesmen of course gushed over its historic nature as indeed it was the first visit by any Indian Prime...

13 Feb 2018 7:39 PM

Police said the F16 crashed in the Jezreel valley in northern Israel. (photo: AFP | Representational)

Israeli jet crashes after attacking 'Iranian targets' in Syria

The exchange of fire was the most serious between arch foes Israel and Iran since the start of the civil war in Syria in...

10 Feb 2018 7:57 AM

Syrian rescuers evacuate badly injured people following regime strikes on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Kafr Batna near Damascus on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Syria regime strikes kill 35 civilians

The bloodshed came a day after another 31 civilians were killed in Eastern Ghouta.

7 Feb 2018 1:25 AM

A Russian pilot who ejected from his fighter jet after it was shot down in northwestern Syria on Saturday was killed by militants after he landed alive on the ground and resisted capture by an al-Qaida-linked group, Syrian monitors and a Syrian militant said. (Photo: AP)

Syrian rebels shoot down Russian warplane; pilot killed

The Russian plane was shot down, close to a major highway where the Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias are trying...

4 Feb 2018 4:11 AM

The latest attack could further escalate the coalitions military campaign. (Photo: Representational Image | AP)

Syrian army says enemy' rockets hit military bases, killed 26

In a news flash, state television said the missile attacks took place at 10.30 pm.

30 April 2018 6:51 AM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a televised speech after he won the election, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo: AP)

Iran rejects any new nuclear deal proposed by US, France

Trump called the existing accord 'insane' and 'ridiculous', despite European pleas for him not to walk away.

26 April 2018 5:25 AM

Russians helping Assad in Syria use military base at home, say...

Molkino in southwestern Russia is where the Russian 10th Special Forces Brigade is based, according to information on...

25 April 2018 8:37 AM

President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview earlier this year that the alleged April attack was 100 percent fabrication used to justify a US air strike. (Photo: AP)

If Iran-Israel rift escalates, it may engulf entire region

The US and its pair of European acolytes went out of their way to avoid direct injury to Russian or Iranian forces.

18 April 2018 8:49 PM