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ISIS has been turning its sights on targets outside its base in the Sinai, putting more pressure on the government and presenting extra challenges for security services. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Lebanese army to begin offensive against ISIS close to Syrian border

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said that ISIS holds around 296 square kilometres (115 square miles) on both sides of...

19 Aug 2017 11:53 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures as he talks to members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo: AP)

Iran defense chief in Turkey for 'unprecedented' talks on Syria crisis

General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri is due to meet Defense Min Nurettin Canikli and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during...

15 Aug 2017 5:34 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Photo: AP)

UN prosecutor finds enough evidence' to convict Syria's Assad of war...

Carla Del Ponte said that without an international court or prosecutor to try the Syria war crimes cases, justice would...

13 Aug 2017 6:33 PM IST

Attorney-General Mukul Rahatgi (Photo: PTI)

Let's admit our flaws, work to correct them

Bashar al-Assad could give a similar answer if questioned about using poison gas on the Syrian rebels.

9 May 2017 12:19 AM IST

This undated picture released by North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency on April 26 shows the demonstration of the armaments with the Korean Peoples Army. North Korea staged its largest-ever military drill to mark the founding of the countrys army, amid rising tensions with the West.

DisCourse: Are we heading to World War III?

The fear of World War III is never far away.

1 May 2017 4:04 AM IST

Barack Obama says the move would bring greater consistency to the US immigration policy.

Obama's legacy lacked military adventurism

Mr Goldberg believes Mr Obama became steadily more fatalistic about America's ability to direct global events .

16 Jan 2017 2:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

If I were Prez Trump's foreign affairs adviser

Trump ought to take immediate executive action to dynamite the Statue of Liberty, which stands in New York harbour.

28 Jan 2017 12:09 AM IST

Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with French journalists in Damascus. (Photo: AP)

President Assad linked to Syrian chemical attacks for first time

The US, Britain and France have called for sanctions against Syria, while Assad's ally Russia, called the evidence...

14 Jan 2017 8:44 AM IST

President Donald Trump is taking his message directly to his ardent supporters. (Photo: AP)

Trump blames Obama for not taking action against Iran's control over...

Trump said the US has made tremendous strides against the Islamic State terror group in Syria, Iraq and other...

26 July 2017 4:52 PM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Trump says he won't let Assad get away with horrible' crimes against...

Donald Trump pledged continued US military aid to Lebanon following his Oval Office meeting with Lebanese PM Saad...

26 July 2017 10:43 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Syrian rebel aid programme was 'dangerous and wasteful': Trump

US officials said last week that some of the anti-Assad forces could be absorbed into US military-supported groups...

25 July 2017 11:30 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

No-one has any interest in prolonging gulf crisis: Turkey's Erdogan

Crucially, Turkey is in the throes of setting up a military base in Qatar, its only such outpost in the region.

23 July 2017 2:10 PM IST