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Farrukh Dhondy | As world rejoices at Christmas time, Xmas tree burnt in protest in Syria

Farrukh Dhondy | As world rejoices at Christmas time, Xmas tree burnt...

“Chappatis are what you knead, my friend ‘Cos there’s not enough naan to go around. The sun rises...

27 Dec 2024 6:38 PM

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian ...

Way back in 2004, King Abdullah of Jordan had coined a controversial and loaded term called the “Shia...

10 Dec 2024 10:16 PM

AA Edit | Assad regimes fall in Syria changes Mideast dynamics

AA Edit | Assad regime's fall in Syria changes Mideast dynamics

In a trice everything changed in Syria as the 50-year rule of the Assad family ended and the government...

8 Dec 2024 7:30 PM

Syria is key in the war on ISIS

Syria is key in the war on ISIS

At the end of 2010, after a devastating four-year drought, the worst ever in Syria’s history, more than a million Syrian...

22 Nov 2015 12:21 AM

I was tired of doing comedy: Arshad

After being in the making for two years, Zila Ghaziabad is finally releasing. Are you breathing now

22 Feb 2013 6:47 AM

The black bears are among 26 animals, eight lions, 12 lionesses, two Bengal tigers and four bears, who live in the sprawling 1.4-square-kilometre sanctuary in a wooded mountainous region. (Photo: AFP)

Jordanian wildlife sanctuary serves as safe haven for Syrian animals

Traumatised by conflict, animals from regional war zones find haven in Jordan.

21 May 2019 5:20 AM

Bana Alabed has amassed some 137,000 followers since joining the social media site in September, sharing videos and pictures of life in the conflict zone. (Photo: Twitter))

'I don't want to die,' Syrian girl tweets after bomb destroys home

Fatemah posted a Tweet telling her followers that her home has been bombed in Aleppo as govt forces advance on...

29 Nov 2016 12:27 PM

Government troops, backed by Russian and Iranian forces and Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group, were battling rebels on several fronts inside opposition-held districts. (Photo: AP)

Civilians flee as Syria regime advances in rebel Aleppo

The renewed fighting has killed more than 140 civilians in east Aleppo.

22 Nov 2016 10:25 AM

Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Photo: AP)

Syria govt not helping needy: United Nations

One convoy delivered aid to 6,000 people in December, when the UN sought to help 930,250 people, Stephen O'Brien said.

27 Jan 2017 5:16 AM

More than three quarters of Gazas population are registered as refugees with the United Nations, and UNRWA, the UN agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, is a vital source of aid. (P

In Gaza, Syrians try to rebuild lives in ruins

In the small enclave where the unemployment rate is 45 percent and high inflation, the Syrians have no way to pay their...

24 Feb 2017 4:14 AM

Syria is like a mini version of a world war happening in one place and I thought I should write about Syria. (Photo: Repesentational Image/AFP)

7-yr-old India-origin boy writes to Santa to bring peace to Syria

I have been reading about the world war and nuclear bomb in Japan and I feel I don't really like it, seven-year-old...

16 Dec 2016 11:09 AM

The city became the epicentre of Syrias civil war when the rebels captured the eastern districts, starting with Hanano, in the summer of 2012. (Photo: AP)

Where am I? What happened?' Syrians return to see ravaged homes

They were among a few hundred residents who fled last month and were able to return after government forces drove out...

5 Dec 2016 3:26 PM