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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises in green government buses, in Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: AP)

350 people leave rebel-held Aleppo despite militants burning buses

Syrian state television said earlier Sunday that 100 buses would take people out of east Aleppo.

19 Dec 2016 8:55 AM IST

An injured Syrian man stands with his child outside a hospital on the Syria-Turkey border on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands of civilians trapped in Aleppo

In return the rebels want the evacuation of the towns of Madaya and Zabadani in Damascus province which are besieged by...

18 Dec 2016 7:16 AM IST

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, December 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Video of Syrian child being operated without anaesthesia leaves...

With the Russian and Syrian forces' continued assault, the civilians in the war-torn region have been caught in the...

17 Dec 2016 4:05 PM IST

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, December 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Thousands trapped as Syrian govt suspends evacuation from Aleppo

Ankara and a Syrian military source said the evacuation had been suspended but was not yet over.

16 Dec 2016 8:48 PM IST

Pakistan Defence minister Khawaja Asif. (Photo: File)

Pak minister issues nuke threat to Israel following fake news

A report in the New York Times said a fake news story prompted Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif to...

25 Dec 2016 3:05 PM IST

Syrians celebrate in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, after the army said it has retaken full control of the countrys second city. (Photo: AFP)

In Aleppo, Assad supporters shout their joy after regime victory

The final phase of the evacuation ended when a convoy carrying nearly 150 people departed towards rebel-held areas...

23 Dec 2016 9:39 AM IST

People fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is controlled by Kurdish fighters, Syria. (Photo: AP)

'Can't lose any more': Desperate civilians brave Aleppo front line

A crowd of new arrivals waited in the cold to register their names with Syrian authorities and receive food, mattresses...

1 Dec 2016 7:28 PM IST

Turkish troops heading to the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey. (Photo: AP/File)

Turkey sends 300 extra commandos to Syria

The Syrian towns of Jarabulus, Al Rai and Dabiq were retaken from the IS jihadists in lightning moves in the early weeks...

9 Dec 2016 2:57 PM IST

Eastern Aleppo residents wait in the streets to be evacuated from the war-torn city of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

1,000 evacuate Aleppo in buses, ambulances; arrive in opposition...

Ambulances carrying the first evacuees from Aleppo left remaining rebel-held territory in the city on Thursday under a...

15 Dec 2016 7:53 PM IST

A ball of fire rises following an air strike hits insurgents positions in eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Vladimir Putin's victory? Russia's role in recapturing Aleppo

While Moscow insists its troops are not fighting on frontlines, it admits it has military advisors on the ground...

15 Dec 2016 3:54 PM IST

Refugees bring Syrian cuisine to Germany

Refugees bring Syrian cuisine to Germany

Alongside the traditional gluehwein and sausages, an exotic fare of falafel and kibbeh served by a family of refugees...

14 Dec 2016 11:55 AM IST

A group of civilians pass close to the body of an Islamic State militant, while fleeing from Mosul due to ISIS heavy shelling in several areas under control of the Iraqi Army, Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Don't pause war on ISIS

It appeared the war against one of modern civilisation's worst challengers was being gradually won.

13 Dec 2016 1:24 AM IST