Damascus: In a strongly worded warning directed at Saudi Arabia or other foreign troops entering the country, Syria's foreign minister said today that they would "return home in wooden coffins". The minister further asserted that
Moscow: Russia and the US agreed to continue cooperation in spite of differences in settling Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said."(Monday's meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack
United Nations: US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed on Monday over their competing visions for Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace the Syrian president but Putin warning it
United Nations: Straining for a solution to Syria's civil war, President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States is willing to work with Russia, as well as Iran to achieve a "managed transition" to
New Delhi: The Villain of the Year 2014 tag definitely goes to Islamic State supremo 43-year-old Iraqi-born Ibrahim Awad al-Badri, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.In six months, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi turned his little-known militia
Tartous, Syria: Syrian businessmen start from scratch after their shops and factories were destroyed. Families who lost their homes struggle to rent new dwellings and make ends meet. Along highways stretching through government-controlled areas are
London: The beheading of a British aid worker by the dreaded Islamic State (IS) terror group was described today by British Prime Minister David Cameron as an act of “pure evil” as he vowed to
Beirut: A chilling video of beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, was Tuesday posted on social media by Syria and Iraq-based terrorist group, Islamic State (IS).American officials said the authenticity of the video is
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said that battling terrorism was a major challenge for the new government.Assad made the remarks during the inauguration ceremony of the newly-formed government on Sunday, in which the
Cairo: At least 42 children have been killed in 'barrel bomb' explosions in Syria over the past 36 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.Syrian air crafts have dropped dozens of 'barrel
Evaston: The parents of slain journalist and New Hampshire native James Foley have released a letter they say their son wrote during his time in captivity.Foley was kidnapped in 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising.
Cairo: Following the beheading of US reporter James Foley, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has warned that the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation operating in Syria and Iraq is one of the biggest
Washington: Militants from groups affiliated with once feared al Qaeda network are abandoning their outfits to join the dreaded Islamist State that has seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria and been targeted in
Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today alleged that the Centre was using National Investigating Agency (NIA) to frame Kashmiri people in false cases.“The NIA has become a big problem for people
Washington: President Barack Obama today said the US would intervene every time it could to prevent “massacre of innocent people”, justifying his decision to carry out targeted airstrikes in Iraq against Islamist militants. “The US
Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early Monday, the Israeli military said, in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day.In all, Israel said it struck
New Delhi: Warning against any external military intervention in Syria, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would only exacerbate the conflict and pressed the urgent need for promoting a political settlement to the issue.He
Beijing: China and Russia have held talks over prevailing situation in Syria as the foreign ministers of the countries held discussion over phone.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov had a
Washington: President Barack Obama's top aide on Sunday pressed the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House
Paris: French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Monday rejected opposition's calls for a parliament vote on the Syria crisis."It's up to the President of the republic to decide whether a vote (of parliament), which our constitution
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