India is closely watching the situation in Syria as rebel forces claim to have toppled Bashar al-Assad's government. This could affect the relationship between India and Syria, which has been friendly and peaceful for many years. Watch the video to know more.
On Saturday, the opposition rebel forces arrived at Damascus as part of its 10-day offensive which led to the fall of the Assad regime. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fled the country and took asylum in Russia.
Syria civil war: Rebels have been freeing political detainees of the Assad government from prisons as they advance across Syria, taking cities. Moustafa pledged to media that opposition forces would be alert for any US detainees among them and do their utmost to protect them.
Syrian government alleged BBC of spreading fake news about the drug trade in the war-torn country.
The Syrian pound hit an all-time low of 7,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market last week before rebounding to around 6,000. It's still a significant plunge, given the rate was around 3,600 one year ago.
Although officials said the singular target was Assad’s chemical weapons capability, his air force, including helicopters he allegedly has used to drop chemical weapons on civilians, were spared.
Trump's remarks came after Russian warning suggesting that Moscow would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime.
The OPCW, in its statement, said its technical Secretariat has asked the Syrian government to make the necessary arrangements for the deployment of a fact-finding mission.
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a "very good" talk about ending Syria war and best ways to resolve the dangerous situation in North Korea.
As Syrians mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, here are some of the key events in the conflict
Syria's war has killed more than a quarter of a million people, uprooted over half the population and left much of the country in ruins since it erupted five years ago.
Beirut: At least 40 fighters have been killed in clashes between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic militias in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Damascus: The US led anti-terror coalition struck new positions of jihadI groups in Syria's Idlib province Thursday.The US strikes for the first time targeted a position of the Ahrar al-Sham movement near al-Hawa border crossing
Baghdad: A group of Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as Peshmerga, headed Tuesday to the Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey to help local Kurdish people who have been struggling to fend off attacks by
Homs (Syria): A twin bomb attack on a primary school killed 48 people including 41 children in the government controlled city of Homs.This horrifying incident took place as children were leaving school at the end
Beirut: Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas in the northern city of Aleppo and near the southern border with Jordan on Monday, a day after airstrikes killed at least 76 people, while the United Nations
New Delhi: Muslim leaders in war-torn Syria have issued a fatwa allowing citizens in the tormented border of the capital Damascus to eat dogs and cats to satisfy their hunger, according to multiple reports. Islam
New Delhi: The bloody civil war in Syria has been continuing for more than two years now and has taken a toll of a large number of lives. The civil war has made millions homeless.Though
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