Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as ‘the slaughterhouse’, a report said. Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 peopl
Mehbooba Mufti today stressed the need to create an environment of peace and normalcy in the state and defeat those trying to create wedge between different communities.
US President Donald Trump, who is to make his first visit to the Pentagon as Commander in Chief on Friday, is expected to ask Defense Secretary James N Mattis for ways to accelerate the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
In a significant break from the policy of the erstwhile Obama administration, the White House has suggested that it can reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Russia as long as it backs the Syrian government.
Russia and Turkey conducted their first joint airstrikes against positions held by the Islamic State terror group in Syria.
Russia and Turkey have finally agreed to “coordinate" their air forces in Syria when conducting strikes "on terrorist targets".
Russia’s Defense Ministry has rejected US media reports that Moscow was actually increasing its military presence in war-torn Syria despite a withdrawal announcement last week.
The Syrian army on Friday officially accused Israeli warplanes of targeting a key military airport west of the capital Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Jerusalem of repercussions.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is ready to hold a referendum over his presidency in the war-ravaged country. The rebels have been insisting upon the move throughout the almost six-year-old conflict. The
At least 15 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz on the border with Turkey on Saturday, a monitor said. The Syrian Civil Defense, a team
Russia today announced that it has begun a planned reduction of its military presence in war-torn Syria.
At least 10 civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in Syrian government-held coastal town on Thursday. The explosion shook a main street in Jableh, in the coastal Latakia province, a stronghold of President
A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect which has been brokered by Russia and Turkey. Both the sides will act as guarantors.
A Russian Defence Ministry plane carrying 91 people onboard today crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking-off from the resort city of Sochi, Russia's Defence Ministry said. There appeared to be no survivors, and
Russia has sent a battalion of military police in Aleppo, after the Syrian regime took full control of the ravaged city.
At least 47 people were killed, including 14 minors and nine women, in Turkish air strikes against the Syrian city of al-Bab, controlled by the Islamic State terrorist organisation, media reports said.
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to establish an investigative body to assist in documenting and prosecuting the most serious violations of international law during conflict in Syria, including possible war crimes.
ISIS has offered a $1 million (approx Rs 6.8 crore) reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the terror group in Syria and Iraq.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the killing of the Russian ambassador to Ankara is aimed at undermining both Russian-Turkish relations and the Syrian peace efforts. "This murder is clearly a provocation aimed at undermining
UNSC today approved a resolution urging immediate deployment of monitors to former rebel-held eastern Aleppo as the evacuation resumed after days of delays.
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