Pakistani intelligence officials have expressed fears that the return of Pakistani nationals fighting in Syria and other conflict zones across the world will further add to the existing sectarian strife in the Islamic Republic.
Pakistani intelligence officials have expressed fears that the return of Pakistani nationals fighting in Syria and other conflict zones across the world will further add to the existing sectarian strife in the Islamic Republic.
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by rebels in Syria during delivery of humanitarian supplies to Aleppo. All five people on board including three crew and two officers from Russia’s Reconciliation Center died in the incident.
In yet another gruesome act of mindless killing, the Islamic State has reportedly executed 24 civilians after taking control of a Syrian village from a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance.
Aimed at tearing down the stronghold of Islamic State (IS) in Syria, air strikes launched by the US killed at least 35 civilians near a town controlled by the militant group, said media reports. The
The leader of Syria's Nusra Front said in recording aired Thursday that his group is changing its name, claiming it will have no more ties with al-Qaida in an attempt to undermine a potential U.S. and Russian air campaign against its fighters.
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At least 44 people were killed and dozens more injured on Wednesday when a twin bombing struck a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, state-run Syrian TV reported. The report said a truck loaded with
New Delhi: In an increasing radicalisation of youth to join dreaded terrorist group IS, it has emerged that a Hyderabad based girl, sister of an arrested IS operative, was also a part of Hyderabad module,
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today in its chargesheet against six men said a Syria-based Islamic State (IS) handler sent over Rs 5 lakh to one of the suspected IS members to distribute
The United States has offered Russia a broad new military partnership in Syria, hoping the attraction of a unified campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida — and a Russian commitment to ground Syria's bombers — could end five years of ci
Baghdad: Abu Omar al-Shishani,regarded by the Pentagon as Islamic State’s “minister of war”, was killed in a US strike in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, confirmed a news agency linked to the
With each passing day, dreaded militant group Islamic State is losing more territory in Iraq and Syria to US-led international coalition.
Islamic State militants abducted about 900 Kurdish civilians in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks, forcing the captives to build fortifications for the extremists in retaliation for a Kurdish-led assault on a nearby IS
Beirut: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pushed into the outskirts of the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria on Thursday and were advancing slowly to the center of town, an adviser to
Ankara: Turkey said it will open the Hatay border with Syria during the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr for Syrians in Turkey to return home, the media said today. The border opening will be restricted
Damascus: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad today ordered Minister of Electricity Emad Khamis to form a new government, the media reported. Assad appointed Khamis as prime minister of the new government, replacing former Prime Minister Waerl
The total number of refugees and internally displaced people who are victims of conflict and persecution in places like Syria and Afghanistan worldwide has risen to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year, says the U.N. refugee agency.
Moscow: Russia's defense minister visited Syria on Saturday to meet the country's leader and inspect the Russian air base there, a high-profile trip intended to underline Moscow's role in the region. Sergei Shoigu met with
Amid the media reports which emerged last week and claimed that IS chief Abu Bakr-Al-Baghdadi was killed in a US airstrike, Damascus's envoy to Moscow on Friday said, "I definitely know that he (Baghdadi) was wounded".
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