UK's Syria strikes 'illegal', will encourage terror: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said terrorism is like a cancer which needed to be tackled with a "comprehensive" strategy, involving working with troops on the ground.
Dec 06, 2015, 20:40 PM IST
Regime bombardment across Syria kills 56 civilians
The monitor said it was likely the US-led coalition had conducted the strikes, which targeted a school that the group had taken over as a base.
Dec 05, 2015, 00:40 AM IST
Hillary Clinton vows to pursue extremists `in air, on ground, in cyberspace`
It comes a day after a young couple shot dead 14 people at a California holiday party.
Dec 04, 2015, 04:45 AM IST
Watch: Russia using banned deadly chemicals in Syria
Russia is using banned white phosphorus bombs to target rebels in Syria.
Dec 01, 2015, 14:38 PM IST
Syria denies ever using chemical weapons in civil war
Syria on Monday denied ever using chemical weapons in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with the destruction of its toxic stockpile.
Nov 30, 2015, 19:48 PM IST
Iran reiterates support for Assad amid long running civil war
Iran and Russia have emerged as the staunchest backers of President al-Assad`s rule in Syria.
Nov 30, 2015, 00:48 AM IST
At least 18 civilians killed in Syria air strikes: Monitor
The strikes hit the Idlib province town of Ariha, which is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel alliance of mainly Islamist groups, including Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Nov 29, 2015, 17:20 PM IST
Russian air strikes kill at least 18 in northwest Syria
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said a total of at least 60 people had been killed and wounded in the attack.
Nov 29, 2015, 15:34 PM IST
France's Hollande wins cooperation not coalition against Islamic State
The leaders of Russia and France avoided each other`s gaze as they made short, stiff statements in the Kremlin on Thursday before talks on countering Islamic State in Syria.
Nov 27, 2015, 23:00 PM IST
Russia-Turkey war of words escalates over downed warplane
Moscow slapped sanctions on Ankara on Friday as the war of words over a downed Russian warplane escalated, with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning Russia not to "play with fire".
Nov 27, 2015, 22:10 PM IST
Turkey 'charges 2 editors' over claims Ankara supplied arms to Syria jihadists
A court in Istanbul on Thursday charged two journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet daily with spying after they alleged Turkey's secret services had sent arms to Islamist rebels in Syria, Turkish media reported.
Nov 27, 2015, 13:03 PM IST
Syrian 'pays back' to Germany by feeding Berlin's homeless
Alex Assali has been serving food to Germany's homeless in an effort to “give something back to German people”.
Nov 26, 2015, 09:48 AM IST
US has 'concerns' over Russian missile system: US official
The United States has for more than a year been leading a coalition that has flown more than 8,000 bombing runs against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq.
Nov 26, 2015, 03:06 AM IST
US sanctions Syria for buying oil from Islamic State group
The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, including a middleman it alleged buys oil for the regime from the Islamic State group.
Nov 25, 2015, 22:59 PM IST
Russia says jet downing 'provocation' as pilot denies warning from Turkey
One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border told state media on Wednesday that there was no prior warning from the Turks.
Nov 25, 2015, 21:26 PM IST
Russian jet downing 'wrong signal to the terrorists': Iran
Turkey's downing of a Russian fighter jet "sends the wrong message to the terrorists" in Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Nov 25, 2015, 20:30 PM IST
Heavy Russia raids in Syria area where plane downed: Monitor
Russian warplanes carried out heavy raids in Syria's northern Latakia province a day after Turkey downed one of Moscow's jets in the area, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.
Nov 25, 2015, 20:20 PM IST
One of Russian pilots shot down by Turkey is dead: Military
The general said the Su-24 "fell in Syrian territory, four kilometres from the border".
Nov 25, 2015, 04:35 AM IST
'Russia welcome in anti-IS coalition it changes Syria stand'
We agree that Russia could play a more constructive role if it were to shift the focus of its strike to defeating ISIL," Obama said.
Nov 25, 2015, 03:25 AM IST
Assad must go as soon as possible: Hollande
France and the US held the meeting to strengthen the coalition against the Islamic State in the wake of the horrific Paris terrorist attack by the dreaded terror group.
Nov 25, 2015, 03:11 AM IST
