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Israeli missile strike kills four civilians, says state media

Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said.

Jul 01, 2019, 07:19 AM IST

DNA: Exclusive report from war-torn Syria

Zee news last week went to Syria to do ground reporting. This segment will tell you how terrorism has turned Syria's Homs into a city of corpses.

Jun 06, 2017, 00:23 AM IST

Car bomb kills four in Syria`s Homs: state media

In March, twin suicide attacks at Sayyida Zeinab killed 74 people.

May 23, 2017, 15:43 PM IST

Car bomb explodes in Syria's Homs - state TV

Blast killed three people in the al-Zahraa neighbourhood of the Homs, which lies around 160 km (100 miles) north of the capital.

May 23, 2017, 14:17 PM IST

Evacuations of opposition fighters resume in Syria's Homs

Syrian state TV says scores of opposition fighters and their families have left the central city of Homs after being evacuated from the last rebel-held neighbourhood.

Apr 01, 2017, 17:52 PM IST

Syria ex-Qaeda says opposition leaders must `step aside`

Fateh al-Sham Front split from al Qaeda in July 2016 in a move analysts said was an abortive attempt to end its blacklisting by the United Nations and Western governments.
 

Feb 28, 2017, 14:30 PM IST

Syrian Army retakes key gas field from ISIS

The Syrian Army has captured the Hayan gas field in central province of Homs following battles with the Islamic State (IS) militants, the media reported on Tuesday.

Feb 14, 2017, 17:42 PM IST

ISIS beheads five youths suspected of working as spies in Syria

The Islamic State executed five youths on accusations they were spying within the ISIS-controlled territory. 

Dec 10, 2016, 22:03 PM IST

Russia strikes kill at least 30 jihadists in Syria: Ministry

The deadly war in Syria has killed more than 300,000 people since it started in March 2011 with a wave of anti-government protests.

Nov 17, 2016, 12:33 PM IST

IS cuts regime supply route to Syria's ancient Palmyra

IS and the regime both control parts of the area between Homs and Palmyra.

May 11, 2016, 07:20 AM IST

IS seizes full control of gas field in Syria

Despite the radicals' seizure of the gas field, clashes between the two sides are continuing in the vicinity of the field, of which soldiers are trying to regain control.

May 05, 2016, 18:08 PM IST

Nine killed in twin bombings in Syria

At least nine people were killed in twin bombings that rocked Syria`s central province of Homs on Thursday, a military source said.

May 05, 2016, 16:27 PM IST

Two Russian military pilots killed in Syria helicopter crash

Two Russian military pilots died when their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the aircraft was not shot at.

Apr 12, 2016, 14:25 PM IST

Islamic State blasts kill more than 150 as US, Russia press Syria truce

The Islamic State group said it was behind the carnage.

Feb 22, 2016, 12:07 PM IST

IS blasts kill more than 140 as US, Russia press Syria truce

A string of suicide bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria`s capital and in Homs claimed by jihadists killed at least 142 people Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.

Feb 22, 2016, 03:09 AM IST

Bombings kill at least 87 in Syria as John Kerry pushes ceasefire

US Secretary of State John Kerry said a provisional deal had been reached on the terms of a truce, as violence intensified on the ground.

Feb 22, 2016, 00:10 AM IST

Twin car bombs kill 46 in Syria's Homs, truce efforts flounder

Double car bomb attacks killed at least 46 people in Syria`s central city of Homs on Sunday as international efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the war-torn country floundered.

Feb 21, 2016, 17:00 PM IST

16 people killed in Syria air strikes

 Sixteen people were killed on Friday in air strikes against towns in Syria`s central province of Homs, a monitor group reported.

Feb 12, 2016, 17:06 PM IST

UN probe accuses Syria govt of `exterminating` detainees

The report painted a particularly stark picture of prisons and detention centres run by the Syrian authorities.

Feb 09, 2016, 00:06 AM IST

Islamic State bombing kills two dozen in Syria's Homs

A double suicide bombing killed at least 22 people Tuesday in the central Syrian city of Homs, state media said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Jan 26, 2016, 20:21 PM IST