Indian-origin British man 'Jihadi John' is IS's executioner in Syria: US
An Indian-origin British man, Siddhartha Dhar, has been identified by the US as the Islamic State`s executioner in Syria who was seen in videos carrying out beheadings.
Jan 24, 2018, 10:59 AM IST
Russia asks for new probe into Syrian chemical attack
Russia has proposed a new probe body under the auspices of the Security Council to determine the perpetrators of the April 2017 chemical attack in Syria that killed over 80 persons.
Jan 24, 2018, 09:36 AM IST
Turkish troops enter Syria in operation against Kurdish militia
Turkey on Saturday launched operation "Olive Branch" seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the Peoples` Protection Units (YPG) which Ankara considers a terror group.
Jan 21, 2018, 16:59 PM IST
Turkey air strikes hit Syria's Afrin province in push to secure borders
Turkish warplanes struck positions of a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria`s Afrin province on Saturday.
Jan 20, 2018, 23:11 PM IST
Turkish armed forces strike Kurds in Syria
Turkey's armed forces launched air strikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria, the prime minister said, as Ankara launched a new operation against the group.
Jan 20, 2018, 22:58 PM IST
Kerala man killed by Islamic State in Syria
A man from Kannur in Kerala who joined the Islamic State (IS) in Syria has been killed. Kannur police said that 30-year-old Abdul Manaf was killed in November last year.
Jan 19, 2018, 17:08 PM IST
Islamic State recruit from Kannur killed in Syria
Kerala resident Abdul Manaf was killed in a fight in November 2017 in Syria, confirms police.
Jan 19, 2018, 11:03 AM IST
Turkish President threatens to `nip in the bud` new US-backed Syria force
Turkish President Ron Monday threatened to thwart the creation of a new US-backed 30,000-strong border security force in northern Syria.
Jan 15, 2018, 23:48 PM IST
18 killed in car bomb blast targeting rebels' position in Syria's Idlib
Civilians were among those killed and wounded by the car bomb that targeted a position of Agnad al-Caucaus rebel group.
Jan 08, 2018, 07:54 AM IST
Airstrikes by regime forces kill 13 in Syria
At least 13 civilians were killed by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad-led regime forces in Syria`s Eastern Ghouta, according to a source from the "White Helmets", Syrian Civil Defence group, on Saturday.
Jan 07, 2018, 00:38 AM IST
Suspected Russian jets kill at least 20 near Syrian capital: Residents
Suspected Russian jets killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens early on Thursday when they dropped bombs on two residential buildings in a besieged rebel enclave east of the Syrian capital, residents and a war monitor said.
Jan 04, 2018, 13:04 PM IST
23 civilians killed in Syria, most in Russian air strikes: Monitor
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that 18 people were killed by Russian strikes in the town of Misraba, while the remainder died in shelling from government forces.
Jan 04, 2018, 07:17 AM IST
Turkey detains 38 Islamic State suspects: Agency
Counter-terrorism police carried out simultaneous raids on homes in various districts of Bursa, smashing doors open with battering rams and searching the properties.
Dec 28, 2017, 14:01 PM IST
Displaced Syrians survive war but face battle against cold
Since Syria`s conflict erupted in 2011, more than six million people have been displaced internally, many of them multiple times as fighting engulfed the country.
Dec 26, 2017, 09:18 AM IST
Major powers scramble to agree on Syria peace plan
A new round of peace talks backed by Russia, Iran and Turkey began in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday in an attempt to revive a hobbled peace process.
Dec 22, 2017, 17:13 PM IST
Air strikes kill 19 civilians in northwest Syria: Monitor
Overnight air strikes killed 19 civilians, seven of them children, in a residential district of a town in northwestern Syria, a monitor said on Wednesday.
Dec 20, 2017, 23:57 PM IST
NIA registers case against 5 for ISIS links
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against five accused persons with suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) links in Kochi.
Dec 17, 2017, 13:15 PM IST
Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters?
In France, officials say, around 1,700 people went to Iraq and Syria since 2013 to join IS. Of those, 400 to 450 have been killed, and 250 returned to France.
Dec 16, 2017, 08:35 AM IST
Pentagon alarmed by uptick in close calls with Russia fighter jets in Syria
The Pentagon is voicing growing alarm that the risky flying of Russian pilots in Syria could lead to a mishap -- or even the nightmare scenario of a US jet shooting down a Russian warplane.
Dec 16, 2017, 08:25 AM IST
US slaps terror charges on accused Times Square bomber
New York police say Ullah set off a pipe bomb in an underground corridor of the subway system that connects Times Square to the Port Authority Bus Terminal at rush hour on Monday morning, injuring himself and three others.
Dec 13, 2017, 07:30 AM IST
