US to pull last troops from north Syria; Syrian army to redeploy on border
Washington's waning influence over events in Syria and the failure of the US policy of keeping Assad from reasserting state authority over areas lost during the more than eight-year conflict with rebels trying to end his rule.
Oct 14, 2019, 08:28 AM IST
Syrian rebels push back against army advances in Idlib
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov acknowledged that Russia had military personnel on the ground in Idlib province after his country initially downplayed its direct military role in the campaign that began in April.
Aug 27, 2019, 22:02 PM IST
Syrian army controls capital after ousting ISIS
Syria's army on Monday was in complete control of the capital and its outskirts for the first time since 2012.
May 22, 2018, 00:56 AM 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
Syrian army encircles last IS stronghold in Syria: Reports
Syria`s army and its allies have surrounded and started to enter Albu Kamal.
Nov 08, 2017, 20:14 PM IST
Syria says it liberated Deir el-Zour city from IS militants
Deir el-Zour, on the west bank of the Euphrates River, had been divided into a government-held and an IS-held part for nearly three years.
Nov 03, 2017, 16:26 PM IST
Syrian army takes full control of Deir al-Zor from Islamic State: Observatory
The Syrian army and its allies have taken full control of Deir al-Zor city from Islamic State, the largest and most important city in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Nov 03, 2017, 09:24 AM IST
Syrian army seizes oilfield from Islamic State in east: State TV
On Saturday, the army and militias fighting alongside it seized the Teym oilfield in desert south of Deir al-Zor, state TV said. Deir al-Zor is in an oil-rich area of Syria.
Sep 09, 2017, 14:23 PM IST
Syria army nears regime enclave besieged by Islamic State
Syria's army battled the Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor Monday, seeking to break the siege of a government enclave and oust the jihadists from a key stronghold.
Sep 04, 2017, 18:00 PM IST
Syrian army gains ground on Jordan border in southwest
The Syrian army and its allies seized control of at least 30 km (19 miles) of Syria`s border with Jordan from rebels in an attack on Thursday, two rebel groups and a Syrian military source said.
Aug 10, 2017, 19:16 PM IST
Syrian army declares ceasefire in several areas near Damascus
The Syrian army announced the cessation of hostilities in several areas of a rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus.
Jul 23, 2017, 10:08 AM IST
Syrian army, militias attack rebels in southeast desert
Syrian troops and Iranian-backed militias launched an assault on Bedouin villages in southeast Syria on Monday to consolidate control of a swathe of desert stretching to the Iraqi border, Western-backed rebels said.
Jul 10, 2017, 22:19 PM IST
Syrian Army and allies step up bombing of rebels in Deraa city
The Syrian government`s strategic goal is to open a direct route from Damascus to the Jordanian border.
Jun 12, 2017, 08:28 AM IST
Syria army takes Aleppo town from IS: military source
The capture of Maskana, on the western bank of Lake Assad, comes as part of a major Russian-backed military operation that began in mid-January to drive the jihadists from Aleppo province.
Jun 04, 2017, 22:21 PM IST
Iraqi forces launch operation to seize last Islamic State enclave in Mosul
Iraqi armed forces launched an operation on Saturday to capture the last Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military statement.
May 27, 2017, 21:45 PM IST
Over 2,000 rebels, families evacuate Damascus district: Report
Hundreds of rebels and their families were evacuated this week from the adjacent Barzeh district after rebels there decided to lay down their arms.
May 15, 2017, 08:44 AM IST
Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on edge of Damascus
The Syrian army and its allies are on the verge of completely seizing the rebel-held district of Qaboun on the edge of the capital Damascus following over two months of aerial strikes and artillery shelling, rebels and state media said on Sunday.
May 14, 2017, 14:08 PM IST
Aleppo bomb blast kills six: Report
A bomb blast killed six people and injured 32 in the Salah al-Din district of Aleppo, Syrian state television reported on Wednesday without giving further details.
Apr 19, 2017, 15:16 PM IST
Syrian Army expels Daesh terrorists near Deir ez-Zor Airbase
Syrian government forces have freed territories to the south of the Syrian airbase in Deir ez-Zor from Daesh terrorists.
Apr 16, 2017, 09:51 AM IST
Syrian Army says US-led airstrike killed hundreds, including civilians
The Syrian Army claimed Thursday that a US-led airstrike against the Islamic State near Deir ez-Zor killed a large number of civilians, due to the suffocation resulted from inhaling toxic substances.
Apr 13, 2017, 19:27 PM IST
