Syria
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Iran vows revenge for death of officers in Israeli Syria strike
Tehran: Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemned on Wednesday the killing of two Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers in an Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital. The foreign ministry’s website quoted ministry spokesman…
- Middle East
United States operation kills 13 in Syria’s Idlib: War monitor
Damascus: At least 13 people were killed during a US security operation in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. Four children and three women were among those killed during…
- World
ISIS chief al-Qurayshi killed in counterterrorism operation in Syria
Washington: The United States on Thursday announced the killing of ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a counterterrorism operation in northwest Syria. “Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in…
- Middle East
Over 500 IS terrorists surrender in Al-Hasakah after prison break: SDF
Damascus: Up to 550 terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia) surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the Al-Sina’a prison break in the Syrian…
- Middle East
3,500 families flee homes in Syria’s Hasakah amid US airstrikes
Damascus: As many as 3,500 families have so far fled their homes in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah amid US airstrikes and clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Islamic…
- Middle East
Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants’ jailbreak
Baghdad: Iraq has tightened security measures on the border with neighbouring Syria after a jailbreak by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in a Kurdish-controlled prison located in the latter country’s Hasakah province.On January 20,…
- Middle East
Iran seeks ‘maximum interaction’ with all countries: President
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that his country seeks “maximum interaction” with all countries, especially its neighbours and allies. Through the interactions and cooperation, the mutual interests of countries are met…
- Middle East
Syria joins BRI as West slams Beijing for its debt trap tactics
Damascus: Amid rising accusations against China for trapping countries in massive debts with larger infrastructure plans, Syria has joined Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative which Beijing says will open broad horizons of…
- Middle East
US to allow Lebanon to import energy through Syria: Lebanese FM
Beirut: The US will allow Lebanon to import natural gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan through Syria, without being subject to restrictions imposed by the US Caesar Act which prohibits cooperation…
- Middle East
UN slams rising refugee camp violence on aid worker in Syria
United Nations: UN humanitarians have condemned increasing violence and the slaying of an aid worker in al-Hol, the largest camp for displaced people and refugees in Syria. The killing on Tuesday followed…
- Middle East
Bahrain appoints its first ambassador to Syria in nearly 10 years
Manama: The Kingdom of Bahrain has appointed its first ambassador to Syria since it restore relations after cutting them off about ten years ago due to the outbreak of the conflict in…
- Middle East
Israeli air strikes hit Syrian port containers in Latakia
Damascus: Israeli airstrikes hit the Syrian port of Latakia, hitting containers and igniting a huge fire on Tuesday, December 8, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. It was a rare attack…
- Middle East
Iran says US seeking ‘new crisis’ in region after fall of ISIS
Tehran: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has accused the US of seeking “a new crisis” in the region after the fall of the Islamic State (IS) militant group,…
- World
Wheat seeds offered by US contain harmful worm infection: Syria
Damascus: Syrian agriculture officials and farmers have been complaining that the wheat seeds, recently provided by the US for farmers in Syria’s northeastern province of al-Hasakah, contain a high degree of nematode (plant-parasitic…
- India
Kerala slowly turning into Syria, says BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday said the Popular Front of India (PFI) was behind the recent killings in Kerala, and that the state was slowly turning into Syria. Addressing a press…
