Tag: Syria
Syrian army says Israel fires rockets at air base near Damascus
Syrian army command said on Friday that Israel fired rockets at a major military airbase outside Damascus, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions of...
Daredevil Waqar Zaka celebrates New Year in Syria
For those who don't know, Waqar Zaka is a Pakistani reality TV star popular for 'Living on the Edge'—call it poor man's Fear Factor...
Envoy murder: Russian foreign minister urges no concessions to terrorists
Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said there should be no 'concessions to terrorists' at talks with his Turkish counterpart on Syria.
“This tragedy forces all...
Karachi witnesses protest in solidarity with Aleppo
A protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria, was held in front of Karachi Press Club today (Saturday).
Hundreds of participants held a peaceful protest in...
Lahore witnesses protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria
A protest in solidarity with Aleppo, Syria, was held in front of Lahore Press Club today (Thursday). Hundreds of students from different institutions of...
US-led coalition strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria: Pentagon
The US-led military coalition has killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Syria, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
“Coalition warplanes targeted and killed...
Clown of Aleppo dies in air strike
A Syrian man who worked as a clown to bring comfort to children in a rebel-held part of Aleppo is reported to have been...
UN envoy warns Aleppo risks becoming ‘one giant graveyard’
A top UN envoy on Wednesday pleaded with the Security Council to help break the siege of Aleppo, warning that residents of the Syrian...
US-backed forces launch assault on IS ‘capital’ in Syria
US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive on Sunday on the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, upping pressure on the...
22 children killed in air strikes on Syrian school: UNICEF
Air strikes that hit a school in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Wednesday.
“This...
UN to begin evacuations from Aleppo if truce holds
The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s Russian-backed...
Syria rebels capture emblematic IS stronghold Dabiq
Syrian rebels dealt a major symbolic blow to the Islamic State group on Sunday by capturing the town of Dabiq where the jihadists had...
Car bomb at Syria checkpoint kills 17
At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb blast at an opposition checkpoint in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Thursday.
The...
Kerry, Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said on Wednesday, as a...
At least 10 people killed in blast in northern Syria
At least 10 people were killed when a Daesh suicide bomber blew himself up in a village in northern Syria in the early hours...
German police say arrested Syrian bomb plot suspect
German police said Monday they have arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting a bomb attack, after a massive manhunt lasting almost two days.
“We’ve...
Syria launches Aleppo push as truce plan flounders
A defiant Syrian regime launched a new assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday as the United States and Russia failed to revive a...