Tag: Syria
Several killed in Syria bomb attack
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 25 wounded, including women and children, after a car bomb exploded in Qatana, a...
Pakistan calls back diplomatic staff from Syria: FO
Keeping in view of law and order situation in Syria Pakistan has called back its diplomatic staff from the country‚ however it has not...
Syria rebels seize military base, kill 35 govt troops
Syrian rebels have taken full control of a sprawling military base that they stormed two days ago in the country’s north, killing at least...
Syria rebels ‘seize key Aleppo army base’
Syrian rebels have captured parts of a large army base in the country’s north, just west of the city of Aleppo, activists say.
The Britain-based...
Putin to discuss Syria with Turkey PM Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the Syrian conflict, which has strained bilateral relations.
Moscow is a...
Assad’s forces pound rebel strongholds, 25 killed across Syria
Ten reported dead in Deir al-Asafir, 15 killed in Homs; fighting between government forces and rebels around Damascus continues for fourth straight day; state...
Twitter enables internetless posts in Syria
Google and Twitter have reactivated a voice feature for Syrians to send out tweets during internet blackouts. Friday’s announcement of the reinstating of the...
Syria cluster bomb attack ‘kills 10 children’
Activists in Syria say a government jet has dropped a cluster bomb on a playground, leaving 10 children dead.
Video posted on the internet showed...
Syria Islamist fighters in Aleppo reject new opposition
Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition. In an internet video, they denounced what...
Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
International charity Save the Children has warned 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from freezing temperatures, as winter sets in the Middle...
Russia’s Lavrov in Saudi seeking progress on Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the bloodshed in Syria as “outrageous” and urged opponents of President Bashar al-Assad inside and outside the...
Errant bullet from Syria strikes Israeli side of border, wounds IDF...
An errant bullet shot from Syria struck near an Israel Defense Forces outpost in the Golan Heights on Thursday, grazing and lightly wounding an...
Opposition unites as Israel fires Syria warning shots
The Syrian opposition agreed on Sunday to unite against Bashar al-Assad's regime as Israel fired warning shots into the war-torn country in response to...
Islamic cleric to lead opposition against Syria’s Assad
Damascus cleric Maath al-Khatib has been reportedly elected to head a new coalition to oust President Bashar Assad's regime at a meeting in Qatar.
The...
Syria blasts kill, wound dozens of troops
An activist group says twin explosions in a southern Syrian city have killed and wounded dozens of security troops. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...
I will live and die Syrian: Assad
“I am not a puppet made by the West to go to the West or to another country. I am Syrian... I must live...
Syria rebels attack Assad strongholds in Damascus
Syrian rebels have carried out fresh attacks on government facilities and strongholds in the capital, Damascus. Mortar shells landed in Mezzeh 86, an Alawite...
