UN envoy warns east Aleppo facing total destruction
The UN`s Syria envoy on Thursday made an impassioned appeal to save eastern Aleppo, warning the city faced total destruction and urging Islamist fighters to leave so civilians can get aid.
Oct 06, 2016, 18:37 PM IST
Al-Nusra chief in Syria announces break with Qaeda
In a rare televised message, Al-Nusra chief Jolani said the new group "will have no links whatsoever with foreign parties".
Jul 28, 2016, 23:23 PM IST
Al Qaeda in Syria executes 14 `government forces`
Al-Qaeda`s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front has executed 14 captured men it accused of fighting for President Bashar al-Assad, in retaliation for a regime advance near Damascus.
Jul 21, 2016, 18:04 PM IST
More than 70 dead as Syria Army battles jihadists south of Aleppo
Fighting between Syrian regime forces and al Qaeda-affiliated jihadists and their allies has left more than 70 dead south of the battleground city of Aleppo, a monitor said on Friday.
May 06, 2016, 13:11 PM IST
Escalating Syria violence threatens ceasefire
Fighting escalated around Syria`s second city Aleppo on Thursday, as a Russian-backed government offensive strained a landmark ceasefire and threatened a new round of peace talks in Geneva.
Apr 15, 2016, 08:28 AM IST
Syria truce strained on eve of fresh peace talks
Syria's landmark ceasefire was threatening to fall apart on Tuesday amid a surge of fresh fighting, especially in northern Aleppo province, just as peace talks were set to resume in Geneva.
Apr 12, 2016, 23:30 PM IST
Fierce fighting kills 35 around Syria`s Aleppo: Monitor
Clashes around Syria`s second city Aleppo have killed at least 16 pro-regime fighters and 19 members of Al-Qaeda`s affiliate and allied rebel groups in 24 hours, a monitor said Sunday.
Apr 11, 2016, 02:48 AM IST
US strike in Syria kills several al Qaeda militants: Pentagon
The US has carried out another raid against al Qaeda militants in Syria, on the heels of a strike that killed the spokesman of the group's Syrian branch, the Pentagon has said.
Apr 07, 2016, 10:07 AM IST
Syria`s Qaeda spokesman, 20 jihadists dead in strikes: monitor
It was not immediately clear if the raids were carried out by Syrian regime warplanes or their Russian allies.
Nine dead as Lebanese army clashes with jihadists
Lebanese army troops clashed with jihadists in the country`s northeast near the Syrian border Thursday, leaving one soldier and eight gunmen dead, a security official said.
Mar 10, 2016, 18:19 PM IST
Russian warplanes sit idle on Syria base during ceasefire
Dozens of Russian warplanes sat idle today on the tarmac at this Russian air base in Syria on the fourth day of a cease-fire brokered by Moscow and Washington.
Mar 01, 2016, 11:19 AM IST
Nearly 60 dead in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria jail
Russian strikes today on a prison complex run by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate killed at least 57 people and wounded 30 others, many critically, a monitor said, giving a revised toll.
Jan 10, 2016, 01:59 AM IST
