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
Islamic State attack on refugee camp kills 32 in Syria's Hasakeh
As many as 32 persons were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack by Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) militants on a refugee camp in Syria`s Hasakeh province, local media reports said.
May 03, 2017, 10:35 AM IST
France `hiding truth` on suspected chemical attack: Damascus
Syria on Thursday accused France of concealing the real identity of those behind a deadly suspected chemical attack, a day after Paris said it had proof the Damascus regime was responsible.
Apr 27, 2017, 15:15 PM IST
Israeli strike hits Iranian arms supply depot in Damascus
An Israeli strike on Thursday hit an arms supply hub operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport.
Apr 27, 2017, 11:47 AM IST
'Huge' explosion near Damascus Airport: Monitor
A massive explosion hit near the Damascus International Airport in the early hours of Thursday, a monitoring group said, without specifying the cause.
Apr 27, 2017, 10:06 AM IST
Bashar al-Assad says army 'gave up' all chemical weapons
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government handed over all its chemical weapons stockpiles in 2013 and could not have been behind last week`s suspected sarin attack.
Apr 13, 2017, 19:13 PM IST
Suicide bombing rocks refugee camp in Syria
A suicide bombing rocked a refugee camp inside the Syrian territories near the Jordanian borders on Saturday, activities said.
Apr 09, 2017, 09:07 AM IST
Iran President Hassan Rouhani says Trump abetting Syria 'terrorists'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today that "terrorists" were applauding his US counterpart Donald Trump for launching a missile strike on an airbase of his Syrian government ally.
Apr 08, 2017, 14:21 PM IST
Israel PM says supports strong message sent by US Syria strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he supports the "strong and clear message" sent by a US strike in neighbouring Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack.
Apr 07, 2017, 11:35 AM IST
Russia, Syria hit back as pressure builds over 'chemical attack'
Syria's regime and Russia hit back on Thursday at accusations that Damascus was behind a deadly chemical weapons attack, as pressure built for international action over what Washington called an "affront to humanity".
Apr 06, 2017, 21:53 PM IST
Syria chemical attack victims gassed as they slept
Survivors of a deadly chemical attack earlier in the week in Syria that killed over 70 people, say they were gassed as they slept, a media report said.
Apr 06, 2017, 09:27 AM IST
Syria chemical attack death toll now at 72; new strikes hit
The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 today as activists and rescue workers found more-terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war.
Apr 05, 2017, 17:40 PM IST
Syrian govt intensifies attacks around Damascus, Hama
Syrian government forces intensified their bombardment of opposition-held areas around Damascus and the central city of Hama, activists reported today, as they pushed to erase battlefield advances made by insurgents in March.
Apr 03, 2017, 22:54 PM IST
Evacuations of opposition fighters resume in Syria's Homs
Syrian state TV says scores of opposition fighters and their families have left the central city of Homs after being evacuated from the last rebel-held neighbourhood.
Apr 01, 2017, 17:52 PM IST
Islamic State group claims deadly bomb attacks on Damascus courthouse
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for mid-March bomb attacks on a courthouse and restaurant in Syria's capital Damascus that killed 32 people and were denounced by rebel groups.
Mar 31, 2017, 22:41 PM IST
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Hama province
The Syrian army is sending reinforcements to face a major rebel offensive in Hama province, a Syrian military source told Reuters on Wednesday, as insurgents pressed an attack in a western area critically important to President Bashar al-Assad.Bashar al-Assad.
Mar 22, 2017, 19:05 PM IST
All Syrian sides confirm will attend peace talks: United Nations
Syrian government and rebel delegations have confirmed their attendance at peace talks set to resume in Geneva this week, the United Nations said on today, despite renewed fighting around Damascus.
Mar 21, 2017, 17:37 PM IST
Damascus suicide bombings kill 39, say activists
At least 39 persons were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-strapped vest inside the old Justice Palace building in Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, according to a British war monitor.
Mar 16, 2017, 00:19 AM IST
Twenty including 14 children dead in air strike in Syria's northwestern Idlib province: Monitor
At least 14 children were among 20 people killed in an air strike in Syria`s northwestern Idlib province at dawn on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
Mar 15, 2017, 20:23 PM IST
