War-torn Syria enter 2018 World Cup play-offs with stoppage-time equaliser
Syria's heroics also extinguished China's faint hopes of reaching only their second World Cup, despite snatching a 2-1 win over 2022 hosts Qatar thanks to Wu Lei's late winner.
Sep 06, 2017, 11:26 AM IST
Refugees from conflict zones opt for war-torn Syria
Millions of Syrians have fled their country`s war as refugees, but for tens of thousands of people escaping conflict elsewhere, Syria is also a place of refuge.
Sep 06, 2017, 09:34 AM IST
Syria's Bashar al-Assad congratulates army on breaking IS Deir Ezzor siege
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday congratulated government troops who broke a years-long Islamic State group siege on the government enclave of Deir Ezzor city, his office said.
Sep 05, 2017, 18:53 PM IST
Syria army nears regime enclave besieged by Islamic State
Syria's army battled the Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor Monday, seeking to break the siege of a government enclave and oust the jihadists from a key stronghold.
Sep 04, 2017, 18:00 PM IST
Dozens IS members sneak despite US strikes threat: Activists
Opposition activist Omar Abu Laila, who is from Deir el- Zour and currently lives in Europe, gave an account similar to that of Abdurrahman adding that most of them have crossed.
Sep 02, 2017, 20:07 PM IST
US-led coalition says still monitoring IS convoy in Syria
The Islamic State fighters in the border pocket accepted a truce and evacuation deal after simultaneous but separate offensives by the Lebanese army on one front and the Syrian army and Hezbollah on the other.
Sep 02, 2017, 17:34 PM IST
US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from Islamic State
US-backed fighters on Friday ousted the Islamic State group from Raqa`s Old City, a spokesman told AFP, bringing them closer than ever to the jihadists` most well-defended positions.
Sep 01, 2017, 19:53 PM IST
IS leader al-Baghdadi probably still alive: US commander
The IS militants, who swept into Iraq in 2014 against minimal resistance from the Iraqi army, still control a large area of eastern Syria along the border with Iraq, as well as parts of Raqqa, the capital of the group's self-styled caliphate.
Sep 01, 2017, 12:53 PM IST
Iraq announces another major victory over IS jihadists
Tal Afar was the last major population centre in northern Iraq still under jihadist control and its loss deprives IS of what was once a key supply hub between its territory in Syria and Iraq.
Aug 31, 2017, 22:24 PM IST
US-led forces launch air strikes to stop IS reaching east Syria: Coalition
US-led warplanes on Wednesday blocked a convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families from reaching territory the group holds in east Syria and struck a group of their comrades travelling to meet them, a coalition spokesman said.
Aug 30, 2017, 23:12 PM IST
64 dead in clashes between Syria regime and IS: Monitor
The Syria army operation in the area, backed by air support from ally Russia, is separate from the battle for provincial capital Raqa city.
Aug 30, 2017, 15:34 PM IST
Netanyahu warn's UN secretary general of Iran's 'warfronts in Syria, Lebanon
On Wednesday, Netanyahu, in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Israel was prepared to act unilaterally to prevent an expanded Iranian military presence in Syria.
Aug 28, 2017, 20:01 PM IST
Iran building missile production sites in Syria, Lebanon: Netanyahu
Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran is building sites to produce precision-guided missiles in Syria and Lebanon.
Aug 28, 2017, 16:35 PM IST
Heavy clashes in last pocket of IS fighters near Tal Afar
In Iraq, the jihadist group now only controls the city of Hawija, about 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Baghdad, and desert areas along the border with Syria.
Aug 28, 2017, 15:53 PM IST
Two million pilgrims converge on Mecca for the hajj
This year sees the return of pilgrims from Shiite Iran, regional rival to Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia, and comes with the Gulf mired in political crisis and Islamic State group jihadists squeezed in Iraq and Syria.
Aug 28, 2017, 09:00 AM IST
Syria backs evacuation deal for Islamic State militants at Lebanon border: State media
The Syrian army has agreed to a deal between Islamic State and Hezbollah that allows the transfer of Islamic State militants from the Syria-Lebanon border into eastern Syria, state media said on Sunday.
Aug 27, 2017, 18:12 PM IST
Lebanon army declares pause in offensive against Islamic State on Syria border
"The army command announces a ceasefire beginning at 7:00 am to make way for the last phase of negotiations linked to the fate of the kidnapped soldiers," it said in a statement on Sunday.
Aug 27, 2017, 13:08 PM IST
Islamic State submits to ceasefires in Syria-Lebanon border fight
The Lebanese army announced its own ceasefire took effect at 7:00 am to allow for negotiations over the fate of Lebanese soldiers who are in Islamic State captivity.
Aug 27, 2017, 13:01 PM IST
Lebanon Army declares pause in offensive against Islamic State on Syria
Lebanon`s Army on Sunday announced a pause in its offensive against Islamic State group militants along the border with Syria to allow for negotiations on troops held hostage since 2014.
Aug 27, 2017, 10:37 AM IST
Islamic State counterattack kills 34 Syria regime forces in Raqa province: Monitor
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the jihadist group had recaptured large swathes of territory from government forces in the fighting on Thursday.
Aug 25, 2017, 12:56 PM IST
