Syria's Assad says taking Aleppo from rebels key to pushing ''terrorists'' back to Turkey
Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian army`s capture of Aleppo, which has come under renewed bombardment in an effort to seize its rebel-held sector, would be "a very important springboard" to pushing "terrorists" back to Turkey.
Oct 14, 2016, 07:08 AM IST
Leave eastern Aleppo: Syrian army warns rebels, families
Syria`s army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face their "inevitable fate".
Oct 06, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
Syrian army says rebels in Aleppo can only surrender
The Syrian army has said that the rebels in the northern city of Aleppo can only surrender, as all of the supply routes to the rebel-held areas were cut off, according to the state news agency SANA.
Oct 06, 2016, 03:19 AM IST
Warplanes press attack on rebel-held eastern Aleppo
Warplanes mounted a new wave of heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday, rebel sources, a rescue worker and a war monitor reported, pressing a major offensive by the Russian-backed Syrian military to take back the whole city.
Sep 24, 2016, 14:50 PM IST
Air raids pound rebel-held Aleppo as Syria army begins assault
Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said.
Sep 23, 2016, 15:48 PM IST
Air raids on Syrian army position kill 30 soldiers: Monitor
"The strikes near the Deir Ezzor airport killed between 30 and 35 Syrian army soldiers, but we could not identify which warplanes carried them out," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
Sep 17, 2016, 23:50 PM IST
Syrian army and allies regain southern Aleppo district: Monitor
If sustained, the advance in Ramousah would reverse nearly all gains rebels made in a push last month.
Sep 08, 2016, 21:42 PM IST
Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers: Monitors
A United Nations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons inquiry found that Syrian govt forces were responsible for two toxic gas attacks in 2014 and 2015 involving chlorine.
Sep 07, 2016, 09:33 AM IST
Daraya under govt control after last rebels evacuated: Syria Army
"The Syrian army completely controls Daraya and has entered all of the town. There isn't a single armed man there," a source requesting anonymity said.
Aug 27, 2016, 23:43 PM IST
Turkish troops to stay until Syrian army regains control
Turkish troops will continue their military operation in Syria until the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) regains control of Jarabulus town, Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said on Thursday.
Aug 25, 2016, 16:49 PM IST
Syrian army recaptures falling military positions in Aleppo
The Syrian army recaptured military positions the rebels had stormed earlier on Saturday in southern Aleppo province in northern Syria, according to pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV and a military source.
Aug 07, 2016, 08:13 AM IST
Syrian army kills 60 IS militants
The Syrian army carried out offensive against a town held by the Islamic State (IS) group in Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, killing 60 of them.
Aug 03, 2016, 05:14 AM IST
Syrian army extends ceasefire for 72 hours
The Syrian army extended an ongoing ceasefire in the country for an additional 72 hours, officials said.
Jul 12, 2016, 08:34 AM IST
Fierce fighting for key Aleppo road despite Syria truce
The army had earlier announced that it was observing a 72-hour nationwide ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Jul 07, 2016, 16:59 PM IST
2 medics among 31 dead in Syria army reprisal for slain pilot
The bombardment struck the town of Jayrud, 60 kilometres northeast of Damascus, where the army says Islamist rebels killed the pilot after he was forced to eject on Friday.
Jul 02, 2016, 17:27 PM IST
Strikes on Syria's Aleppo kill 14 civilians: Civil defence
Air strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday killed at least 14 civilians and wounded more than a dozen others, the local civil defence said.
Apr 22, 2016, 23:46 PM IST
'Army seizes key ISIS bastion in central Syria'
Syrian troops on Sunday seized the key Islamic State group bastion of Al-Qaryatain, dealing the jihadists a new blow in the country's centre a week after expelling them from Palmyra, state television said.
Apr 03, 2016, 20:40 PM IST
Syrian army enters key Islamic State-held city near Palmyra
The Syrian army on Sunday stormed a key city in the central province of Homs near the ancient city of Palmyra, following intense battles against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, a military source said.
Apr 03, 2016, 20:34 PM IST
Mass grave found in Syria's Palmyra after city recaptured from Islamic State
SANA said the grave, which contained many women and children, was in the north-eastern edge of Palmyra. Some of the bodies had been beheaded.
Apr 02, 2016, 15:39 PM IST
Syrian army command says Islamic State beginning to collapse
Syria`s military command said on Sunday it had taken full control of the city of Palmyra, in a victory it said marked the beginning of the collapse of the Islamic State group.
Mar 27, 2016, 17:17 PM IST
