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U.N. blames Assad govt. for chemical attack in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): Reports have emerged that the United Nations investigative panel has blamed the Bashar al-Assad government of Syria for the deadly chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun that killed at least 87 people.
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Tillerson says reign of Syria's Assad family ending
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 27 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has said the reign of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family is coming to an end.
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Russia casts veto preventing UN probe into Syria chemical attacks
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Russia on Tuesday cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council, preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in the attack on Syria's rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
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Russian military jet crashes in Syria, crew dead
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI): A Russian military jet on Tuesday crashed while taking off from Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria.
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Riyadh will not let anyone 'finance terrorism': Saudi FM
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 8 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has said that Riyadh will not let anyone finance terrorism and spread the ideology of hatred.
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Syria: 3,000 killed in deadliest month, September, of 2017
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Deir Ezzor [Syria], October 2 (ANI): The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor has said that Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the deadliest month of the conflict this year.
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Israeli jets hit weapons depot near Damascus airport
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], September 22 (ANI):Israeli aircrafts has reportedly fired missiles at a weapons depot near the international airport in Damascus, in the third such attack by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, on Friday
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'U.S. troops at Al-Tanf base sold weapons to ISIS in Syria'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], September 1 (ANI): A Syrian rebel has revealed that U.S.troops based at the Al-Tanf base in Syria's southeastern desert were not fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists and were selling weapons and ammunition to them to fight against the Bashar al-Assad forces.
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Russia, Syrian regime seeking to poach U.S.-backed fighters: Reports
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], August 4 (ANI): Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are attempting to coax U.S.-backed rebels based at the At Tanf garrison in southern Syria to switch sides, CNN reports.
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Macron recognises Russia's stance, says Assad can stay in power
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 16 (ANI): Recognising Russia's stance on Syria, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris is also favouring President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power to resolve the six-year-old civil war in Syria.
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Russia to decide on Syria, Assad's fate: Tillerson
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London[U.K.], July 4 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has conveyed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Russia will decide the fate of Syria and President Bashar al -Assad.
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US-led coalition airstrikes targeted pro-Assad forces in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 19 (ANI): The U.S.forces in Syria have bombed pro-Bashar al-Assad convoy at Tanf base that were advancing well inside an "established de-confliction zone."
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