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Global chemical weapons watchdog blames Syria for 2018 deadly chlorine att
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An investigation by OPCW established there are "reasonable grounds to believe" Syria's air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma in April 2018.
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Erdogan ponders meeting with Assad, a rapprochement that seemed unthinkabl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This was a surprising move coming after Erdogan's repeated threats that he would launch a new ground operation in Syria against the US-allied Syrian Kurdish groups which Ankara considers "terrorists" and because Turkey since 2011 has been the main backer of Syria's opposition to the Assad
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Syrian president accuses Turkey of aggression as Iran attempts to ease ten
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday accused the Turkish leadership of committing aggression against Syria, even as Turkey is planning a new offensive in northern Syria.
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Syria's economic revival from China's BRI may lead war-torn country into d
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): Syria has joined China's 'Belt and Road Initiative' (BRI) in desperation to revive its economy but it may lead the war-torn country into a vicious debt trap like several other countries.
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Former Afghan President Ghani listed among 'most corrupt' people of 2021 b
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], December 29 (ANI): Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has been named as one of the most corrupt officials of the year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a nonprofit investigative news reporting platform for independent media
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US 'concerned' over reports of meeting between Syrian President, UAE forei
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): The United States is concerned by reports of a meeting between Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in Damascus, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday (local time).
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UAE foreign minister meets Syrian President in Damascus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], November 10 (ANI): United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed met Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in Damascus and reviewed the prospects of enhancing bilateral relations between the two nations, according to a media report.
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Syrian President urges ending presence of "illegal foreign powers" in Syri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday stressed the need to end the presence of "illegal foreign powers" on Syrian soil, referring to the US and Turkish forces, according to the state news agency SANA.
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Syria hails joint anti-terror campaign with Russia for 6 years
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria] September 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday hailed his country's six-year joint anti-terror campaign with Russia during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital Moscow, according to the Syrian presidential media
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US imposes sanctions on 8 Syrian prisons over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): The US Treasury Department on Wednesday (local time) announced sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by President Bashar al-Assad's intelligence agencies, citing human rights abuses against political prisoners and other detainees.
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Nearly 500,000 people killed in decade of Syrian civil war: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 1 (ANI): Nearly 500,000 people have been killed in the decade-long civil war in Syria since the Syrian revolution on March 15, 2011, informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
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Bashar al-Assad set to return for fourth term as Syrian President in lates
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], May 26 (ANI): As voters in the government-held parts of Syria are heading to the polls to cast ballots for the presidential election in Syria, it is widely expected that the poll will cement a fourth term for President Bashar al-Assad.
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