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Russia calls emergency session of UN Security Council
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 14 (ANI): Russia on Saturday confirmed that it was calling an mergency session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the wake of the airstrikes launched by the US-led coalition in Syria.
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UN Chief appeals to avoid escalating Syrian crises
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [United States], April 14 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to avoid actions which could escalate the crisis in Syria and "deepen the suffering of its people."
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Mattis terms strike on Syria 'one-time shot'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Apr. 14 (ANI): US Defense Secretary James Mattis termed the initial airstrikes on Syria as a 'one-time shot' while saying that 'no additional attacks have been planned.'
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US refuses UK involvement in Syria chemical attack
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): The US Department of State on Friday announced that the United Kingdom was not involved in the Syrian chemical attack that took place on April 7 while blaming Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for the same.
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US refutes reports of attack on Syrian airbase
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): The United States has dismissed Syrian claims accusing it of attacking a Homs air base.
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Big price to pay: Trump infuriated by chemical attacks in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 09 (ANI): Responding to Saturday's chemical attacks in Douma, a rebel-controlled town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, United States President Donald Trump took to Twitter to vent out his exasperation over the attacks, criticising the Russian President Vladimir Putin an
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Syria attack: Trump blames Russia, Iran for 'backing Animal Assad'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 8 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned the suspected chemical attack in Syria and blamed Russia and Iran for backing Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad.
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Rocket attack kills 35 in Damascus
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 21 (ANI): A rocket attack killed 35 in a Damascus shopping district, in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, on Tuesday, as bombardment by the government and its allies left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold.
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Turkey, Russia, Iran to participate in summit next month
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 7 (ANI): Turkey, Russia and Iran will participate in what would be a trilateral summit at Istanbul on April 4, according to diplomatic sources.
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Bloodshed continues in Syria, 23 civilians killed
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Eastern Ghouta [Syria], Mar 3 (ANI): Despite a ceasefire by the United Nations, at least 23 civilians have been killed in the fresh round of airstrikes by the Syrian regime forces in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.
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Despite UN ceasefire, airstrikes kill 7 in Syria
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 25 (ANI): In spite of a 30-day ceasefire, at least seven people have been killed due to fresh airstrikes by the forces loyal to Syria's Russian-backed president Bashar al-Assad regime in the Eastern Ghouta.
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France, Germany to hold talks with Russia over Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 25 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday over the Syria ceasefire resolution, the France presidency said in a statement.
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