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Western media hurriedly blamed Syria of using chemical weapons: Russia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 5 (ANI): Russia has accused the western media of being quick to accuse Damascus of using chemical weapons in Syria and said that attempts were apparently made to put the onus on Moscow.
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Second blast hits Damascus after court attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria] , Mar. 15 (ANI): A second blast has hit Damascus following the court attack.
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility of Damascus blasts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 13 (ANI): An Al Qaeda-linked group has claimed the responsibility for twin blasts near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus that killed at least 40 people.
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Death toll of Damascus blasts rises to 74: SOHR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 12 (ANI): The death toll in Saturday's twin blasts in Damascus city of Syria has reached 74, according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
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Damascus bombings: Dozens of Iraqi pilgrims killed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 12 (ANI): At least 40 Iraqi Shiite pilgrims were killed and around 120 were injured in the twin blasts that rocked in Damascus, Syria, said Iraq's Foreign Ministry.
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40 killed, 120 injured in terrorist bombings in Damascus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Mar. 11 (ANI): At least 40 people were killed and 120 others wounded in Damascus after a twin blast hit the city.
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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria sanctions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Mar. 1 (ANI): In order to block bid by western countries to impose UN sanctions on Syria, Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Syria over accusations of chemical weapons attacks by Damascus.
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UN adopts resolution to support Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 1 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously passed a resolution in support of the ceasefire in Syria and holding talks in Kazakhstan between Damascus and the opposition.
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Russian embassy in Damascus shelled twice over day, claims Foreign Ministr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec. 29 (ANI): The Foreign Ministry has said that the Russian embassy in Damascus has been shelled twice over the day.
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Bashar al-assad insists Syrian forces "to clean" Aleppo of rebel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct. 15 (ANI): Amid ongoing violence in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad has insisted that the country's armed forces must continue "to clean" up Aleppo city, even as diplomats are preparing to halt bloodshed in rebel-held areas of the city.
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UN aid programme in Syria under Assad's grip: Report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug. 30 (ANI): Critics fear that the United Nations aid programme to Syria is on the verge of being compromised as the organization has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to the people closely associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the whim of the D
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