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Over 850 people died after earthquake shakes Syria: Damascus envoy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Talking to ANI, Alkhatib said, "Well Actually, unluckily to say that this situation is very dangerous after this devastating earthquake. It was the big one. 7.8 started in Turkey and then spread to Damascus, Syria. Many regions are badly affected. So far, in the last 5 minutes, I made som
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India to send two more IAF planes with rescue personnel, relief materials
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The rescue efforts come in the wake of a deadly earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Soon after, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences with his office saying in a statement that "relief material would be dispatched immediately" in coordination with the
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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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Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service, two killed
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Israeli army carried out a missile strike on Monday targeting Damascus International airport that put it out of service and killed two soldiers
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Three Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli airstrikes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], August 15 (ANI): At least three soldiers were killed and three others were injured in multiple Israeli aggression that had targeted some points in Damascus countryside and Tartous.
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Two people killed, 13 injured in terrorist attack in Syrian city of Al-Suq
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a terrorist attack in the Syrian city of Al-Suqaylabiyah on Sunday, Capt. First Rank Yevgeny Gerasimov, the deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, said.
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Syria urges UN to condemn repeated Israeli strikes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the UN Security Council to condemn the repeated Israeli missile strikes in Syria, particularly the latest one that killed three soldiers after midnight Friday.
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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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Israeli strike injures two civilians in coastal Syrian village
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Two civilians were wounded at dawn Saturday by an Israeli strike targeting areas in the northwestern province of Tartous, a military statement said.
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Bus attack kills 13 in northern Syria: military statement
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Eleven soldiers and two civilians were killed in a bus attack in northern Syria on Monday, according to a Syrian military statement.
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Lebanon condemns Israeli attack on Damascus airport
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon on Sunday condemned the Israeli missile attack on Damascus International Airport in the Syrian capital that has damaged facilities and forced flights to a halt, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Russia condemns Israeli airstrike at Damascus Airport
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia strongly condemns the Israeli airstrike at the Damascus International Airport and calls on the Israeli side to halt such activities, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, said on Friday.
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