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US announces USD 800 million in new humanitarian aid for Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has pledged to provide more than USD 800 million in new humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced in Brussels on Tuesday at an international donors conference for Syria
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EU pledges nearly USD 1.6bn in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union has pledged to increase humanitarian assistance to Syrians up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.58 billion) for 2022 and to allocate an equal amount following year, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
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Turkey "neutralizes" 12 Kurdish militants in N. Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey said on Monday it had "neutralized" 12 members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, as tension escalates between the two sides after the killing of a Turkish soldier.
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Erdogan vows to send 1 million refugees back to Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 9 (ANI): Last Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a reversal of his previous policy, declared that his government was working on a project for "the voluntary and honourable return of 1 million Syrian refugees" back to their homeland.
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Turkey hosts over 4 million refugees in total: official
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey currently hosts 4,082,693 refugees, 3,762,686 of whom are Syrians, Turkish deputy Interior Minister Ismail Catakli was quoted by daily Hurriyet as saying on Sunday.
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US envoy to UN postpones May 9 visit to Turkey: US Mission
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has postponed her planned visit to Turkey, the US mission to the UN informs.
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Syrian soldier killed in shelling of Idlib: Russian reconciliation centre
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], May 2 (ANI/Sputnik): One Syrian soldier was killed and another was injured in an attack carried out by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group in the Syrian province of Idlib, the deputy head of the Russian centre for the reconciliation of warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral
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Lebanon arrests 2 human smugglers, 23 illegal Syrian immigrants
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Two human smugglers and 23 Syrian nationals planning to leave for Cyprus by sea were arrested in northern Lebanon on Sunday, the National News Agency reported.
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Iran's UN envoy warns against politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran said politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue would jeopardize the authority of the world's chemical weapons watchdog and hinder constructive dialogue with Syria on the issue, Iranian Press TV reported Saturday.
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UP ATS probe reveals Gorakhnath Temple attack accused 'was in touch with I
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): The accused in the Gorakhnath Temple attack case was in touch with the fighters and sympathisers of the proscribed terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), said Prashant Kumar, Additional director general of police (Law and Order)
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Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile strike
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli missile attack early Wednesday on several sites near the capital Damascus, state news agency SANA reported.
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Syrian Air Defense downed most missiles fired by Israel: Defense Ministry
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Syrian air defense systems repelled an Israeli air attack and shot down most of the missiles, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
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