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Humanitarian situation in Syria dire amid economic crisis: UN official
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire amid a worsening economic crisis, said Joyce Msuya, the deputy UN relief chief, on Tuesday.
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India at UNSC reiterates looming threat posed by resurgence of terrorist g
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 27 (ANI): India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, R Ravindra on Tuesday (local time) raised concern over the situation in Syria and said on the security front that there is an urgent need for genuinely serious attempts towards a comprehensive natio
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Granting citizenship to Syrian refugees could tip the scales in Turkey's e
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] April 25 (ANI): The question of granting citizenship to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan is gradually becoming a controversial issue in Turkey, as the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu openly accuses President Recep Tayyip Erdog
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Afghans living in dystopian nightmare sandwiched between Taliban, Islamic
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Dr Sajjan Gohel, International Security Director of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, said that the Afghans are living in a very dystopian nightmare as they are sandwiched between the misogynistic Taliban and the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), an
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Think-tank warns of ISIS' expansion to Central Asia; potentially reach Rus
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 19 (ANI): A Canada-based think tank in its research paper has warned of a greater threat with the Islamist terrorist groups from Syria and Iraq relocating and turning their focus towards the Central Asian states, taking advantage of their relevance as raw materials su
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Syria sends letter to UN about US-led coalition's war crimes in Raqqa in 2
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Syria sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and to the UN Security Council about the war crimes of the US-led international coalition in the city of Raqqa in 2017, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released by the state
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US sanctions firms, individuals in Russia, China, N Korea for proliferatio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Friday announced sanctions on five entities and individuals located in Russia and North Korea (DPRK) and one entity in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for proliferation activities under Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation A
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Syrian president, Iranian FM discuss nuclear deal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday discussed the developments of talks on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal with the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
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Israel's shadow conflict with drones and cyber-attacks with Iran
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] March 21 (ANI): A shadow conflict, a sort of "war between wars" has been going on for years between Israel and Iran, as well as between Israel and Iran's proxies in Lebanon and Syria. This shadow conflict has escalated since the beginning of the year.
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Tunisia retrieves 20 bodies off NE coast
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], March 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of bodies recovered off the Nabeul coast in northeastern Tunisia has grown to 20, the private radio station Shems FM reported Saturday.
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Don't lose sight of the many other crises in which people are suffering: W
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): Briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) said that even as the war-torn country remains to be the centre of the world's attention, peop
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Afghanistan: US planning to ramp up attacks on ISIS-K in summer
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday (local time) said that the US will ramp up attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) in summer as they are re-constituting itself and will b
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