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EU calls on Syria to abolish death penalty
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union on Saturday condemned the practice of death penalty in Syria and called on Damascus to abolish the punishment.
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Turkish Defence Minister notes stabilisation in Syria's Idlib after Putin-
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The situation in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone has stabilized after the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.
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Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US airstrike in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): The US military conducted an airstrike that killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in northwest Syria, Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Major John Rigsbee said on Friday (local time).
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Taliban face hurdles while implementing law, order in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 21 (ANI): The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan but the affiliates of Islamic State-Khorasan, Syria and Iraq-based terrorist groups have emerged as a big problem to the public safety of the Taliban controlled country.
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CENTCOM Chief, UAE Defense brass talk keeping pressure on IS in Iraq, Syri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Frank McKenzie met and discussed with senior Emirati defence officials the importance of maintaining pressure on the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Syria, Iraq and other countries,
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Germany remains EU's main migrant destination with over 1,00,000 Annual Re
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany] October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany remains the most popular European destination for migrants, with more than 100,000 asylum bids recorded for nine years in a row, media said Sunday.
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ISIS warns Shia Muslims to be targeted everywhere
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 17 (ANI): Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh in a statement said that Shi'ite Muslims are perilous and they will be targeted by them everywhere, a media report said.
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Syria accuses Israel of killing Head of Cabinet's Golan Affairs Office
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Syrian government has accused the Israeli military of shooting dead Midhat Saleh al-Saleh, the Head of the office of the occupied Syrian Golan affairs at the Syrian cabinet, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
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Senior Russian diplomat to visit Damascus on Saturday: Embassy Source
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin will pay a visit to Syria on Saturday, a source in the Russian Embassy in Damascus told Sputnik.
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Two Turkish soldiers killed, five injured as blast hits vehicles in Syria'
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Damascus [Syria], October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Two Turkish soldiers have been killed and five more injured as a convoy of military vehicles was hit by an explosion in the Syrian province of Idlib, a source from the site told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Syria used no air defense at Israel's F-16s due to 2 civilian planes nearb
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 15 (Sputnik): The Syrian military decided not to use air defense systems at the time of the Israeli aviation attack on Wednesday, since there were two civil aircraft in the affected area, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliatio
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Situation in Afghanistan not easy, terrorists entering from Syria, Iraq, s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 14 (ANI): Acknowledging that the situation is not easy in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that battle-hardened terrorists were entering the strife-torn country from Syria and Iraq.
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