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Israel to double settlements in Golan Heights: Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel intends to double the number of residents and build two new settlements in the Golan Heights, a disputed strategic area, which the UN considers part of Syria, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.
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1 Turkish officer dead, 3 wounded in shelling in Northern Syria
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): One Turkish police officer was killed and three others sustained injuries in rocket fire from Kurdish militants in the north of Syria, the Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
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Turkey and Russia: Are they rivals or cooperating competitors?
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 11 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 29 discussed the situation in northwestern Syria, where the two sides support opposing camps, as well as ways of deepening the cooperation between their defence indust
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Syrian President urges ending presence of "illegal foreign powers" in Syri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday stressed the need to end the presence of "illegal foreign powers" on Syrian soil, referring to the US and Turkish forces, according to the state news agency SANA.
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Biden renews US National Emergency executive order on Syria: White House
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Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has renewed the American government's declaration of national emergency powers in dealing with Syria, the White House announced on Thursday (local time).
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Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a drone airstrike in Syria, Fox News reported citing a US defence official.
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Concerned over role of external actors leading to growth of terrorism in S
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 29 (ANI): India at the United Nations on Tuesday (local time) expressed concern over the role of external actors leading to the growth of terror groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Hayat Tahrir al-Sha in Syria and stressed upon the nee
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Jaishankar meets Syrian FM, exchanges views on developments in UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad here and exchanged views on developments in the UN Security Council.
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Military plane strikes at 2 cars on syrian-Iraqi border
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A military aircraft, presumably of the US Air Force, struck on Wednesday night at two cars on the Syrian-Iraqi border, a source in the Iraqi militia, the Popular Mobilization Forces, told Sputnik.
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Syria hails joint anti-terror campaign with Russia for 6 years
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria] September 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday hailed his country's six-year joint anti-terror campaign with Russia during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital Moscow, according to the Syrian presidential media
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25 Indian IS sympathisers may sneak into India from Afghanistan: Intel rep
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): A group of 25 Indians having allegiance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who are supposed to be a big threat to India, may enter into Indian territory from Afghanistan as they broke open various jails when Taliban took over the country la
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Syria: Prevent 'entire generation from being lost', urges UN humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI): Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for "greater access and expanded funding", to better help them.
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