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Pakistani Air Force to cooperate with 'notorious' Turkish paramilitary gro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 24 (ANI): The Pakistani Air Force (PAF) has agreed to cooperate with a "notorious" Turkish paramilitary group that has been accused by the United Nations of deploying fighters from Syrian armed groups to take part in military operations in Libya.
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Syria's Ambassador to Lebanon calls for justice after attacks on Syrian vo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Syrian ambassador to Lebanon demanded on Thursday that the government punish those who attacked Syrian refugees heading to the embassy in Beirut to vote in the presidential election.
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Israeli air strike on Syria's Latakia province kills civilian
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 5 (ANI/Sputnik): A civilian was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli air strike on civilian targets in the Syrian province of Latakia, Syrian state television station Al Ikhbariya reported.
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EU doubts Syria's Presidential election in May will be free, fair
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union takes note of Syria's plan to hold a presidential election on May 26 but doubts this will be a free and fair vote, EU foreign policy spokesperson Peter Stano told Sputnik on Friday.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to run for re-election
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 22 (ANI): The incumbent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday decided to run for the fourth term after Hammouda Sabbagh, the Speaker of Syria's Parliament, announced the date of the presidential election as May 26.
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Terrorists in Syria plotting attacks in cities ahead of elections: Russian
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Terrorists in Syria are planning attacks on state institutions in major cities ahead of the presidential election, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Monday.
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Syria to hold presidential election on May 26
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 19 (ANI): The Parliament of Syria has announced that the country will hold its presidential election on May 26, while the candidate registration is to begin on April 19.
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Pakistani passport fourth worst in the world
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth weakest passport in the world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Henley Passport Index.
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4 Syrian soldiers wounded in Israeli missiles attack: State media
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 8 (ANI): Four Syrian soldiers have been wounded in a fresh Israeli missiles attack targeting military positions in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
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Terrorists carry out 30 attacks on Syria's Idlib De-escalation Zone
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 30 times over the past 24 hours, Rear-Admiral Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a
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'Love jihad': ISIS targeting Hindu, Christian girls in Kerala, says BJP st
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 31 (ANI): Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Surendran has again raised the issue of 'love jihad', stating that global terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is targeting girls of the Hindu and Christian communities.
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New COVID-19 wave 'lies in wait' in Syria: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that another coronavirus wave is expected to hit war-torn Syria as community transmission of the virus is likely to continue in 2021.
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