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Sniper kills Russian military advisor in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 3 (ANI): A Russian military advisor was killed in Syria after a militant sniper opened gunfire at a unit of the Syrian Army, Defense Ministry of Russia said in a report on Tuesday.
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Trump, Putin discuss ending Syria war amid ongoing tensions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 3 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephonic conversation on Tuesday discussed about ending the ongoing war in Syria for the first time since the former had ordered a missile strike on Syrian military
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Refugee Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini appointed youngest UNHCR Goodwill Am
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 28 (ANI): First ever Refugee Olympic Team swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
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PM Modi greets Metropolitan Mar Chrysostom on his 100th birthday
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted his eminence Metropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar Philipose Mar Chrysostum on the special occasion of his Centenary celebrations.
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French Intelligence labels Assad Govt. responsible for chemical attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], April 26 (ANI): France has said that it has evidence that the Bashar-Al-Assad-led Syrian Government was responsible for the chemical attack that killed 89 people.
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U.S. sanctions Syrian research employees over developing 'chemical we
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 25 (ANI): The United States has declared to pursue anyone connected to the use of chemical weapons in Syria and also threatened to shut down their financial networks.
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Terrorists launch mortar attack in Damascus
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 23 (ANI): At least two persons were left injured when terrorists shelled with mortars the Rukneddein residential area in the Syrian capital of Damascus, local media reported on Saturday.
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Syrian babies are being named `Putin` in honour of Russian President
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 22 (ANI): Syrian families are naming their children Putin as a mark of gratitude for the Russian President's support for his Syrian counterpart in the six-year war, a government official has said.
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Syria still has chemical weapons: U.S. defence secy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 22 (ANI): The Syrian Government has retained an unspecified amount of chemical weapons and dispersed its aircraft after a U.S. cruise-missile attack this month, United States Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday.
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Reports of Baghdadi's capture not true: Syrian President
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 20 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied reports of the capture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi stating that Syrian borders with Iraq are still very much under the control of the militant group.
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U.K. Home Secretary urged to revoke Syrian President's wife's Br
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Apr 17 (ANI): U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd has been urged to consider revoking the British passport of Asma al-Assad, the U.K.-born wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after her social media posts in support of his regime.
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Canada for ending 'indiscriminate' violence, sanctions 27 top Sy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Apr 16 (ANI): Canada has sanctioned 27 high-ranking officials in the Syrian Government to put pressure on President Bashar al- Assad to end 'indiscriminate' violence in the war-torn country.
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