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Freed Taliban by Afghan government returning to resume 'jihad'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): Hundreds of Taliban, who were freed in a move to bring peace in Afghanistan, are reportedly resuming their 'jihad' or holy war to overthrow the US-backed Afghan government.
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Around 140,000 children displaced in past three weeks in and around Idlib:
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], 3 Jan (ANI): Amid ongoing violence in Syria's Idlib, UNICEF on Friday lamented about 1,40,000 children who have been displaced in the ongoing clash in the northwest part of the war-torn country.
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3,000 Islamic State terrorists surrender to US-backed forces in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Mar 13 (ANI): Over three thousand terrorists belonging to the UN-designated terror organisation Islamic State have surrendered to US-backed Kurdish forces.
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ISIS controlling just 700 sq mts in Syria: SDF
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 17 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has been reduced to just 700 square metres in Syria, as the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a major offensive last week to eliminate the terror outfit from the war-torn country, a top commander overseeing the opera
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3 more Journalists detained amid political crisis in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela] Jan 31 (ANI): Venezuelan authorities have detained three journalists and a driver of the Spanish news agency EFE, covering the ongoing country's political crisis and US-backed efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests come after two Chilean reporters were d
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Maduro ready to hold talks with Opposition
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 31 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said he is ready to hold talks with the US-backed opposition in the presence of international mediators, while also accusing Washington of plotting his assassination.
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Brit IS militants captured in Syria: report
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 9 (ANI): Two British Islamic States (IS) militants have reportedly been captured by the US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria.
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IS nearly 100 percent uprooted from Iraq, Syria: Trump
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
DAVOS [Switzerland], Jan. 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that US-backed coalition forces had won nearly all of the territories occupied by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
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Turkey bombs Kurdish-controlled Syrian city
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 21 (ANI): Turkish jets have bombed US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria`s Afrin province in a bid to oust the fighters.
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Turkey vows to destroy US-backed Syrian forces
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 16 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to destroy the United States trained border security force in Syria.
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US-backed forces capture Syria's largest oil field
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, [USA] October 24(ANI): Kurdish and Arab powers, supported by the United States, said they have caught Syria's biggest oil field from ISIS, the most recent of the setbacks for the jihadists in the east of the nation.
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Kurdish referendum conspiracy of US-Israel to divide Middle East: Sayyed H
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Oct1 (ANI): Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the recent Kurdish independence referendum is a conspiracy of Israel and its ally U.S. to "open the door of partition" in the Middle East.
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