Ankara/Damascus | Over 500 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured in Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck a wide area near the two countries’ border, according to authorities. Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said the death toll had now risen to 284. Meanwhile, the Syrian Health […]
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US military releases first images of raid on Baghdadi
Washington: The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was killed. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they moved in on the ground, […]
Not aware of any US operation in Syria: Russian military
Moscow: The Russian military on Sunday queried the US announcement, made by President Donald Trump, that it had tracked down and killed IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Syria’s Idlib, saying it had no “reliable information about” any US military operations in the region. In a statement, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov […]
IS chief al-Baghdadi killed in US op in Syria: Trump
Washington: Fugitive Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday. Speaking from the White House, Trump said al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest during a raid by special forces late on Saturday, the BBC reported. US special forces executed […]
Syria thanks India for support over Turkish attack
New Delhi: Syria on Monday slammed Turkey over its attack on northeast Syria, which it said had the secret backing of America, and appreciated India for its support to Damascus over the present situation and ever since the Syrian crisis began in 2011. Syrian Ambassador to India Riad Abbas, addressing a press conference over the […]
India slams Turkey’s military offensive in Syria
New Delhi: India on Thursday slammed Turkey’s unilateral military offensive in northeast Syria, saying it can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said “We are deeply concerned at the unilateral military offensive by Turkey in north-east Syria.” It said that Turkey’s action also […]
No US withdrawal from Syria until IS destroyed: Bolton
Washington : White House National Security Adviser John Bolton has contradicted President Donald Trump’s decision to immediately withdraw troops from Syria, laying out conditions for a pullout that can leave US forces there for months or even years. Speaking during a visit to Israel on Sunday, Bolton said that American forces would remain in Syria […]
Netanyahu warns Assad against responding to attack on ‘Iranian’ targets
Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to respond to Israel’s large-scale air attack on Syria. “Yesterday I conveyed a clear message to the Assad regime: Our activity is directed against Iranian targets in Syria,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. “But if the Syrian army […]
Macron, Sisi voice support for political settlement in Syria
Cairo : Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron have voiced support for political settlement in Syria, the Egyptian presidential spokesman said in a statement. “The two presidents expressed their support for all exerted efforts to settle Syrian crisis politically, stressing the importance of the participation of Arab states and the permanent members […]
US struck Syria without certainty on nerve agent
Washington : US President Donald Trump’s administration carried out a retaliatory strike on Syria last week even though intelligence agencies did not have absolute certainty that the Assad regime had used the nerve agent sarin against civilians, a media report said. The decision to proceed with the strikes on the night of April 13 met […]