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S Jaishankar, UAE Counterpart To Hold Strategic Talks Today, Syria On Agenda

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New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates will look to further their already-strong strategic partnership to an all-time high when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet in Delhi today for a comprehensive strategic dialogue. Mr Jaishankar and Sheikh Al Nahyan will review the entire gamut…

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S Jaishankar, UAE Counterpart To Hold Strategic Talks Today, Syria On Agenda

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S Jaishankar, UAE Counterpart To Hold Strategic Talks Today, Syria On Agenda

New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates will look to further their already-strong strategic partnership to an all-time high when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet in Delhi today for a comprehensive strategic dialogue. Mr Jaishankar and Sheikh Al Nahyan will review the entire gamut…

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Syrian Rebels Say Take Control Of Eastern City Of Deir Ezzor

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Syrian Rebels Say Take Control Of Eastern City Of Deir Ezzor

Beirut: Syrian rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that they had taken the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, while a war monitor confirmed Kurdish forces had withdrawn. “Our forces have seized the entire city of Deir Ezzor,” the rebels said in a statement, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor…

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Israeli Army Says Conducted About 480 Strikes In Syria In 48 hours

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Israeli Army Says Conducted About 480 Strikes In Syria In 48 hours

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Tuesday that it conducted about 480 strikes over the past 48 hours on strategic military targets in Syria, days after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. “Within the last 48 hours, the IDF (army) struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria, preventing them from falling into the hands…

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75 Indians Evacuated From War-Torn Syria

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75 Indians Evacuated From War-Torn Syria

New Delhi: India on Tuesday evacuated 75 Indian nationals from Syria, two days after rebel forces overthrew President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian government. The evacuation, coordinated by the embassies of India in Damascus and Beirut, was put into effect following an assessment of the security situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. “The Government of…

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Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts Of Assad, Who Boarded Flight From Syria

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Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts Of Assad, Who Boarded Flight From Syria

Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Bashar al-Assad, who was no longer in Damascus when rebels captured the Syrian capital on Sunday, ending more than five decades of his family’s rule. Two senior army officers said Assad had boarded a plane early on Sunday in Damascus for an unknown destination. Russia, one of Assad’s closest allies,…

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Celebrations Across Syria Mark End Of Bashar al-Assad’s Rule

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Celebrations Across Syria Mark End Of Bashar al-Assad’s Rule

Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad’s luxurious home on Sunday after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule. Assad’s whereabouts were not immediately clear, but his key backer Russia said he had resigned from the…

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Netanyahu Says “Central Link In Iran’s Axis Of Evil” Has Fallen In Syria

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Netanyahu Says “Central Link In Iran’s Axis Of Evil” Has Fallen In Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was a “historic day in the… Middle East” and the fall of a “central link in Iran’s axis of evil”. Netanyahu said the events are “a direct result of the blows we have inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah, Assad’s main supporters. It…

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What Next For Syria And Its People

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What Next For Syria And Its People

New Delhi: Syria’s future hinges on uncertainty after the abrupt fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once thought unassailable, Assad’s rule collapsed under the pressure of a rapid offensive led by a group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as the Al-Nusra Front affiliated with terror group Al-Qaeda, and allied factions.  Bashar al-Assad came…

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India’s Midnight Advisory Over Grave Situation In Syria

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India’s Midnight Advisory Over Grave Situation In Syria

New Delhi: Concerned about the deteriorating situation in Syria, the Government of India put out a late-night advisory to all Indian nationals to completely “avoid all travel to Syria until further notice”. In the statement, which shared an emergency helpline number and an email ID, the Ministry of External Affairs appealed to all Indians currently…

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