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India Sends 1,400 kg Anti-Cancer Drugs To Syria In Humanitarian Assistance

August 16, 2024 admin

The drugs are dispatched from India, keeping in mind the country’s commitments to Syria. New Delhi: India has dispatched a consignment of approximately 1400 kgs of anti-cancer drugs to Syria in humanitarian assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The drugs are dispatched from India, keeping in mind the country’s commitments to Syria. “India sends…

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Jordan-Syria region, GFZ reports

August 13, 2024 admin

Representational image | Photo Credit: Reuters A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck Jordan and Syria late on Monday (August 12, 2014), according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), with residents across both countries and in Lebanon feeling its impacts but no immediate reports of fatalities. “The quake was at a depth of 10 km…

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Five pro-Iran fighters killed in drone strike in Eastern Syria

August 11, 2024 admin

Five Iran-backed fighters were killed on Sunday (August 11, 2024) in a drone strike in Syria’s east, near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said, adding it was not clear yet who was behind the attack. “Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed and others were injured, some severely… after an unknown drone targeted the military vehicle…

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US troops attacked in Syria, no initial reports of injuries, official says

August 10, 2024 admin

“Initial reports do not indicate any injuries, however, medical evaluations are ongoing. We are currently conducting a damage assessment,” the U.S. official said. File | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. troops in northeastern Syria were attacked by a drone, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, although there were no injuries according to initial reports. This…

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US Army Kills Senior ISIS Official In Syria

June 19, 2024 admin

US Central Command said in a statement that a senior ISIS official killed in airstrike in Syria. Washington: A senior ISIS official was killed in a US airstrike in Syria on Sunday, the US Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday (local time). The senior ISIS official and facilitator have been identified as Usamah…

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Israeli Airstrike In Syria Kills Girl, Injures 10 Civilians

May 29, 2024 admin

Syria’s defence ministry said Israel launched new missile strikes on Wednesday. Beirut: Syria’s defence ministry said an Israeli air strike Wednesday killed a girl and wounded 10 civilians on the coast, as a war monitor reported another raid killed five pro-Hezbollah fighters. “The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Lebanon, targeting…

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Israeli Strike Hits Syrian Security Building Outside Damascus

May 2, 2024 admin

An Israeli strike hit a building operated by Syrian security forces on Thursday. (Representational) Damascus: Syria’s defence ministry on Friday said eight soldiers had been injured in Israeli air strikes near Damascus. On Thursday night, “the Israeli enemy launched air strikes from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a site near Damascus… injuring…

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Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria

April 19, 2024 admin

Despite their defeat in Syria in March 2019, IS sleeper cells have been blamed for deadly attacks. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP An attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the Islamic State group in central Syria killed 22 pro-government fighters, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported on April 19….

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Watch | What is the Islamic State-Khorasan and why did they attack Russia?

April 2, 2024 admin

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced its Wilayat Khorasan, the Taliban wrote a letter to the IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban’s demand was that the IS should stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State were insurgencies that time. The letter, signed by…

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7 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed As Israel Strike Iran Embassy In Syria

April 1, 2024 admin

The Iran Revolutionary Guards strongly condemned the attack in a statement. Tehran: Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed, amid worsening regional tensions. Israel said it would not comment on the…

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