The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s earthquake reached 28,192 on Saturday (local time), reported CNN. Turkey’s death toll climbed to 24,617, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a news conference. In Syria, the total number of confirmed deaths stands at 3,575, including 2,167 in rebel-held areas […]
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Death toll climbs to 500 in Turkey, Syria after deadly earthquake
The deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Turkey in the early hours of Monday have claimed more than 500 lives in nearby regions as well as Syria, CNN reported. At least 284 people have been killed and close to 2,300 people were injured in Turkey, the American broadcaster reported […]
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India offers USD 280 million to Syria for building power, steel plant
India has offered lines of credit worth USD 280 million to Syria for building a power plant and a steel plant in the country. While addressing the United Nations Security Council session on Syria’s political-humanitarian situation, India’s permanent representative Ruchira Kamboj on Wednesday (local time) said, “India has offered Lines […]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues the airstrikes and wants to launch a new ground operation in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the recent deadly bombing in Istanbul which the Turkish government immediately blamed on Kurdish PKK and YPG forces, as an excuse to launch several air strikes on Kurdish forces in northern Syria and Iraq. He also uses the bombing as a pretext to launch a long-planned cross-border ground operation, despite calls by the US and Russia for restraint to be shown. Turkish Defence […]
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3 American troops injured in rocket attacks in Syria
Three American troops were injured in two rocket attacks in Syria earlier in the day and the United States responded with strikes from attack helicopters, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. “One US service member in Mission Support Site Conoco was treated for a minor injury and has been returned […]
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Russian diplomat refutes reports about Moscow transporting Ukrainian grain to Syria
Recent reports claiming that Russia has allegedly been supplying Syria with Ukrainian grain are nothing but misinformation and fake news, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev told Sputnik. On June 2, Reuters reported, citing Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon, that Russia had allegedly exported 100,000 tonnes of wheat from […]
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Tayyip Erdogan demands demilitarization of Greek islands and threatens a new operation in Syria
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, taking advantage of the fact that international attention is focused on the war in Ukraine, has made a flurry of provocative statements against Greece – one of his favourite targets – and threatens to launch a new operation in Syria, hoping to increase his falling […]
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Syria can use all legal means to respond to Israeli strikes: Foreign Ministry
Syria can use all the legal means to respond to the Israeli strikes on its territory, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said. On Wednesday, the Israeli army said that it struck Syrian air defenses in response to the launch of an anti-aircraft missile from the territory of Syria. The Syrian Armed Forces command said that the […]
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US Defence Department conducts counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria
US Department of Defence successfully conducted a counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria on Wednesday, with no US casualties, said Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. “U.S. Special Operations forces under the control of U.S. Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest Syria. The mission was successful. There were no U.S. casualties. More information will be provided as […]
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Syria joins BRI as West continues to criticize Beijing for its debt trap tactics
Amid rising accusations against China for trapping countries in massive debts with larger infrastructure plans, Syria has joined Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative which Beijing says will open broad horizons of cooperation for the Middle-East country. The ceremony of Syria’s admission into the initiative took place at the Planning and International Cooperation Commission in the capital Damascus […]
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UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday. Izumi Nakamitsu also urged the country to cooperate with international body, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), adding that “full cooperation” is […]
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Kazakhstan yet to confirm Astana Troika’s foreign minister meeting on Syria in Nur-Sultan
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry has yet to confirm that Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers will meet in Nur-Sultan as part of the next round of talks on Syria, scheduled from December 21-22. Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi previously said that the meeting of the top diplomats of the Astana format was under consideration. “The meeting of the […]
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Turkey shells two localities in Northern Syria
The Turkish army fired missiles and rockets on the villages of Ain Digna and Bailunia in the north of the Aleppo Province in Syria, according to media reports. The Turkish troops and their allies on the ground attacked the villages late Thursday, the Kurdish ANHA news agency reported. In response, the Syrian […]
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Syria hails joint anti-terror campaign with Russia for 6 years
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday hailed his country’s six-year joint anti-terror campaign with Russia during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital Moscow, according to the Syrian presidential media office. In the video footage of the meeting released by the office, Assad started his speech by hailing the Syrian-Russian efforts to fight terror groups […]
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US carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities […]