In his first televised address, Syria’s interim President, vowing to protect Druze citizens, rejected any attempt to drag them into the hands of an 'external party'.
Israel has struck Syria, third day in a row, where regime forces have clashed with local Druze fighters amid sectarian violence in the southern city of Sweida.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported deaths in more than 20 locations across the country, marking one of the deadliest episodes in Syria’s 14-year conflict.
In a television address, al-Bashir said he would lead the interim authority until 1 March. He ran the rebel-led Salvation Government that swept into Damascus within 18 days.
In a report, UK-based media outlet Middle East Eye states that Shaheen combat drones provided rebels the strategic edge in coordinated assaults on government targets.
In Episode 1569 of Cut the Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces al-Jawlani's past & how the takeover of Syria signals a decline in the idea of global jihad.
President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war & over 50 yrs of his family’s brutal rule. Moscow gave asylum to Assad & his family, Russian media reports.
Ending years of stalemate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has captured Syria, which was in the midst of a civil war for 13 years. Tehran & Moscow, two of Assad’s key partners, have let the regime fall.
The question is whether India is prepared to take on a more prominent role in the security domain within a global dynamic where geopolitical theatres increasingly overlap and influence one another.
Indians who joined IS are mostly from diaspora, and are thought to be held in camps run by Kurdish forces, and jails in Turkey & Libya. Indian govt gives no diplomatic assistance.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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