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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicSyrian war

Topic: Syrian war

75 Indians evacuated from strife-torn Syria to Lebanon, to return to India via commercial flights

Taken by bus to Lebanon, evacuees include 44 ‘zaireen’ from J&K. MEA had said last week that there were about 90 Indian nationals in Syria, apart from some working with the UN.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s rise in Syria concerns everyone. It’s the era of indivisible security

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.

Watch CutTheClutter: Dramatic shifts in frozen Syrian war involving Assad, Putin, Iran, US

In Episode 1564, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses why Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is the most challenging of rebel groups in Syria, & implications of Assad's losses.

‘Killing with eventual intent’ — 3 men get 125 yrs for drowning of 3-yr-old Syrian Alan Kurdi

A 2015 photo of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi's body facedown on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the European refugee crisis and sufferings caused by the Syrian war.

United Nations must give ‘blue passports’ to Syrian refugees

Having a basic form of ID would allow many refugees to travel to havens and escape human traffickers, to open bank accounts, apply for visas and find employment.

Johnson’s photocopy disaster, Corbyn loses popularity contest & Trump’s Syrian denial

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.