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News world ‘We Don’t Want Roundabouts, Malls’: Protests Erupt Across Globe Over Rising Fuel Prices Amid Iran War Last Updated:September 16, 2026, 2:12 PM IST Oil prices surged above the USD 100 per barrel mark last week as the United States struck Iranian oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz Syrians protest against rising fuel…
Syria has formally started demolishing the remains of a covert chemical weapons program from the Assad period. For the first time in more than ten years, chemical weapons are being destroyed on Syrian soil. According to a Syrian ambassador and a U.N. representative on Thursday, Syria has started destroying the remains of a covert chemical…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. “Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic,” announced the decree, signed by Sharaa and published…
Israel says it does not want tensions with Türkiye to escalate following an Israeli airstrike on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur military airbase in Idlib, amid a dispute over Ankara’s reported plans for a military presence there. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Israel was committed to preserving the status quo and preferred a diplomatic solution. At…
News world ‘Don’t Trust Israel’s Intentions’: Syria Tells Trump After Israel Bombs Airbase, Citing Turkish Military Buildup Last Updated:August 20, 2026, 5:35 PM IST Syria has denied plans for a permanent Turkish military presence at the airbase targeted by Israel, saying the strike was not justified. According to Al-Shaibani cited by the outlet, the airbase…
News explainers ‘Forget 15-Year-Old, Make New Kids’: Who Is Atef Najib, Assad’s Ruthless Cousin Given Death For Igniting Syrian War? Last Updated:August 12, 2026, 11:07 IST Along with Bashar al-Assad and his brother, Maher, death sentence was also given to Atef Najib, an Assad-era security official in Deraa, where the first protests erupted in 2011…
The death count in a crash on Saturday between two passenger buses in a central-eastern desert region of Syria has risen to 35, state media said. News agency SANA, quoting a health ministry official, also said 30 others were injured in the “collision between two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road”. The interior ministry…
America carried out airstrike on Iran late Saturday night. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), military bases in Asaluyeh, Bandar-e-Deir, Jask and Chabahar, including the nuclear city Bushehr, were targeted. Iranian media has confirmed the blasts in these areas. According to the US, this action was taken in response to the attack on a…
Syrian authorities said on Thursday they have arrested several suspects accused of a string of recent explosions in Damascus, including the bombings during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit earlier this week. An official with Syria’s Internal Security Forces said the Islamic State group was behind the bombings. The extremist group has not claimed the attacks….
The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally informed Congress of the long-expected move, which will be effective in 45 days unless lawmakers take the…