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(Photo: US Navy)The two leaders also called for an objective investigation into an incident involving chemical weapons in Syrias Idlib (Photo:AP)

Russia, Iran warn Trump of retaliation, if it crosses their 'red line'...

Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani said in a phone call that aggressive US actions against Syria were not permissible.

10 April 2017 1:55 PM IST

Egyptians load a body onto an ambulance near a church in Alexandria after a bomb blast (Photo: AFP)

Egypt deploys military to protect vital infrastructure'

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the twin attacks on churches on Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days...

10 April 2017 12:29 AM IST

n this file image provided on Friday, April 7, 2017 by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo: AP)

7 civilians killed as US warplanes strike Syrian town again

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the US strike should be the start of a renewed effort to end the civil...

9 April 2017 8:17 AM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (Photo: AP)

Baghdad says US pledges continued support for Iraq's war against ISIS

The statement also criticized -"the hasty interventions-" that followed the chemical attack, in an apparent reference to...

8 April 2017 5:19 PM IST

An Iraqi Army soldier distributes candies to displaced children as they flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul. (Photo: AP)

Islamic State kills dozens of civilians trying to flee Mosul:...

The Kurdistan Region security council said the number of people killed by the militants on Monday and Tuesday was as...

8 April 2017 8:27 AM IST

This was a kind of direct intervention in Syrias six-year-old civil war his predecessor Barack Obama avoided. (Photo: US Navy)

US, Russia at odds over strikes on Syrian air base

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged that the US strikes were one step away from clashing with Russia's...

8 April 2017 8:16 AM IST

Thirty one Islamic State militants have been killed in clashes and US-led coalition air strikes in northern Syria over the last 24 hours. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

4 children among 9 civilians dead in US strike on Syria

The Pentagon said it believed the aircraft that carried out the deadly gas attack on Khan Sheikhun came from the Shayrat...

7 April 2017 7:03 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

What US did is nothing but foolish, irresponsible': President Assad's...

Syrian President Assad's office said the government would redouble its efforts against rebel groups after the US strike.

7 April 2017 5:41 PM IST

(Photo: Representational)

US military strike on Syria backed by UK, China, Australia

France was among the countries informed by the US ahead of the strikes.

7 April 2017 4:47 PM IST

Colonel Ahmed Osman, of the Turkey-backed Sultan Murad rebel group said any action that will put an end to the regime is welcome. (Photo: AP)

Single strike not enough': Syria rebels welcome US attack

The US attack on the Shayrat base in central Syria was Washington's first military action against the regime in the...

7 April 2017 2:21 PM IST

40-year-old Hassan Youssef, a victim of the chemical gas attack in Syria, receiving medical care. (AFP)

Syria: Quick thinking saved chemical attack victim's life, but lost...

When air strikes hit Khan Sheikhun in the early hours of Tuesday, Youssef rushed outside to see if he could help any...

7 April 2017 1:18 PM IST

A Russian long range Tu-22M3 bomber carries out an air strike over Aleppo region of Syria on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Israel, UK and Turkey welcome US strikes against Syria regime as...

Trump ordered the massive military strike on a Syrian airbase on Thursday in retaliation for the -"barbaric-" chemical...

7 April 2017 1:04 PM IST