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Opinion | Syria's Druze Community, Bombed By Israel, Has A Curious 'India' Link
The massacre of the Druze minority by Islamist and government forces provided Israel with an excuse to again start bombing Damascus. This time, Israel may have the overt consent of many countries, both in the region and beyond.
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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Over 300 Assad Loyalists "Massacred" By Syrian Forces This Week
Restoring security has been one of the most complex tasks for Syria's new authorities, installed after Islamist-led forces ousted Assad in a lightning offensive in December.
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ISIS Head Killed By US Nicknamed 'Professor', Was "Brutal Policymaker"
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and presided over massacres of Yazidis before assuming the leadership.
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ISIS Stole US-Supplied Rockets Weeks After Arrival In Mideast: Report
The Islamic State may stand alone in its brutality in Iraq and Syria, where it orchestrated civilian massacres and suicide bombings and salted people's homes with thousands of improvised explosives. But a new report, three years in the making, describes the group as shrewd manufacturing and logistical planners who moved weapons, munitions and bombm...
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Bashar al-Assad Will Be Judged As A War Criminal, Says France
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that "a day will come when international justice will give its verdict on Bashar al-Assad who is massacring his people."
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After Syria Chemical Massacre, US Warns Of 'Own Action' If UN Fails
The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations failed to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria that has left scores dead, including children.
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Pope Francis 'Horrified' By Syria Chemical Weapons Attack
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was horrified by the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, calling it an 'unacceptable massacre' of innocent civilians.
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Vladimir Putin Announces Syria Truce Deal, Peace Talks
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a nationwide ceasefire deal to come into effect across Syria from midnight and that the warring parties had agreed to sit down for peace talks.
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John Kerry Accuses Bashar al-Assad Government Of 'Massacre' In Aleppo
US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of carrying out "nothing short of a massacre" in Aleppo, where thousands on Thursday were evacuated under a ceasefire deal from the last rebel enclave in a city besieged by fighting for years.
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ISIS's Ambitions, Allure Grow As Territory Shrinks
Massacres attributed to the Islamic State have struck on four continents this year, reflecting how the appeal of the group's ideology is growing even as the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has receded, according to experts.
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Islamic State's Ambitions, Allure Grow As Territory Shrinks
Massacres attributed to the Islamic State have struck on four continents this year, reflecting how the appeal of the group's ideology is growing even as the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has receded, according to experts.
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Suicide Attack Kills 3 At Christian Massacre Memorial In Syria
Three people were killed in northeast Syria today when a suicide bomber attacked an event commemorating the massacre of Christians more than a century ago, state media and a security source said.
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Barack Obama Tells Fearful America ISIS Will Be Defeated
US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday that America would destroy the ISIS and hunt down its followers at home or abroad, in a rare address from the Oval Office to a jittery nation.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Risks of 'Safe Zone' in Northern Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today that creating a "safe zone" for refugees in northern Syria could put them at risk of being massacred, starkly distancing her country from a Turkish proposal.
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Opinion | Syria's Druze Community, Bombed By Israel, Has A Curious 'India' Link
The massacre of the Druze minority by Islamist and government forces provided Israel with an excuse to again start bombing Damascus. This time, Israel may have the overt consent of many countries, both in the region and beyond.
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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Over 300 Assad Loyalists "Massacred" By Syrian Forces This Week
Restoring security has been one of the most complex tasks for Syria's new authorities, installed after Islamist-led forces ousted Assad in a lightning offensive in December.
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ISIS Head Killed By US Nicknamed 'Professor', Was "Brutal Policymaker"
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and presided over massacres of Yazidis before assuming the leadership.
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ISIS Stole US-Supplied Rockets Weeks After Arrival In Mideast: Report
The Islamic State may stand alone in its brutality in Iraq and Syria, where it orchestrated civilian massacres and suicide bombings and salted people's homes with thousands of improvised explosives. But a new report, three years in the making, describes the group as shrewd manufacturing and logistical planners who moved weapons, munitions and bombm...
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Bashar al-Assad Will Be Judged As A War Criminal, Says France
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that "a day will come when international justice will give its verdict on Bashar al-Assad who is massacring his people."
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After Syria Chemical Massacre, US Warns Of 'Own Action' If UN Fails
The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations failed to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria that has left scores dead, including children.
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Pope Francis 'Horrified' By Syria Chemical Weapons Attack
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was horrified by the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, calling it an 'unacceptable massacre' of innocent civilians.
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Vladimir Putin Announces Syria Truce Deal, Peace Talks
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a nationwide ceasefire deal to come into effect across Syria from midnight and that the warring parties had agreed to sit down for peace talks.
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John Kerry Accuses Bashar al-Assad Government Of 'Massacre' In Aleppo
US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of carrying out "nothing short of a massacre" in Aleppo, where thousands on Thursday were evacuated under a ceasefire deal from the last rebel enclave in a city besieged by fighting for years.
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ISIS's Ambitions, Allure Grow As Territory Shrinks
Massacres attributed to the Islamic State have struck on four continents this year, reflecting how the appeal of the group's ideology is growing even as the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has receded, according to experts.
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Islamic State's Ambitions, Allure Grow As Territory Shrinks
Massacres attributed to the Islamic State have struck on four continents this year, reflecting how the appeal of the group's ideology is growing even as the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has receded, according to experts.
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Suicide Attack Kills 3 At Christian Massacre Memorial In Syria
Three people were killed in northeast Syria today when a suicide bomber attacked an event commemorating the massacre of Christians more than a century ago, state media and a security source said.
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Barack Obama Tells Fearful America ISIS Will Be Defeated
US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday that America would destroy the ISIS and hunt down its followers at home or abroad, in a rare address from the Oval Office to a jittery nation.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Risks of 'Safe Zone' in Northern Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today that creating a "safe zone" for refugees in northern Syria could put them at risk of being massacred, starkly distancing her country from a Turkish proposal.
