London, Russian air strikes in Syria are “giving advantage” to so-called Islamic State, the UK foreign secretary says. Philip Hammond told MPs “the majority” of Russian strikes were targeting Syrian opposition forces rather than IS,…
Hmeimim Airbase (Syria) (AFP) – A fully armed Sukhoi-24 bomber roared deafeningly down the runway at Russia’s Hmeimim base in Syria and took off into the sky over the war-torn country. Within a few minutes…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed formation of the 34-nation Saudi Arabia-led alliance against terrorism and said it was awaiting further details to decide the extent of its participation in different activities of the alliance….
Kabul, Afghanistan’s security deteriorated in the second half of 2015, with an increasing number of Taliban attacks and higher casualties among Afghan forces, according to a Pentagon report. The document also says Islamic State is…
Washington DC, US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow for talks on ways to bridge gaps over possible Syria peace talks. Ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Mr Kerry said…
Damascus, A teacher and two children were killed when a school was hit by unidentified warplanes in Syria, a monitoring group has said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the school in rebel-held Douma…
Ashgabat, Vice President Hamid Anasri, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and leaders from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Sunday broke the ground for the ambitious USD 7.6 billion TAPI pipeline project which will provide energy-hungry India…
Homs, Truces between the Syrian government and rebels only benefit Damascus, the leader of one of the largest insurgent groups in the war said in comments broadcast on Saturday, in which he also criticized a…
London, The United Kingdom may soon begin bombing the Islamic State in Libya, following on from the recent decision to carry out air strikes against the group in Syria. A government source told the Daily…
Rawalpindi, The Pakistani military says its forces have managed to kill 3,400 “terrorists” since Islamabad launched an offensive against Taliban-led violence last year. On Saturday, Pakistani army spokesperson Asim Saleem Bajwa said in a statement…
