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UN, Russia set for Syria meet without US

Apr 21, 2017 - 7:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GENEVA (TIP): The UN’s Syria envoy said today that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US present after previous plans for a trilateral meeting were “postponed”. UN peace mediator […]

Assad says army ‘gave up’ all chemical weapons in 2013

Apr 14, 2017 - 5:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DAMASCUS (TIP): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government handed over all its chemical weapons stockpiles in 2013 and could not have been behind last week’s suspected sarin attack. “There was no order to make […]

Coalition airstrike mistakenly kills 18 Syrian rebels: Pentagon

Apr 14, 2017 - 5:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): An airstrike on Tuesday by a US-led coalition fighting Islamic State mistakenly killed 18 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces south of the city of Tabqa, Syria, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “The […]

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter moves through the Mediterranean Sea in early March. The warship was one of two that fired Tomahawk missiles Thursday, April6 night into Syria, the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump's most dramatic military order since becoming president. U.S. Navy via AP

America Launches Missile Attack at Syrian Base after Chemical Weapons Attack kills 100

Apr 7, 2017 - 6:10 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

Piqued by Syria‘s use of banned chemical weapons that killed at least 100 people, the U.S. military launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday, April 6 night at a Syrian airfield Two U.S. warships in the […]

In this picture taken on Tuesday April 4, 2017, Abdel Hameed Alyousef holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack

Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria

Apr 7, 2017 - 2:35 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

BEIRUT (TIP): The grief-stricken father cradled his 9-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, “Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye” to their lifeless […]

Suicide attack kills 25 in Damascus court house

Mar 17, 2017 - 7:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIRUT: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days. The […]

Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: Anti- terrorism lawyer

Mar 3, 2017 - 2:55 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Islamic State militants are planning “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians” in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army 40 years ago, the head of the country’s new […]

Penn told the donors it was a beautiful way to resist and to show love

Indian American actor Kal Penn raises thousands of dollars for Syrian refugees

Feb 3, 2017 - 2:31 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American actor Kal Penn launched a fundraising campaign to aid Syrian refugees after being asked to leave the US by an online troll. The 39-year-old “House” star launched a Crowdrise.com appeal […]

Junaid Hussain in an undated photo from social media. Hussain, a Briton who was killed in a drone strike in 2015 in Raqqa, Syria, led a team of computer specialists that gave the Islamic State a propaganda megaphone in the West.

One by one, ISIS social media experts are killed as result of FBI program

Nov 26, 2016 - 12:49 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): In the summer of 2015, armed US drones over eastern Syria stalked Junaid Hussain, an influential hacker and recruiter for the Islamic State. For weeks, Hussain was careful to keep his young stepson […]

Donald Trump met with Bernie Sanders supporter Tulsi Gabbard to discuss Syria

Nov 22, 2016 - 8:30 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

The Democratic U.S. congresswoman from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, was one of the first Democrats to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and now she is one of the first Democrats to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. […]

Indian-Origin Sentenced To Prison For Helping ISIS in Chicago

Nov 21, 2016 - 3:33 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

An Indian American man who tried to go to Syria with his teenaged brother and sister to join the ISIS terror organisation has been sentenced in Chicago to 40 months in prison. Mohammed Hazra Khan, […]

US strikes may have killed 119 civilians in Iraq, Syria

Nov 11, 2016 - 12:59 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The Pentagon said that US air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group may have killed 119 civilians since 2014, a figure far lower than casualty estimates by monitoring groups. […]

The C-130 Hercules is a cargo plane built by Lockheed Martin. It is powered by four turboprop engines and is used extensively by the military to ship troops and heavy gear

Britain, US sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east

Oct 28, 2016 - 5:01 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BRUSSELS (TIP): Britain said on Oct 26 it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in Nato’s biggest military build-up on Russia‘s borders […]

Forces moving ‘faster than expected’ on Mosul: Iraq PM

Oct 21, 2016 - 2:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

PARIS (TI): Iraqi forces are “advancing faster than expected” in a major offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State jihadists, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Oct 20. “We are advancing faster than we […]

Russia extends Aleppo truce by 24 hours: Defence minister

Oct 21, 2016 - 2:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russia‘s defence minister said Oct 20 that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by a further day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a […]

Iraqi special forces join Mosul offensive against IS

Oct 21, 2016 - 2:19 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

KHAZER (TIP): Iraqi special forces joined the Mosul offensive on Oct 20 with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, encountering heavy fire. Major general Maan al-Saadi said the […]

Moscow offers ‘safe withdrawal’ for armed rebels in Aleppo

Oct 14, 2016 - 9:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russia on Oct 13 said it was ready to guarantee safe passage for rebels to quit eastern Aleppo with their weapons, amid fierce Western criticism of its bombing campaign. “We are ready to […]

WATCH: White Helmets volunteer cries after rescuing baby in Syria

Oct 3, 2016 - 11:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Harrowing pictures of a one-month-old baby said to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Idlib, northern Syria, was uploaded online on Friday. A member of Syrian Civil Defence team, […]

Defense secretary: US will sharpen ‘military edge’ in Asia

Sep 30, 2016 - 9:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN DIEGO (TIP): Defence secretary Ash Carter said on sept 29 the US will “sharpen our military edge” in Asia and the Pacific in order to remain a dominant power in a region feeling the […]

Russia says Syria ceasefire broken 45 times in last 24 hours

Sep 16, 2016 - 7:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sept 15 it had recorded 45 violations of a ceasefire agreement in Syria in the last 24 hours. The ministry said Russian and Syrian forces had stopped […]

Syria truce: Russia accuses US of failing to abide by deal

Sep 16, 2016 - 6:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Russia has accused the United States of failing to fulfil its obligations under the truce agreement in Syria. A Russian defense ministry statement said Washington was using a “verbal curtain” to hide its reluctance to […]

Syrian conflict: Russia and US agree to co-ordinate air strike

Sep 13, 2016 - 6:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Russia and the US have agreed to co-ordinate air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, part of a detailed agreement to reduce the violence there. The plan will begin with a “cessation of hostilities” from […]

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was confounded by the question "What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?"

Aleppo Confounds Libertarian Presidential Candidate Johnson: ‘What’s Aleppo?’

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): If it was greater attention Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wanted, he got it but probably not the kind he wanted. As part of a media blitz in New York to try […]

Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed

Sep 9, 2016 - 7:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PARIS (TIP): Three women arrested on Sept 8 in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve […]

Saudi Arabia, Russia sign oil pact, may limit output in future

Sep 9, 2016 - 6:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Monday to cooperate in world oil markets, saying they will not act immediately but could limit output in the future, sending prices higher on hopes the two […]

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