Wednesday, July 30, 2025
3:18 AM
Doha,Qatar
About Us REGISTER Login
Gulf Independent - civil-war
C3
Syrian family, pupils among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks ASIA

Syrian family, pupils among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks

Syrian rebel shelling of a school in government-held western Aleppo killed at least seven children on Sunday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported.

12:20 PM November 27 2016
Sri Lanka eyes $3.5bn post-war tourism boom INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka eyes $3.5bn post-war tourism boom

Sri Lanka aims to make a record $3.5bn from tourism this year on the back of its improved rights record under a new government after years of ethnic war, its tourism minister said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria's Aleppo ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts ASIA

Syria's Aleppo ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts

Huge blazes erupted in Syria's Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes on Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Reconstruction of ruined palace begins in Afghan capital INTERNATIONAL

Reconstruction of ruined palace begins in Afghan capital

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani dedicated an ambitious reconstruction project on Monday to restore the ruins of historic Darul Aman palace, an initiative aimed at signaling a new future for the war-torn country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide bomb kills 7 in Yemeni city of Marib ASIA

Suicide bomb kills 7 in Yemeni city of Marib

Seven people were killed and more than 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Friday that struck a market in the Yemeni city of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, police sources told Reuters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ceasefire takes hold in Syria's Aleppo ASIA

Ceasefire takes hold in Syria's Aleppo

A 48-hour ceasefire took hold on Thursday in Syria's battered second city of Aleppo after President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel forces gave in to mounting diplomatic pressure.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN peace talks on Yemen resume after three-day suspension ASIA

UN peace talks on Yemen resume after three-day suspension

UN-backed peace talks to end Yemen's civil war resumed on Wednesday after they were suspended by the Yemeni government for three days in protest at a Houthi assault on a military base near Sanaa.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Qaeda in Yemen hit by drone strike and army advance ASIA

Al Qaeda in Yemen hit by drone strike and army advance

Dozens of fighters loyal to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were killed in clashes in southern Yemen, residents and a military source said, while a drone strike killed two others further north.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian peace talks in balance as fighting rages on ASIA

Syrian peace talks in balance as fighting rages on

Syrian peace talks in Geneva hung in the balance as the official opposition faced pressure to toughen its negotiating stance from rebel groups, who launched a new offensive against government forces.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Assad's fate is key as Syria talks open in Geneva ASIA

Assad's fate is key as Syria talks open in Geneva

Talks to end Syria's civil war opened in Geneva on Monday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained remote with the sides locked in a bitter dispute over the future of President Bashar al-Assad.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lavrov urges UN envoy to include Kurds in Syria talks ASIA

Lavrov urges UN envoy to include Kurds in Syria talks

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the UN's special envoy on Syria to include Kurds in upcoming talks that aim to resolve the five-year Syrian civil war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016