Canberra, March 2 (IANS) Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said on Monday that an estimated 115,000 Australians are currently in the Middle East after flights in and out of the region were canceled amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran.Penny Wong told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television that the federal government is awaiting updates on the resumption of commercial flights through the Middle East before committing to repatriation flights for stranded citizens, Xinhua news ag…
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In 2019 there were an estimated 200 Indians who were part of the Islamic State, but some of the returnees during questioning had said that they were given menial jobs and looked down upon. However that has changed and now the Islamic State is moving most of its Indian origin operatives into Afghanistan, where the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is wooing them through combat roles and propaganda glorifying them.Earlier, all these operatives had moved from India and …
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Urging the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat the “global scourge” of terrorism, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday said that zero-tolerance for terrorism must be an uncompromising universal norm. In his opening remarks at the 2nd India Arab Foreign Ministers meeting in the capital, EAM Jaishankar asserted that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a common threat in both the regions.”Cross-border terrorism is par…
Baghdad, Jan 24 (IANS) Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Saturday that Iraq should not solely bear the security and financial burdens of Islamic State (IS) detainees, and the responsibility for addressing the issue rests with all relevant countries. Hussein made the remarks during a phone call with European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, according to a statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.The two officials discussed the developments …
Baghdad, Jan 22 (IANS) Iraq has received the first 150 Islamic State (IS) detainees previously held in Syria’s prisons, the Iraqi authorities have announced.The detainees, identified as Iraqi and foreign nationals deeply involved in killing Iraqi civilians, were previously held in prisons under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to a statement by Sabah al-Numan, spokesperson for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces, on Wednesday (local time).They were handed over in coo…
Damascus, Jan 21 (IANS) Syria’s defence authority announced a four-day ceasefire across all operational sectors of the Syrian army as part of efforts to support recently reached understandings with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).The ceasefire was declared on Tuesday, effective from 8:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), in commitment to the agreements reached with the SDF and in pursuit of national efforts aimed at preserving security and stability, said a statement carried by state media.Syrian o…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared screenshots of what seemed to be private text messages from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte. According to the message, Macron told Trump that he did not understand what the US President was doing in Greenland and offered to set up a G7 meeting in Paris following the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday afternoon.He even expressed support for…
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) The United States military has carried out a third strike in Syria in response to a deadly ambush that killed three Americans last month, with US Central Command confirming the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader linked to the attack.US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strike was conducted in northwest Syria on January 16 and resulted in the death of Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, whom US officials described as a senior terrorist figure with direct ties to the ISIS gunman r…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US Central Command said American forces, working with partner forces, carried out large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria, in an operation ordered after a deadly December attack on US personnel.The strikes took place on Saturday at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time and were conducted as part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which was launched and announced on December 19, 2025, CENTCOM said.US officials said the operation was directed by President Donald …
United Nations, Jan 7 (IANS) A snowstorm on December 31 in northern Syria hit 90 sites for the displaced, affecting more than 150,000 people, destroying or damaging 5,000 shelters, UN humanitarians said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said its partners in the governorates of Aleppo, Idlib and Al-Hasakah reported the storm claimed the lives of two infants due to extreme cold.Thousands of people were exposed to freezing temperatures at risk of hypothermia and resp…