Syria

IndiGo cancels flights to Doha till March 17

7:24 pm March 9, 2020

Mumbai: Budget carrier IndiGo on Monday said it is cancelling flights to Doha till March 17, following travel ban imposed by Qatar on Indian nationals due to coronavirus scare. Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands of people. […]

Coronavirus outbreak: Kuwait suspends flights from India, 6 other countries

7:30 pm March 7, 2020

New Delhi: Kuwait on Saturday suspended operations of all flights to and from India and six other countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The General Administration of Civil Administration has issued a circular to airlines operating at Kuwait International Airport in this regard. The watchdog has decided to suspend “all flights to and […]

US Syria envoy urges European support for Turkey

7:28 pm March 5, 2020

Istanbul: A senior US official on Thursday urged Europe to support Turkey’s military operation in Syria, where it has lost more than 50 soldiers trying to hold back a Russian-backed offensive on Idlib. “One of the principles that the president (Donald Trump) and the US Congress share is that there should be a collective effort, […]

Turkish forces down Syrian planes over Idlib: monitor

9:34 pm March 1, 2020

Beirut: Turkish forces downed two Syrian war planes over northwest Syria Sunday, a war monitor said, after Ankara announced a cross-border military operation there. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the two Sukhoi jets fell in regime-held territory, likely after being targeted by Turkish F-16 planes. Syrian state news agency SANA […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Sudan says Pompeo invites chief of ruling body to US

11:33 pm February 2, 2020

Khartoum: Sudan said Sunday the US had invited the head of its ruling body to Washington for an official visit, the first such move in more than three decades. The ruling civilian-led sovereign council said its chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received the invitation in a telephone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]