Syria

Human rights group reports riot in Syrian prison - "scores dead"

Damascus - Scores of inmates were killed when prison authorities put down a riot staged Saturday by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya military jail near Damascus, a Syrian human rights group

BHEL secures Rs 2,080 cr contract in Syria

India’s heavy engineering company, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has BHEL secures Rs 2,080 cr contract in Syria

Syria, North Korea helped Iran nuclear programme

Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip ErdoganBerlin - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is having second thoughts about helping Iran with its controversial nuclear programme, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday, quoting unspecified intelligence reports.

The weekly said North Korea had also provided assistance to Iran at a Syrian facility bombed by Israeli warplanes in September 2007.

Experts believe the site at al-Kibar was used to produce nuclear material the Iranian regime needed to make a bomb, the magazine reported.

Syrian and Israeli leaders "will not shake hands" in Paris

Damascus - There will be no handshake between Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a Euro-Mediterranean summit that will be held in Paris in July, Syria's for

India and Syria sign three agreements

India and Syria sign three agreementsNew Delhi, June 18 :India and Sy

Bashar al-Assad wants India to be part of Middle-East peace process

New Delhi, June 18 : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today said that Syria recognizes the increasing importance of India in world politics and looks forward to India's active participation in the

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