IN PHOTOS: The Syrian catastrophe continues

With violence intensifying, children massacred and often used as 'human shields', and international pressure groups absolutely clueless on how to restrict the mass bloodshed, the war in Syria is......

'India should only be involved in Syria if invited'

After his visit to Syria in April, Ambassador Rajendra Abhyankar (India's former ambassador to Syria) spoke to Gateway House's Hari Seshasayee and Azadeh Pourzand about the ground realities in......

Looking ahead at a Syria through the ballot box

The Assad government has overcome the first flush of crisis by getting the support of all sections of the people ahead of the country's first parliamentary elections. Seema Mustafa reports The......

Coup attempt foiled in Iraq?

Iraqi counter-terrorism squad has arrested up to 35 Iraqi Interior Ministry officials, including four generals, for plotting a coup to reinstate the Baath Party of former dictator Saddam Hussein, a......

Iraqi team rise from ashes of war

Against a backdrop of spiralling conflict and political uncertainty, Iraq's footballers have brought a ray of light to the war-torn country.The Iraq under-23 team have qualified for August's Athens......