Syria
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The United States on Thursday accused Russia of helping Syria conceal the use of banned toxic munitions in the civil war by undermining the work of the global chemical weapons agency trying to identify those responsible. The comments by the U.S. representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Kenneth Ward, drew…
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TEN YEARS ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister of Turkey, hosted Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for a family holiday in the Aegean resort of Bodrum as relations between Turkey and Syria soared to new heights. After decades of Cold War animosity, the Erdogan government that took power in 2002 had built new ties with its southern neighbor and trade and…
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Thousands of Syrian refugees have been forced from their tents in Lebanon, following days of bitter rain, snow and freezing temperatures. The winter storm, dubbed Norma by Lebanese meteorologists, has left refugees in dire need of emergency assistance, aid workers say. The storm hit Saturday and has affected at least “151 informal camps in…
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Syrian air marshals shot down Israeli missiles near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, local state media reported, while Israel said it was protecting itself from anti-aircraft fire. The official Syrian news agency SANA said air defences “intercepted hostile missiles launched by the Israeli warplanes” from over Lebanese territories, citing a military source. It added…
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A resident throws water at his house on fire at a residential neighborhood of an informal settlement, in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 4. REUTERS/Erik De Castro A man gets stuck under debris at a damaged site after an airstrike in the Saqba area, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, January 9.…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops home from Syria after declaring victory over ISIL. “The fact that the US has decided to withdraw its troops is right,” Putin told a press conference on Thursday. Trump announced on Wednesday that all US troops would be withdrawn from Syria…
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Russia has blamed Israel after one of its reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people was shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea. There are not believed to have been any survivors. The Russian military said the Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was accidentally hit by a Syrian missile which had been aimed at…
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In a congratulatory Twitter post on the U.K. and France-led attack against Syria, the US President Donald Trump says its “mission accomplished.” Image: Donald Trump He said that the United States, France and the United Kingdom had coped well with the missile strikes. In his words: “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France…
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The UK joined US and French forces in striking three main chemical weapons facilities in response to a poison gas attack that killed at least 75 people last week, and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday that there’ll be more strikes if the Syrian regime crosses ‘red lines’. Russian military forces claim Syrian air…
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The United Nation has confirmed that Russia vetoed a US-drafted UN Security Council resolution that would have created a new inquiry to ascertain blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, adding that it’s own resolution also failed. Image shows a scene from the chemical attack in Syria Twelve council members voted in favor of the…
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Trump Tower fire consumes a man; and at least 70 people have died in Syria following a chemical attack in the war-torn zone. Here’s the news in brief: The US is calling on Russia to end its support for the Assad regime after an alleged chemical weapons attack killed at least 70 people in eastern…
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A Turkish bombing raid struck the main hospital in the Kurdish-controlled Syrian town of Afrin on Friday, killing sixteen civilians, a monitor said. The Kurdish Red Crescent medical service, which supports the hospital, confirmed to AFP the hospital was hit but did not give a toll. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…
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For Russian mother Farkhanur Gavrilova, the blow came a week ago when an acquaintance called her to say that her son was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria that pitted Russian and U.S. combatants against each other for the first time in the Syrian war. Gavrilova’s son, 37-year-old Ruslan Gavrilov, was one of seven…
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Do you know that Lebanon, which borders Israel and Syria, was a former French colony? Lebanon became an independent country in 1943 and has faced a harsh economic and military conflicts, even in its role as “a refugee home” in nearly 7 years of the Syrian crisis. The Republic of Lebanon houses over 2 million…
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Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his country delivered “severe blows” to Iranian and Syrian forces, and vowed to take further action against its adversaries following the most serious Israeli engagement in Syria since the war there erupted almost seven years ago. Image: Benjamin Netanyahu The tough words from Mr. Netanyahu to his Cabinet came…
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