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GUNFIRE DELAYS DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPONS INSPECTORS
Syria alleged chemical attack Gunfire delays deployment of weapons inspectors... READ MORE›
105 TO 0: WHY SYRIA'S AIR DEFENSES FAILED TO INTERCEPT A SINGLE INCOMING MISSILE
Several years prior to that, the Pentagon had described Syria's air defense system as a challenge for American forces... READ MORE›
IRAN WARNS ISRAELI BASES ARE WITHIN REACH AS PAIR LOCK HORNS OVER SYRIA
The Israeli military said its combat helicopters prevented the attack Iran had hoped to carry out in Israeli territory ... READ MORE›
INSURGENTS SOUTH OF SYRIAN CAPITAL SURRENDER, SAYS STATE TV
Smoke rises from Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria April 20, 2018... READ MORE›
'EUROPE HAS BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF IVORY'
'the idea that the french language could revive after brexit is a sweet dream'... READ MORE›
DESPITE TRUMP RHETORIC, US WITHDRAWAL FROM SYRIA LIKELY TO BE MESSY
Trump has sought to limit US war aims in Syria to two resoundingly defeating Isis and deterring the use of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
WHAT 'RED LINES' AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION LOOK LIKE FOR SYRIAN CIVILIANS
Syria and salisbury the battle to maintain trust in evidence of illegal chemical weapons... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MISSILES ALARM ISRAEL, STOKING RISK OF NEXT SYRIA CRISIS
That would upend the delicate relationship between Israel and Russia, who've kept channels open despite supporting opposite sides in Syria... READ MORE›
OPCW PROBE ON HOLD AS U.N. RECON TEAM TAKES FIRE AMID ALLEGED SYRIA COVERUP EFFORT
Several experts have said it was likely Russian and Syrian forces that now control Douma have tried to remove or tampered with incriminating evidence... READ MORE›
UN TEAM SHOT AT NEAR SITE OF REPORTED CHEMICAL ATTACK, OFFICIAL SAYS
A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday, with a mandate to investigate the attack... READ MORE›
DES CENTAINES DE REFUGIES SYRIENS QUITTENT LE LIBAN POUR RENTRER EN SYRIE
L'un des bus arborait le portrait du president syrien Bachar al-Assad... READ MORE›
FACT-FINDING TEAM STILL OUTSIDE SYRIA'S DOUMA
Syrian and Russian forces gained control over Douma on Saturday when rebels withdrew from the town, hours after the end of the Western countries' attacks... READ MORE›
UN TEAM COMES UNDER FIRE WHILE VISITING SYRIAN TOWN HIT BY SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK
An official close to the Syrian government said the UN security team had been met by protesters demonstrating against the U.S.-led strikes... READ MORE›
U.N. TEAM FIRED ON IN SYRIA WHILE VISITING SUSPECTED CHEMICAL SITES
The United Nation vehicle carrying the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW inspectors is seen in Damascus, Syria April 17, 2018... READ MORE›
SYRIAN MEDICS 'SUBJECTED TO EXTREME INTIMIDATION' AFTER DOUMA ATTACK
Some doctors have appeared on Syrian television to deny that anything took place in Douma... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TRUMP AND THE REST OF THE WORLD OFFER LITTLE HOPE FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES
According to new State Department figures, the United States has only admitted 44 Syrian refugees since last October... READ MORE›
IMPACT OF THE SYRIAN MISSILE STRIKE
The Syrian army has managed to seize the military advantage even with the threat of periodic Israeli airstrikes... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WEAPONS EXPERTS PRESS FOR ACCESS TO SYRIA ATTACK SITE
Instead of doing so on Sunday, inspectors met the Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisel Mekdad, in the presence of Russian security officials for three hours... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT'S OPEN TO SENDING TROOPS TO SYRIA AS U.S. DRAWS DOWN
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates already have troops tied up in the bloody civil war in Yemen... READ MORE›
EU CALLS ON RUSSIA TO BRING SYRIA BACK TO TALKS
The Foreign Affairs Ministers classified as shocking the alledged chemical attack in Syria and asked for an independent investigation, says Euronews reporter Isabel Marques da Silva... READ MORE›
SYRIAN AIR DEFENSES SHOOT DOWN MISSILES OVER TWO AIR BASES, REPORTS SAY
Syrian anti-aircraft defenses shot down missiles fired at the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late on Monday and another base northeast of the... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WEAPONS WATCHDOG IN SYRIA TO BEGIN PROBE ON WEDNESDAY
International investigators will head on Wednesday to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria that provoked a U.S.-led missile strike... READ MORE›
SYRIAN AIR DEFENCE SHOOTS DOWN MISSILES OVER HOMS
Syrian air defence shot down missiles over the western city of Homs, the state news agency said Tuesday, with the strikes reportedly targeting regime air bases... READ MORE›
'FRANCE HAS NOT DECLARED WAR ON SYRIAN REGIME,' PRESIDENT MACRON SAYS
Ten days ago, President Trump was saying the United States of America had a duty to disengage from Syria, Macron said... READ MORE›
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY
China and Japan join forces on North Korea, more Russia sanctions after Syria attack, and S P 500 Index futures climb at the start of the week... READ MORE›
SYRIA BLOCKS CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS FROM SITE OF ATTACK
The internationalA chemical weapons watchdog organization that sent a fact-finding team to Damascus said Syrian and Russian officials blocked their efforts to reach the site... READ MORE›
MOSCOW HAS 'IRREFUTABLE' EVIDENCE CHEM ATTACK IN SYRIA'S DOUMA WAS STAGED - RUSSIA'S ENVOY TO OPCW
Washington and its allies launched a missile strike targeting Syrian military and civilian facilities on Saturday, in retaliation for the alleged chemical attack in Douma... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH THE SITE OF ALLEGED SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK
Russia, a longtime ally of the Syrian government, intervened militarily in 2015 to help turn the tide of the civil war... READ MORE›
CHEMICAL WEAPONS EXPERTS BLOCKED FROM SITE OF SYRIA ATTACK OFFICIALS SAY
Senior Russian diplomats said it was the United Nations, not Syria or Russia, that had prevented inspectors from entering Douma... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MAY HAVE TAMPERED WITH CHEMICAL ATTACK SITE
Syria conflict Russia may have tampered with chemical attack site, US envoy says... READ MORE›
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US AND ALLIES LAUNCH STRIKES ON SYRIA
President Donald Trump says he has approved US military strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites, in collaboration with the UK and France... READ MORE›
US-LED STRIKES IN SYRIA WITHOUT UNSC MANDATE A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW PUTIN
According to the latest data from the Russian MoD, Syria intercepted at least 71 cruise missiles out of the 103 launched by the allies on Saturday... READ MORE›
RUSSIA: SYRIA AIR DEFENCE INTERCEPTED 71 MISSILES
A senior Russian military official has said that Syrian air defence had intercepted at least 71 cruise missiles fired by US, UK and French forces... READ MORE›
MISSILES LIGHT UP NIGHT SKY AS TRUMP ORDERS MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST SYRIA
Loud explosions lit up the skies over Damascus, Syria's capital, as Trump announced the airstrikes... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS AIR STRIKES CRIPPLE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM
Syria agreed in 2013 to give up its chemical weapons after a nerve gas attack killed hundreds of people in Douma... READ MORE›
US AND ALLIES STRIKE SYRIA: THE FULL STORY
US President Donald Trump has ordered air attacks in Syria on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities, in collaboration with the UK and France... READ MORE›
'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED': DONALD TRUMP PRAISES AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA
Syria Trump tweets 'Mission Accomplished' after Western forces launch air strikes in response to chemical weapons attack... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED TOUGH. BUT HIS STRIKE ON SYRIA WAS RESTRAINED.
American officials doubted that Russia or Iran would counterattack directly against United States forces in the region... READ MORE›
'NO RELEASE OF CHEMICALS IS BEST PROOF THERE WERE NONE' - EMPLOYEE OF BOMBED SYRIAN RESEARCH SITE
'No release of chemicals is best proof there were none' - employee of bombed Syrian research site... READ MORE›
PUTIN: US-LED STRIKES ON SYRIA 'AN ACT OF AGGRESSION'
He reaffirmed Russia's view that a purported chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma that prompted the strike was a fake... READ MORE›
RUSSIA CLAIMS ITS ALLY SYRIA SHOT DOWN 71 OF THE 103 MISSILES LAUNCHED BY THE US, BRITAIN AND FRANCE
That's why last night we deployed four Tornados armed with Storm Shadow cruise missiles... READ MORE›
SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK SURVIVORS TELL THEIR STORIES FOR THE FIRST TIME
They are from Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, where an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian regime took place last Saturday... READ MORE›
GOAL OF SYRIA STRIKES WAS TO PREVENT CHEMICAL WATCHDOG'S FACT-FINDING MISSION IN DOUMA - MOSCOW
Moscow pointed out that the Western allies ignored evidence provided by Syria and Russia that the alleged chemical attack was actually staged in a cynical manner... READ MORE›
FAKE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT STRIKES AGAINST SYRIA
It is a screengrab from a video showing air strikes on Saddam Hussein's palace in the Iraqi capital Baghdad... READ MORE›
AFTER SYRIA ATTACK, U.S. AND RUSSIA TENSIONS RISE BUT FEARS EASE OF WIDER MILITARY CONFRONTATION
Kenneth McKenzie, director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that the Syrian government retained a residual chemical capability after the attack... READ MORE›
ASSAD FORCES CONDUCTED CHEMICAL ATTACK ON CIVILIANS
A large body of information indicates that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in Douma on April 7th... READ MORE›
FROM ONE ATTACK IN SYRIA, A WORLD OF POTENTIAL RISKS
Some Syrians, however, took solace in the sight of smoke rising from Mr. Assad's military bases... READ MORE›
MISSILE STRIKES ON SYRIA 'ACT OF AGGRESSION'
Russian President Vladimir Putin Missile strikes on Syria 'act of aggression'... READ MORE›
'US, UK & FRANCE WANT NEW INTL. ORDER WITH NO UN SUPERVISION'
Damascus and Moscow have previously denied the chemical attack accusations, saying the whole thing was fabricated... READ MORE›
REACTION - WESTERN POWERS STRIKE SYRIA TARGETS
The missiles, says the US, hit targets associated with the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme ... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRSTRIKES GIVE US HOPE, SYRIANS SUFFERING UNDER ASSAD REGIME SAY
Pentagon officials called the weekend's strikes a very serious blow at the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA: WHAT WE KNOW
The attackA set Syria's chemical weapons program backA for years, Pentagon officials said... READ MORE›
PENTAGON SAYS STRIKE SET BACK CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM 'FOR YEARS'
Pentagon U.S. allied strike set back Syrian chemical weapons program 'for years'... READ MORE›
FURTHER SYRIA STRIKES TO CAUSE CHAOS IN INTERNATIONAL TIES
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian Presiden Hassan Rouhani that further attacks by Western allies in Syria would inevitably lead to chaos in international relations... READ MORE›
DAMASCUS DEFIANT AS U.S. STRIKES PROVE MORE LIMITED THAN FEARED
It was the second time in little over a year that the Trump administration has launched retaliatory strikes against Syria in the wake of chemical attacks... READ MORE›
PENTAGON: US-LED STRIKES ON SYRIA HIT EVERY TARGET
Calling the suspected gas attack inexcusable, McKenzie said the pre-dawn attacks targeted three facilities used to research, develop and store chemical weapons inside Syria... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S STRIKES ON SYRIA RISK RETALIATION, ESCALATION IN A WAR HE WANTS TO AVOID
Then, 10 days later, he opened a new front against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad that risks drawing the United States into a broader conflict there... READ MORE›
IN MOSCOW A SENSE OF RELIEF AFTER A LIMITED ATTACK
The Russian Foreign Ministry greeted the missile attack with its habitual sarcasm... READ MORE›
HEZBOLLAH'S NASRALLAH: ISRAEL MADE 'HISTORIC MISTAKE' IN SYRIA
Two Israeli warplanes, using Lebanese airspace, fired eight missiles at the T-4 military airbase, according to the Russian military... READ MORE›
US MEDIA LOVE WAR MORE THAN THEY HATE TRUMP & EGG HIM ON TO STRIKE SYRIA
The Post wants to see a longer term plan for regime change and US military domination over Syria... READ MORE›