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Syria state media says US bombs military positions, US denies reports Middle East

Syria state media says US bombs military positions, US denies reports

June 18th, 2018 Syrian state media said on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed an army position in the east, causing deaths and injuries, but the US military denied it was responsible. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state media said, citing a military source. There were no immediate details on...
US to take ‘firm, appropriate measures’ against Syria violations Middle East

US to take ‘firm, appropriate measures’ against Syria violations

June 15th, 2018 The United States will "take firm and appropriate measures" in response to Syrian government violations in a designated de-escalation zone in the country's south-west, the State Department said on Thursday. After seven years of conflict, the south-west of Syria, bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is one of the...
Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria - Netanyahu Middle East

Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria - Netanyahu

June 14th, 2018 Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe. Israeli officials have previously disclosed scores of air strikes within Syria to prevent suspected arms transfers...
Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free Middle East

Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free

June 6th, 2018 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not withdraw from Syria until the country is "liberated" and its "territorial integrity is restored", Russia's RIA news agency reported on Wednesday. Iran-backed forces such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, a close political ally of Berri, have been key allies...
US condemns Syria's ties with Georgian breakaway regions Middle East

US condemns Syria's ties with Georgian breakaway regions

May 30th, 2018 The United States on Wednesday condemned Syria's decision to recognize two breakaway regions in Georgia and create diplomatic ties, saying it fully backed Georgia's independence and reiterating its call for Russia to withdraw from the area. "The United States strongly condemns the Syrian regime’s intention to establish diplomatic...
Chlorine likely used in February attack in Syria (updated) World

Chlorine likely used in February attack in Syria (updated)

May 16th, 2018 Banned chlorine munitions were likely dropped on a Syrian neighbourhood in February, an international body on chemical weapons said on Wednesday, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the toxic chemical. In its latest report on the systematic use of banned munitions in Syria's civil war, the Organisation for the Prohibition...
Syrian Observatory: Israeli raid in Syria killed Iranians Middle East

Syrian Observatory: Israeli raid in Syria killed Iranians

May 9th, 2018 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday an Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities south of Damascus had killed at least 15 people, including eight Iranians. The reports of an Israeli attack in Kisweh late on Tuesday emerged after US President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Iranian nuclear...
Netanyahu says Iran deploying arms in Syria to threaten Israel Middle East

Netanyahu says Iran deploying arms in Syria to threaten Israel

May 8th, 2018 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Tuesday of deploying "very dangerous weapons" in Syria as part of a campaign to threaten Israel. Iran, "openly calls, daily, for the destruction, the elimination of Israel from the face of the earth and practices unmitigated aggression against us," Netanyahu told reporters...
Chemical weapons inspectors back from Syria's Douma - source Middle East

Chemical weapons inspectors back from Syria's Douma - source

May 4th, 2018 Chemical weapons inspectors have returned from a mission to the Syrian town of Douma, where they took samples and interviewed witnesses to determine whether banned munitions were used in an attack last month, a diplomatic source said on Friday. A team of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons returned...
Syrian army renews push on besieged areas Middle East

Syrian army renews push on besieged areas

April 30th, 2018 The Syrian army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs on Monday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad pushed to recapture all the remaining areas his forces have besieged. The attack comes as Syrian state television broadcast footage of work to clear roads into part of a pocket in south Damascus where...
Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases Middle East

Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

April 30th, 2018 The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said. In a news flash, state television said the missile attacks took place at 10:30pm (2030 GMT) "Syria is being exposed to a new aggression with...
Despite Syria strikes, ‘Assad can still wage chemical attacks’ Middle East

Despite Syria strikes, ‘Assad can still wage chemical attacks’

April 19th, 2018 US assessments following the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria show they had only a limited impact on President Bashar al-Assad's ability to carry out chemical weapons attacks, four US officials told Reuters. The conclusion contrasts with the Trump administration's assertion that the strikes on Saturday hit at the...
OPCW chemical weapons visit postponed after gunfire Middle East

OPCW chemical weapons visit postponed after gunfire

April 18th, 2018 The arrival of international chemical weapons inspectors at the location of a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma has been delayed after gunfire at the site during a visit by a U.N. security team on Tuesday, sources told Reuters. The U.N. security team entered Douma to assess the situation ahead of the planned...
Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria Middle East

Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria

April 17th, 2018 Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian "air force" deployed in neighbouring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate. Iran, along with Damascus and its big-power backer Russia, blamed Israel for an April...
Syrian army shells jihadist enclave near Damascus Middle East

Syrian army shells jihadist enclave near Damascus

April 17th, 2018 The Syrian army started shelling a jihadist enclave south of Damascus on Tuesday in preparation for an operation to retake the area, a commander in a pro-Damascus regional military alliance said. The commander, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the operation would target the Islamic State and the Nusra Front groups in...
Syrian air defences shoot down missiles over two air bases Middle East

Syrian air defences shoot down missiles over two air bases

April 17th, 2018 Syrian anti-aircraft defences shot down missiles fired at the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late on Monday and another base northeast of the capital, Damascus, Syria's state television and pro-Iranian Hezbollah media said. State television showed pictures of a missile that was shot in the air above the air base only days...
Turkey not siding with anyone on Syria Turkey

Turkey not siding with anyone on Syria

April 16th, 2018 Turkey does not stand together with any country on Syria and its policy in the region is different from that of Iran, Russia and the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Qatar, Bozdag, the government spokesman, also said Turkey did not hesitate to work together with any country who...
Russian roulette against Russia is reckless Opinion

Russian roulette against Russia is reckless

April 15th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza   When action in the UN Security Council against the use of chemical weapons is blocked, the use of force is probably permitted in international law to deter and disrupt further use of chemical weapons. But I paint with a broad brush. In August 2013 Britain explained the legality of humanitarian...
Trump weighs Syria options, Russia envoy says he 'cannot exclude' war Middle East

Trump weighs Syria options, Russia envoy says he 'cannot exclude' war

April 13th, 2018 President Donald Trump and his national security aides on Thursday discussed U.S. options on Syria, where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack, as a Russian envoy voiced fears of wider conflict between Washington and Moscow. Worries about a confrontation between Russia, Syria's big ally, and...
France has proof Syrian government conducted chemical weapons attack Middle East

France has proof Syrian government conducted chemical weapons attack

April 12th, 2018 France has proof the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack last week and will decide whether to strike back when all the necessary information has been gathered, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. France is expected to join the United States and Britain in carrying out air strikes or some other form of...
May summons ministers to discuss possible military action in Syria Britain

May summons ministers to discuss possible military action in Syria

April 12th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May summoned her senior ministers to a special cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss joining the United States and France in possible military action against Syria after a suspected poison gas attack on civilians. After warning Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria, U.S. President...
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