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Russia Blames Rebels For Syria Gas Attack

Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came...

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UN Says Suspected Chemical Attack Shows ‘war Crimes’ In Syria

A suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town shows war crimes continue in...

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Syria Strike Hit Rebel ‘toxic’ Weapons Depot, Says Moscow

A Syrian air strike hit a "terrorist warehouse" containing "toxic substances", Moscow said Wednesday, a day after a...

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UN Calls Emergency Talks After ‘gas Attack’

The UN Security Council is to hold emergency talks after an alleged chemical attack in Syria left dozens of civilians...

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Global Outcry Over Suspected Syria Chemical Attack

A suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 civilians in rebel-held northwestern Syria has prompted widespread...

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Tragedy of Suspected Chemical Attack Seeps Into Syria Conference

For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the...

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Syria Attack Believed To Be Chemical, From the Air

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday that a "horrific" attack on a rebel-held town in the country that killed...

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UN Warns Syria Refugee Aid Funds ‘desperate’

The UN warned Tuesday the plight of millions of Syrian refugees was becoming "desperate," with aid funds running low as...

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‘Gas’ Attack Kills 35 In Rebel-Held Syria Town

Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children in a...

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EU, UN Seek Plan For Syria’s Future At Aid Conference

The European Union and the UN host a two-day conference starting Tuesday on Syria's future, with Russian-backed...

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EU, French Militaries Prepare To Go It Alone After Brexit, US Warnings

Brexit will see the departure of the EU’s largest military force, leaving France as the bloc’s main military power....

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UN Urges More Support For States Hosting Syria Refugees

Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched...

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EU Sees No Future For Assad In Syria

President Bashar al-Assad has no future in post-conflict Syria but his fate is ultimately up to the Syrian people, EU...

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Belgian Altar Boy Goes To Fight For ISIS, Then Returns On Welfare

With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy....

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Doha Meeting Pledges More Than $260 Mln In Syrian Aid

More than $260 million has been pledged in humanitarian aid for Syria following a meeting in Doha on Sunday involving...

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Lebanon At ‘breaking Point’ With Syria Refugee Influx

Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million...

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Germany Rejects US Pressure For Nato Spending Rise

Calls by the Trump administration for Germany and other Nato partners to increase spending on defence have been...

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Trump To Attack Foreign ‘trade Cheats’

US President Donald Trump is launching a campaign to pinpoint nations and goods responsible for his country's huge...

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Demands NATO Allies Pay Up

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pressed NATO allies Friday to ramp up military spending and denounced Russia's...