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New Draft UN Resolution Calls For Syria Gas Attack Probe

Britain, France and the United States on Tuesday presented a new UN draft resolution demanding an investigation of the...

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Iraq’s Sadr Warns Assad Could Share Kadhafi’s Fate

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as...

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G7 Rejects Sanctions On Russia After ‘chemical Attack’

The G7 group of nations has failed to reach agreement over threatening new sanctions against Russia and Syria. Foreign...

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No G7 Consensus On Fresh Syria Sanctions

G7 foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether fresh sanctions should be imposed on Syrian President Bashar...

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Hundreds In Syria Capital Protest US Strike

Hundreds of Syrian students gathered on Tuesday outside the United Nations headquarters in Damascus to protest last...

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Syria War: Russian Officers ‘could Face Sanctions’

G7 foreign ministers will attempt to agree a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state...

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Russian Officers ‘could Face Sanctions’

G7 foreign ministers will attempt to agree a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state...

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Pentagon Suspects Chemical Weapons Still At Syrian Air Base

The Pentagon believes the Syrian regime likely has additional chemical weapons stocks at the airfield struck by US...

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Tillerson: Russia ‘failure Allowed Syria Chemical Attack’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has criticised Russia, saying it had failed to prevent Syria from carrying out a...

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Assad Allies Threaten To Act Against Further ‘aggression’

A joint command centre made up of forces from Russia, Iran and militias backing Syrian President Bashar al Assad...

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US Steps Up Pressure On Syria Ahead of Russia Talks

The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that any...

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Tillerson Says To Press Russia On Syrian Chemical Weapons

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will press Russia on its failure to prevent Syria's use of chemical weapons in...

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Top US Diplomat Haley Says No Syria Peace With Assad

Coming closer to embracing regime change in Syria, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that with President...

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Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo...

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Why Would Syria Mount ‘chemical Attack’?

While Western powers have blamed Syria's regime for this week's suspected chemical attack, questions remain over why it...

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After US Strikes, Syria Attack Victims Dream of Assad Ouster

Emerging dazed but well after three days of treatment in Turkey following the suspected chemical attack in Syria, Ahmad...

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Four Children Among Nine Civilians Dead In US Syria Strike

A US missile strike targeting an airbase in central Syria killed nine civilians, including four children, on Friday,...

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Israel Backs ‘strong Message’ Sent By US Syria Strike

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he supports the "strong and clear message" sent by a US strike in...

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US Strikes On Syrian Base

The missile strike against a Syrian air base marks the first time the United States has directly attacked the regime of...