Politics of Syria

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Turkey Welcomes US Syria Strike, Urges No-Fly Zone

Turkey on Friday welcomed a US missile strike on a Syrian regime airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical...

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Moscow Slams US ‘aggression’ In Syria, Suspends Air Safety Deal

Moscow slammed the US strike on a Syrian airbase Friday as "aggression against a sovereign state", and suspended a...

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Syria War: US Launches Missile Strikes In Response To Chemical ‘attack’

The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on...

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A Red Line Already Crossed In Syria

President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years...

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US Launches Missile Strikes In Response To Chemical ‘attack’

The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on...

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Trump Warns ‘something Should Happen’ After Syria Attack

President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an "egregious" crime, suggesting the...

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Russia Says Its Support For Syria’s Bashar Al Assad Is ‘not Unconditional’

Russia has said its support for Syrian president Bashar al Assad is "not unconditional" in the wake of a suspected...

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Damascus Attaches Conditions To UN Inquiry

The Syrian foreign minister has set out conditions for any UN investigation into the deaths of dozens of people from a...

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Last Syrian Rebel Stronghold

The northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, site of a presumed chemical attack, is the last remaining rebel bastion...

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Trump-Putin Relationship Under ‘serious Strain’

In the lead-up to the US election, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchanged warm and fuzzy-sounding phrases such as...

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Erdogan Has Command Responsibility For Aiding Terrorism

The infamy of the crimes against humanity carried out by Islamic State is legendary, but the still untold story is how...

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Pressure Mounts For UN Action On Syria ‘chemical Attack’

Western powers pushed ahead Thursday with efforts to take action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria after US...

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Turkey Says Chemical Weapons Used In Syria Attack

Chemical weapons were used by President Bashar al-Assad's regime in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Turkey...

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Turkey Says Chemical Weapons Used In Syria Attack

Turkey said Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that...

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Syria Chemical ‘attack’: Trump Condemns ‘affront To Humanity’

US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical...

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Trump Condemns ‘affront To Humanity’

US President Donald Trump has condemned the killing of dozens of civilians in northern Syria in an apparent chemical...

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US Hardens Tone On Syria At Emergency UN Meeting

U. S. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned Wednesday that the Trump administration will take action against chemical attacks...

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Number of Foreign Jihadists In Iraq and Syria Unknown

US intelligence agencies don't know the true number of foreign jihadists still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the...

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UN Council Postpones Vote On Syria Resolution

Britain, France and the United States on Wednesday held off calling a vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution...