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Strike Kills 18 Civilians In Syria’s Idlib

An air strike killed 18 civilians including five children in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Saturday, the...

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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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Boris Johnson Calls Off Moscow Visit Over Syria

The UK foreign secretary has called off a visit to Moscow in the wake of the Syrian chemical weapons attack. Boris...

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Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Urges Assad To Step Down

Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling...

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Trump To Make China Visit After Hosting Xi For Talks

US President Donald Trump has accepted his counterpart Xi Jinping's invitation to make a visit to China, said Secretary...

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Iran’s Rouhani Says Trump Abetting Syria ‘terrorists’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that "terrorists" were applauding his US counterpart Donald Trump for...

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Congress May Be Focus of Debate On US Force Against Syria

Many US lawmakers expressed support immediately after the Pentagon's air strikes on Syria. But President Donald Trump's...

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US Warns of ‘more’ After Missile Strikes

The US envoy to the UN has warned America may take further action after bombarding a Syrian air base suspected of using...

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Trump’s Visceral Response Prompts Syria Strikes

Donald Trump's missile barrage on Syria -- the first major military gambit of his presidency -- revealed a leader...

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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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Trump’s Syria Strike Poses Challenge For Kremlin

Russia hailed Donald Trump when he came to power as the leader who could help restore battered ties between Moscow and...

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Trump Strikes Syria But No Plan Yet To Oust Assad

Donald Trump's cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base drags Washington deeper into the country's tragedy but does...

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UN Emergency Talks After US Missile Strikes

The UN Security Council has heard sharp exchanges over the US bombardment of a Syrian air base suspected of using...

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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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Syria ‘chemical Attack’ Survivors Welcome US Strike

In the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, residents still mourning their dead on...

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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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US Launches Cruise Missiles On Syrian Airbase

The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation...

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Syria Rebels Welcome US Strike, Urge More

Syrian rebels on Friday welcomed a US strike on a government airbase, but urged additional action, with one powerful...

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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...