UNITED NATIONS: Russia told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday there was no point establishing a new inquiry to determine blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria because the United States…
DAMASCUS: The United States accused Russia on Monday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said Russians or Syrians may have tampered…
DAMASCUS: International inspectors were to try on Monday to visit the site of a suspected gas attack which brought US-led missile strikes on Syria and heightened the diplomatic confrontation between the West…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will face criticism on Monday for bypassing parliament to join weekend air strikes against Syria, with some lawmakers calling for a potentially damaging vote on her…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said he had convinced US President Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria for the long term and limit joint strikes to chemical weapons facilities.…
DHAHRAN: An Arab League summit called on Sunday for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw as Iran’s interference in the affairs…
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions.…
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled praise for US-led strikes on Syrian targets on Saturday with a warning that Iran’s presence there further endangers Syria. US, British and French forces hit Syria…
WASHINGTON: With the latest US missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America’s red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. What’s unclear is where…
UNITED NATIONS: A Russian bid for the United Nations Security Council to condemn US, British and French air strikes on Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack failed on Saturday after only…
WASHINGTON: Just over a year ago US President Donald Trump ordered a missile strike against the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack against its own people. Trump did the same on…
United States: US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US forces had launched strikes against targets in Syria. “A short time ago I ordered the United States forces to launch…
MOSCOW: Russia may consider supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria and other countries, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi said on Saturday after US, French and British air strikes on Syria. Rudskoi said the US…
MOSCOW: Russia and Iran have expressed dismay at the overnight US led airstrikes in Syria on Saturday after US President Donald Trump warned Russia and Iran over support for Bashar al-Assad. “The evil and…
