Tag: War in Syria
False alarm set off Syrian air defenses: pro-Assad commander
BEIRUT: A false alarm led to Syrian air defense missiles being fired overnight on Tuesday and there was no fresh attack on Syria, a...
US suggests Russia, Syria may tamper with Douma evidence, Moscow denies...
DAMASCUS: The United States accused Russia on Monday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria...
EU threatens new Syrian sanctions but no clear Russian target
LUXEMBOURG: European Union foreign ministers threatened on Monday new sanctions on Syria over what the West says were chemical attacks on its own people,...
Inspectors push to visit suspected Syria gas attack site after Western...
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...
Russia may have tampered with Syria chemical attack site, says US...
THE HAGUE: Russia may have tampered with the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Douma, the US envoy to the global...
Independent policy on Syria, not siding with others: Turkey
ANKARA: Turkey does not stand with or against any country on Syria and its policy in the region is different from that of Iran,...
British Parliament to question PM May over Syria strikes
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will face criticism on Monday for bypassing parliament to join weekend air strikes against Syria, with some lawmakers...
We convinced Trump to stay in Syria, says France’s Macron
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said he had convinced US President Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria for the long term...
Trump wants US forces in Syria to come home as quickly...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump still wants US forces in Syria to return home as soon as possible, the White House said on Sunday, after...
Global ‘chaos’ if the West hits Syria again, predicts Russia’s Putin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to...
Chemical probe to begin in Syria after Western strikes
DAMASCUS: International inspectors were to begin work Sunday at the site near Damascus of an alleged chemical attack that prompted an unprecedented wave of...
Syria, Iran dominate Arab League summit
RIYADH: Arab leaders - minus Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - meet in Saudi Arabia for a summit on Sunday as world powers face off...
Have retaken Eastern Ghouta, announces Syrian army
BEIRUT: Syria’s army command on Saturday announced that the eastern Ghouta region was free of militants, following the departure of the last rebel fighters...
France warns of humanitarian disaster in Syrian city Idlib
PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned of a humanitarian disaster in the rebel-controlled Syrian city of Idlib, which could be a next...
In Syria strikes, US blurs red line for intervention
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...
Germany says will push for new international effort to end war...
BERLIN: Germany will join France to push for a new international effort to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Syria, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas...
Russia fails in UN bid to condemn US-led strikes on Syria
UNITED NATIONS: A Russian bid for the United Nations Security Council to condemn US, British and French air strikes on Syria over a suspected...
