Kremlin, worried about possible U.S. strike, calls for restraint on Syria
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped all sides involved in Syria ...
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Russia boasts of practising shooting down missiles as US considers air strike on Syria
has boasted it is practising shooting down missiles as the country's parliamentary hardliners demanded a military response to any US air strike on The Russian defence ministry said that naval jets from its Pacific fleet had conducted exercises to “intercept and destroy a low-flying long-range ...
How the West might strike Syria
The guided missile destroyer USS Porter launches a Tomahawk missile toward Iraq during the initial stages of US-led invasion in 2003 (AFP Photo/HO)/ Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday that missiles would be launched at Syria following a suspected ...
Iranian adviser: Western threats based on lies
Threats by some Western states to attack Syria are “based on lies after the liberation of eastern Ghouta”, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, Syrian state media reported. His comments were made during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar ...
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Russian envoy to Lebanon: Any U.S. missiles fired at Syria will be shot down
Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin (L) stands with the head of Lebanon's Higher Relief Council (HRC) Ibrahim Bashir upon the arrival of a Russian aeroplane carrying humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, at Beirut international airport April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Sharif Karim/ ...
Can Russia Really Shoot Down U.S. Missiles in Syria?
The Trump administration appears to have officially come to a conclusion on whether to respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, with the US president suggesting Wednesday that a missile strike is eminent. “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria,” Trump wrote ...
What You Need To Know About The Suspected Syrian Chemical Attack
has in recent days raged against Syria and the regime of President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack that killed dozens on Saturday. Trump on Wednesday even went as far as suggesting that missiles aimed at Syria “will be coming,” though no such strike has been publicly announced./ ...
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Iran vows to retaliate against Israel for Syria strike
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Iran vowed to retaliate for the recent attack on a military base in Syria, blaming Israel for the strike. Speaking in Damascus at a two-day conference on Jerusalem Tuesday, a senior advisor to Iran's ...
Iran's Velayati says Israel to meet 'response' over air base
Mayadeen/ BEIRUT (Reuters) - The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday described a strike on a military air base in Syria as “Israel’s crime” and said it would “not remain without response”, the Lebanese al-Mayadeen channel reported. Ali Akbar Velayati was speaking on ...
Iran condemns alleged Israeli attack on Syrian air base
TEHRAN, April 10 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian deputy foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the alleged Israeli attack on a Syrian air base. By striking Syria's Homs air base, Israel is seeking to increase tension in the region, Abbas Araqchi said. Araqchi praised the Syrian government for what it ...
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UPDATE 2-Top Iranian says Tehran will stand with Damascus against foreign aggression
ANKARA, April 11 (Reuters) - The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday that Tehran would support Damascus against any foreign aggression, state TV reported, in an apparent response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about a possible military strike on Syria. Trump and his ...
Top Iranian says Tehran will stand with Damascus against foreign aggression
The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday that Tehran would support Damascus against any foreign aggression, state TV reported, in an apparent response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about a possible military strike on Syria./ Ali Akbar Velayati smiles as he listens ...
Amid Syria tensions, Russian jet flies low over French warship
A Russian warplane this weekend flew over a French warship at low altitude in the eastern Mediterranean, a deliberate breach of international regulations, a French naval source said on Tuesday. The incident, first reported by Le Point magazine, comes as tensions mount between Russia and Western ...
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Iran's Velayati says Tehran will stand with Damascus against foreign aggression
TV/ ANKARA (Reuters) - The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday that Tehran would support Damascus against any foreign aggression, state TV reported, in an apparent response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about a possible military strike on Syria. “We will stand by ...
Seven Iranians were killed in strike on Syrian air base: Tasnim
Seven Iranian military personnel were killed in Sunday’s air strike on a Syrian air base, Tasnim news agency said, almost double the number originally reported. Syria’s government and its ally Iran have accused Israel of carrying out the attack on the Tiyas, or T-4, air base near Homs - ...
Possible military strike in Syria
The U.S. is working with France and Britain on options for a military operation in Syria after a suspected chemical attack on civilians. ABC News' Molly Hunter reports.
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The Latest: US, global allies discussing options for Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. policy on Syria (all times local): Trump administration officials are consulting with global allies on a likely military response to Syria's suspected poison gas attack near Damascus. President Donald Trump has canceled a foreign trip to manage the crisis, ...
Four Iranian fighters killed in air strike on Syrian air base
Four Iranian military personnel were killed in an air strike on a Syrian air base on Sunday, Iran’s Fars news agency said, as Syria and its main allies Iran and Russia blamed Israel for carrying out the attack. Israel has not confirmed or denied mounting the raid, but Israeli officials said the ...
Russia claims Israel behind Syria Chemical attack
Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a missile attack is Syria, while international condemnation grows over a suspected poison gas attack that was blamed on the Syrian government.
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Iran Threatens Israel Over Airstrike in Syria
TEHRAN — A senior Iranian foreign policy official warned Israel on Tuesday that its strike on an air base in Syria that killed several Iranians would “not remain without a response,” the Lebanese news channel Al Mayadeen reported. Seven Iranian military personnel were killed on Monday in the ...
Striking Syria Again Would Be a Grave Mistake for America (and President Trump)
America faces two grave consequences if the president unilaterally attacks Assad. Striking Syria Again Would Be a Grave Mistake for America (and President Trump) The first day of a new job is always rough. But pity incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton, who will probably not even have ...
UN to hold emergency meeting after Israel blamed for missile strike in Syria
Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack Monday on a major air base in central Syria that reportedly killed 14 people, including Iranians, while international condemnation grew over a suspected poison gas attack over the weekend that was blamed on the Syrian ...
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Iran insists full support for Syrian territorial integrity
Iran is fully defending Syria’s territorial integrity and its sovereign government, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Tuesday. Defenders of the holy shrines are still standing by the Syrian people and government and will continue their fight against the enemies of ...
3 Iranians killed in Syria airbase strike: Iran media
Helicopters seen parked at the T-4 military airport , Homs/ Three Iranian fighters were killed Monday in a strike attributed to Israel on a Syrian airbase in the central province of Homs, Iran's Fars news agency said. Blaming the "Zionist regime", the news agency said "three defenders of the ...
