London (United Kingdom) (AFP) - British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday faced anger from lawmakers for conducting air strikes with the United States in Syria in their first major military action since coming to power. May was due to address MPs after ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): The Russian military says Syria's Russian-made air defense systems proved highly efficient in fending off missile strikes by the U.S. and its allies. Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, said Monday ...
The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):/ The European Union has strongly defended the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and declined to impose new sanctions despite Tehran's actions in Syria./ EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said that "this was not foreseen to be a ...
Paris (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Paris had convinced Donald Trump to stay engaged in Syria "for the long-term" -- but just hours later the White House responded by saying it wanted US forces there "to come home as quickly as possible". A day after France ...
Paris (France) (AFP) - President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that French air strikes in Syria were not a declaration of war against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, adding that Paris had convinced Donald Trump to stay engaged in the conflict "for the long-term". A day after France joined the ...
The United States has no intention of using its firepower to halt the mass killing of civilians through conventional means, degrade Syria’s military forces, or to challenge Russia and Iran’s military positions is Syria./ By Elias Groll, with Robbie Gramer, Dan De Luce, and Rhys Dubin Just two ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey April 4, 2018. (Reuters Photo) TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S.-led strikes on Syria proves that ...
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool/ LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will face criticism on Monday for bypassing parliament to join weekend air strikes against Syria, with ...
Before dawn on Saturday, a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces launched for an apparent chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians on April 7. New satellite images show a glimpse of the damage done by the strike. A photograph released Sunday by DigitalGlobe, an American company that ...
At 9 a.m. exactly, the Twitter account of the Syrian presidency posted a video of Bashar al-Assad leisurely walking in to work, soft spring light behind him and briefcase in hand. Since earlier Saturday, state television showed peaceful scenes in Damascus, home to at least one of the targets of ...
Jeremy Corbyn will try to force a vote in Parliament that would make it difficult for Prime Ministers without the approval of MPs as he suggested Bashar al-Assad could be innocent of last week’s chemical weapons attack. The Labour leader suggested on Sunday that all planned use of force should ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Facing a stark choice between engaging the United States, Britain and France in combat or passively watching them strike his ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted for the peaceful route. That cautious response may dent the Russian leader's tough-man image but it won't ...
Damascus (Syria) (AFP) - The Syrian army has declared that all anti-regime forces have left Eastern Ghouta, after a blistering two month offensive on the rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital. The announcement, which represents a key strategic victory for President Bashar al-Assad, came ...
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joeh Dunford brief members of the media on Syria at the Pentagon April 13, 2018 (AFP Photo/ALEX WONG)/ Washington (United States) (AFP) - A quick series of US, French and British air strikes in Syria were designed ...
Image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows unidentified volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town on April 8, 2018 (AFP Photo/HO)/ The Hague (AFP) - Experts from the world's global chemical ...
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, seen here at a UN Security Council meeting on Syria on April 14, 2018, says the US will sanction Russian companies that supplied Syria with chemical weapons-related equipment (AFP Photo/HECTOR RETAMAL)/ Washington (United States) (AFP) - The ...
A view of Barzeh area at night, in Damascus, on April 14, 2018. (Reuters)/ Despite many speculations, the anticipated US-led airstrike inflicted severe blows to Syria’s Bashar Assad regime. While many chemical facilities became targets to provide some cover for civilians from horrendous attacks ...
Damascus (Syria) (AFP) - International inspectors were to begin work Sunday at the site near Damascus of an alleged chemical attack that prompted an unprecedented wave of Western strikes against Syria's regime. US, French and British missiles destroyed sites suspected of hosting chemical weapons ...
The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said. "We have absorbed the strike", the official told Reuters. "We had an ...
Washington will impose new sanctions on Russia, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said – as Western allies look to put some diplomatic clout behind military strikes launched on in the wake of an apparent chemical weapon attack. “Russian sanctions will be coming down,” Ms Haley ...
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Western attack on Syria hit a scientific research facility in Damascus and Syrian army depots in the Homs area, state media said, and a Reuters witness said the Syrian capital was rocked by explosions as smoke rose into the sky. The Syrian Observatory for Human ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council overwhelmingly rejected a Russian resolution calling for condemnation of "aggression" by the United States, United Kingdom and France against Syria on Saturday, a vote reflecting support for the allied airstrikes on Syrian chemical sites. But the ...
The Syrian opposition said Western strikes on Saturday would not change the course of the seven-year-old war as the army said it would crush remaining rebel parts of the country. The missiles by the United States, Britain, and France targeted President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons ...
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Sunday condemned the U.S.-led attack on Syria, saying it runs contrary to international law. The U.S., UK and France launched missiles at Syria in the early hours of Saturday morning. The attack took place one week after a suspected chemical weapons ...
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday discussed over the telephone the recent strikes on Syria by the U.S., Britain, and France, believing it can trigger a chaos in the world. Rouhani said the strikes were intended to boost the morale of ...
Two prominent Iranian diaspora opposition groups welcomed Saturday’s U.S.-led air strikes on Syrian chemical weapons facilities, saying the operation will help save lives in Syria’s civil war. Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) political director Majid Sadeghpour told VOA ...
NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference following British, French and US strikes against Syria's regime at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 14, 2018. AFP/ NATO's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Monday the weekend's US-led punitive strikes will ...
The Bibas children Kfir and Ariel were the youngest hostages taken to Gaza by Hamas/ Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group. The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released ...
Villagers have been returning to areas vacated by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon/ Israeli forces have pulled out from towns and villages in southern Lebanon but remain in five locations along the border in what the Lebanese government describes as a violation of a ceasefire deal. Tuesday ...
Before being detained, the Foremans shared videos of their travels in Iran/ Detained Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been charged in Iran with espionage, the country's judiciary news agency has said. Mr and Mrs Foreman were arrested in January but news of their detention, on unspecified ...
Rubio's visit resumes the warm relations the US and Saudi Arabia had in Trump's first term/ The choice by the Trump administration of Saudi Arabia as the location for key talks on Ukraine underscores how far the Kingdom has come diplomatically from the near pariah state it became after the ...
The collection includes Jackson Pollock's Mural On Indian Red Ground/ It has been dubbed one of the world's rarest treasure troves of art but few people outside its host country know about it. For decades, masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jackson ...
Zakaria is 11 and helps at one of the biggest hospitals in Gaza – al-Aqsa – under the mentorship of an experienced paramedic. As war raged across the strip, he could be found carrying wounded and traumatised victims into the emergency ward for treatment, wiping blood from his hands as he went ...
The US secretary of state met the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday/ Israel's prime minister has said he is working to make US President Donald Trump's plan to remove and resettle Gaza's population "a reality". Benjamin Netanyahu said he was cooperating with the US on a "common ...
After years of military expansion, everything Iran was trying to build in Syria is in ruins/ Mouldy half-finished food on bunk beds, discarded military uniforms and abandoned weapons - these are the remnants of an abrupt retreat from this base that once belonged to Iran and its affiliated groups ...
Celebrations in Israel as three more hostages released/ Hamas has released another three Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners following a week in which the fragile ceasefire deal appeared under threat. American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, Argentinian-Israeli Yair ...
Before being detained, the Foremans shared videos of their travels in Iran/ The family of a British couple in custody in Iran say they are united in their determination to secure their safe return. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in January, when state-run Iranian media reported they ...