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French intelligence services will provide proof "in coming days" that Syrian President Assad's forces used chemical weapons in April 4 attack - French Foreign Minister

19/04/2017

Syria

Bus bomb attack on Aleppo civilians "likely a war crime", UN says

A bomb attack on a bus convoy crowded with civilians fleeing the embattled city of Aleppo in Syria “likely amounts to a war crime”, according to the UN.

19/04/2017

Syria

Euroviews. Could military robots enforce safe havens in Syria?

18/04/2017

Syria

Syrian army retakes key town of Soran

The town is a key point on the army's route to the city of Hama.

17/04/2017

Syria

More than 60 children among 126 killed in Syria bus bombing

The death toll from Saturday’s bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached 126 – at least 68 of them children – according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human…

17/04/2017

Syria

Syria evacuees arrive in shelter near Aleppo

An operation to move Syrian civilians out of two Shi’ite villages besieged by rebels and into government territory resumed overnight.

16/04/2017

Syria

Syrian evacuation bomb blast death toll climbs

The death toll continues to climb after a bomb blast hit a convoy of evacuees waiting to enter Aleppo in Syria.

15/04/2017

Syria

Explosion hits evacuation convoy in Syria

An explosion near a bus convoy waiting to enter Aleppo has killed or wounded dozens of people, according to pro-government media and pro-opposition activists.

15/04/2017

Syria

Thousands flee homes in Syria 'population swap'

By day and by night, thousands of civilians and fighters continue to be evacuated from four besieged towns in Syria under a deal struck between the Assad regime and…

15/04/2017

Syria

'The situation is tragic', Syrians leave besieged towns under evacuation deal

Syrians living under siege for more than two years have begun to leave their homes under an evacuation deal.

14/04/2017

Syria

Evacuation begins of four besieged towns in Syria

Operations have begun to move residents away from four Syrian towns besieged by rebels and regime forces.

14/04/2017

Syria

Syria's president says claim his forces used chemical weapons is "100% fabricated"

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has come out fighting over claims his armed forces used chemical weapons against his own people. The claims are "100% fabricated" he says.

13/04/2017

Syria

Russia vetoes UN condemnation of Syria toxic gas attack

Russia has blocked a draft resolution at the United Nations condemning last week’s toxic gas attack in Syria.

12/04/2017

Syria

Russia: US strikes on Syria 'play into hands of extremists'

Russia’s foreign minister has said that last week’s US missile strikes on a Syrian military airbase plays “into the hands of extremists” and further threaten regional and global…

09/04/2017

Syria

Russia 'increases naval presence off Syrian coast'

Russia has reportedly sent a warship armed with Kalibr cruise missiles to join a pre-existing battle group off the coast of Syria.

09/04/2017

Syria

Russia slams US missile attack on Syrian airbase

Russia has vowed to strengthen Syria’s anti-aircraft defences following Washington’s most direct action in the country since its civil war began.

07/04/2017

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Syria: US strikes slammed as 'irresponsible'

A Russian official has slammed American air strikes in Syria, describing them as “another repetition of irresponsible behaviour.

07/04/2017

Syria

Syrian refugees support US airstrikes against Assad

In northern Syria, the reaction among refugees living near the Turkish border has been one of joy following President Trump’s move to hit a Syrian airbase.

07/04/2017

Syria

US strikes Syria: Trump does what he warned Obama against doing

US President Donald Trump has placed himself in the very position he advocated against four years ago to President Barack Obama.

07/04/2017

Syria

Syria: Trump sends strong signal

Until this week, President Donald Trump had opposed taking any military action in Syria.

07/04/2017

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Pentagon video of missile launch against Syrian airbase

The Pentagon has released a video of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from a Navy destroyer, aimed at a Syrian airfield.

07/04/2017

Syria

Weapon of choice: why the US uses Tomahawk missiles

The US' Tomahawk missile was first used in 1991 and is relied upon for land attacks. As many as 59 were fired at Syria on Friday morning.

07/04/2017

Syria

US missiles strike Syria airbase 'in response to chemical attack'

The United States has launched a missile strike at a Syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack by President Assad’s government earlier this…

07/04/2017

Syria

Trump says strike was in the 'vital national security interest of US'

Friday morning’s missile strike was the toughest direct US action yet in Syria’s civil war, raising the risk of confrontation with Russia and Iran, the Assad regime’s two main military…

07/04/2017

Syria

US missiles strike Syria regime airbase

The United States has launched a military strike on a Syrian government airbase.

07/04/2017

Syria

[WATCH] Donald Trump confirms US missile strikes on Syria

US President Donald Trump has confirmed the US has launched missile strikes on a Syrian airfield.

07/04/2017