US fireworks: Awaiting details from Afghanistan, a look at Syrian outrage
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Apr 18, 2017, 12:56 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad`s comments on chemical attack are `100% lies`: France
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s comments that last week`s chemical weapons attack was a fabrication to justify a US military strike are "100 percent lies", French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday.
Apr 14, 2017, 14:07 PM IST
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad says chemical attack '100 per cent fabrication'
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack was a "fabrication" to justify a US strike on his forces.
Apr 13, 2017, 23:51 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad says army 'gave up' all chemical weapons
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government handed over all its chemical weapons stockpiles in 2013 and could not have been behind last week`s suspected sarin attack.
Apr 13, 2017, 19:13 PM IST
Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka influence him for airstrikes in Syria, says Eric
Eric Trump rejected said that his father, Donald Trump, was "a great thinker, practical not impulsive”.
Apr 12, 2017, 10:57 AM IST
White House press secretary Sean Spicer sparks outcry by comparing Bashar al-Assad to Hitler, apologises
The Nazis murdered six million Jews during World War Two. Many Jews, as well as others, were killed in gas chambers in European concentration camps.
Syria will pay heavy price for use of chemical weapons: US
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that Syria will pay a "very, very stiff price" if it used chemical weapons again and asserted that America's top priority in Syria remained fighting the Islamic State militant group.
Apr 12, 2017, 09:33 AM IST
Russia urges `cooperation` with US as Tillerson visits
Russia said Tuesday it was hoping to avoid confrontation and engage in "constructive cooperation" with Washington as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed to Moscow.
Apr 11, 2017, 17:21 PM IST
G7 seeks broad support to isolate Syria's Bashar al-Assad
The Group of Seven major global powers will be joined by Middle East allies on Tuesday in a push to isolate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hours before the US secretary of state flies to Moscow, Assad`s top backer.
Apr 11, 2017, 11:31 AM IST
Britain urges Vladimir Putin to end support for 'toxic' Syrian President Assad
Russia should end its support for "toxic" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said.
Apr 10, 2017, 16:57 PM IST
US air strike gives Rex Tillerson a boost for Moscow talks
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson`s visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by striking a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy to end the Syrian war.
Apr 10, 2017, 10:50 AM IST
Trump aides differ over Assad's future after Syria attack
Top aides to President Donald Trump demurred on Sunday over where U.S. policy on Syria was headed after last week's retaliatory missile strike, leaving open questions about whether removing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from power was now one of Trump's goals.
Apr 10, 2017, 09:22 AM IST
Turkey says Russia must stop insisting on Assad's leadership in Syria
Turkey remains committed to a ceasefire in Syria, but Russia must stop insisting that Bashar al-Assad should remain as leader of the country, Ankara`s foreign minister said on Sunday.
Apr 09, 2017, 14:28 PM IST
Hillary Clinton chides Donald Trump on Syrian refugee ban after airstrikes
Hillary Clinton has chided President Donald Trump for ordering massive airstrikes on Syria and said the US cannot in one breath speak of protecting Syrian babies and in the next close America's doors to them.
Apr 08, 2017, 17:34 PM IST
Donald Trump-Xi Jinping end 1st summit with 100-day plan to avoid trade row
President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping wrapped up their first summit by announcing a 100-day plan to improve strained trade ties, the only tangible announcement after their meetings that were overshadowed by the US military strikes in Syria.
Apr 08, 2017, 14:16 PM IST
US Syria strike largely backed by world; Iran, Russia condemn
The US military strike on Syria was widely hailed by the world community today with nations like the UK and Israel backing it as a "just" response to the chemical attack by President Bashar Al-Assad's regime, but Russia and Iran strongly condemned the unilateral move.
Apr 07, 2017, 18:08 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad office says US strike 'foolish, irresponsible'
A US missile strike on an airbase in central Syria early on Friday was "foolish and irresponsible," President Bashar al-Assad`s office said.
Apr 07, 2017, 17:13 PM IST
China urges all sides to find political settlement to war in Syria
Trump took the toughest direct US action yet in Syria`s civil war, raising the risk of confrontation with Russia and Iran, Assad`s two main military backers.
Apr 07, 2017, 14:44 PM IST
Syria army says six dead in US strike
Six people were killed and serious damage caused by a US missile strike on a Syrian air base in the centre of the country early Friday.
Apr 07, 2017, 13:52 PM IST
First Hindu Congresswoman slams Syria strikes
The first Hindu elected to the Congress, Hawaiian Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, slammed President Donald Trump`s decision to strike against Syria as reckless.
Apr 07, 2017, 13:26 PM IST
