Donald Trump goes after Bashar al-Assad, US warships fire cruise missiles on Syrian airbase
, Trump said he acted in America's "vital national security interest."
Apr 07, 2017, 09:35 AM IST
US launches missile strike against Syria
US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike against Syria on Thursday in retaliation for a chemical attack with a sarin-like nerve agent which Washington blames on President Bashar al-Assad.
Apr 07, 2017, 09:03 AM IST
Russia, Syria hit back as pressure builds over 'chemical attack'
Syria's regime and Russia hit back on Thursday at accusations that Damascus was behind a deadly chemical weapons attack, as pressure built for international action over what Washington called an "affront to humanity".
Apr 06, 2017, 21:53 PM IST
Israel says 100% sure that Assad ordered chemical attack in Syria
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday said he was "100 per cent sure" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered a suspected chemical attack this week that provoked international outrage.
Apr 06, 2017, 18:07 PM IST
Turkey says chemical weapons used in Syria attack
Turkey said on Thursday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, state media reported.
Apr 06, 2017, 16:27 PM IST
Syria chemical attack has changed my view of Assad: Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump has said the chemical attack on Syria`s Idlib province affected his deeply and tranformed his thinking about the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Apr 06, 2017, 10:19 AM IST
Syria chemical attack victims gassed as they slept
Survivors of a deadly chemical attack earlier in the week in Syria that killed over 70 people, say they were gassed as they slept, a media report said.
Apr 06, 2017, 09:27 AM IST
Russia denies Bashar al-Assad to blame for chemical attack, on course for collision with Donald Trump
Russia denied on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to blame for a poison gas attack and said it would continue to back him, setting the Kremlin on course for its biggest diplomatic collision yet with Donald Trump`s White House.
Apr 05, 2017, 21:00 PM IST
US comments on Bashar al-Assad encourage 'more crimes': Syria opposition
Syria's opposition today said the latest comments from Washington softening its line against President Bashar al-Assad were encouraging him to commit more crimes, after a deadly suspected chemical attack blamed on the regime.
Apr 05, 2017, 20:41 PM IST
Russia says continuing Syria operation to support Assad's forces
Russia on Wednesday said it was pushing on with its support for President Bashar al-Assad`s forces in Syria.
Apr 05, 2017, 18:39 PM IST
Britain, France renew call for Assad to go after Syria chemical attack
Britain and France on Wednesday renewed their call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to go, after a suspected chemical weapons attack by Damascus killed scores of people in a rebel-held area.
Apr 05, 2017, 17:00 PM IST
Russia defends Syria against 'chemical attack' outcry
Russia defended its ally Damascus on Wednesday against international outcry over a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of civilians, saying a Syrian air strike hit a "terrorist warehouse".
Apr 05, 2017, 16:04 PM IST
US, France, Britain propose UN resolution on Syria gas attack
The United States, Britain and France on Tuesday proposed a United Nations Security Council resolution to condemn a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria, which diplomats said would likely be put to a vote on Wednesday.
Apr 05, 2017, 11:48 AM IST
US President Donald Trump condemns chemical attack in Syria, blames Bashar al-Assad regime
US President Donald Trump condemned the "intolerable" alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria and blamed the Bashar al-Assad regime, media reports said.
Apr 05, 2017, 08:56 AM IST
Syria gas attack kills 58; top EU diplomat says 'Assad has primary responsibility'
The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held "primary responsibility".
Apr 04, 2017, 18:13 PM IST
Eleven killed in suspected suicide bombing on Russian metro train
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the scene of the explosion late on Monday night and laid a bunch of red flowers at a makeshift shrine to the victims.
EU sees no future for Bashar al-Assad in Syria: Foreign ministers
President Bashar al-Assad has no future in post-conflict Syria but his fate is ultimately up to the Syrian people, EU foreign ministers said on Monday in response to an apparent shift in US policy.
Apr 03, 2017, 17:03 PM IST
White House says US must accept political reality in Syria
The White House said on Friday that the United States must accept the political reality that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is up to the Syrian people and the U.S. focus in the region must be on defeating Islamic State militants.
Apr 01, 2017, 00:58 AM IST
Arab leaders meet to address conflicts and `terror`
Saudi Arabia`s King Salman is among 22 leaders attending the Arab League for the meeting in Sweimeh on the Dead Sea coast from 0900 GMT.
Air strike kills 16 in Syrian prison: Syrian Observatory
At least 16 people died after a Friday night air strike on a prison in Syria`s rebel-held Idlib province including both prisoners and staff.
Mar 25, 2017, 13:17 PM IST
