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DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — A United States missile strike targeting an airbase in central Syria killed nine civilians, including four children, on Friday, state news agency SANA reported. The news agency said five of the civilians were killed in the village of Shayrat just outside the base of the same name. It said four more were killed in two other nearby villages — Al-Hamrat and Al-Manzul. Washington said it fired a barrage of 59 cruise […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Syria is to blame for the United States missile strikes carried out after a deadly suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town earlier this week, North Atlantic Treaty Organization head Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. “The Syrian regime bears the full responsibility for this development,” Stoltenberg said in a statement. “Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable, cannot go unanswered, and those responsible must be held accountable,” he added.
MOSCOW, Russia (Eagle News) — Russia’s military on Friday said the Syrian forces’ air defenses will be boosted following the United States’ strike on a regime air base ordered by US President Donald Trump. “To protect Syria’s most sensitive infrastructure, a complex of measures will be implemented in the near future to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces’ air defence system,” said spokesperson Igor Konashenkov.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) –The United States missile strikes on a Syrian airbase Friday demonstrated “needed resolve” against chemical attacks, European Union President Donald Tusk said. “US strikes show needed resolve against barbaric chemical attacks,” tweeted Tusk, who represents the 28 EU member states, adding the bloc will work with the US to “end brutality” in Syria. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, the EU executive, expressed his support for the US decision. “President Juncker […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in the disputed South China Sea, not embark on a new land grab. President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he wanted “nine or 10” islands occupied and fortified. “The context with which we take the order is to improve on our already occupied islands, islets and features,” military spokesperson Colonel Edgard Arevalo […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) – Six people were killed and serious damage caused by a US missile strike on a Syrian air base in the center of the country early Friday, Syria’s army said. “At 3:42 am (0042 GMT) the United States carried out a flagrant aggression with missiles against one of our airbases in the central region, killing six people and wounding a number of others, and causing significant damage,” a spokesman said, reading […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit the Middle East next week. Assistant Secretary Hjayceelyn Quintana of the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Office of Middle East and African Affairs told reporters Duterte would first visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 10. Two days later, on April 12, he is set to fly to Bahrain. He will cap off his visit to the Middle East with a trip to Qatar on April 14 to 16. […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran said Friday that it “strongly condemns” a United States air strike on a Syrian government airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. “We condemn all unilateral military action and the missile strike by US warships against Shayrat airbase under the pretext of Tuesday’s suspected attack on Khan Sheikhun,” foreign ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghassemi told the Fars news agency. Iran, with Russia, is the closest […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinabubusisi ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang pondong nalikom mula sa Express Lane Fee na sinisingil sa mga immigration counter. Nais ni Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno na malaman kung magkano ang nasabing pondo sa mga nakalipas na taon at kung paano ito nagastos. Ayon sa Kalihim, kung lumabas na iligal ang pinaggamitan ng pondo ay posibleng mag-isyu ng notice of disallowance ang COA. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iniimbitahan naman ni Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel ang International Parliamentary Union Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians na bumisita sa Pilipinas para personal na makita ang nakakulong na si Senador Leila De Lima. Ito’y matapos magpahayag ng pangamba ang nabanggit na komite sa kaso laban kay De Lima. Sinabi ni Pimentel na kung kinakailangang gawing opisyal ang pag-imbita sa mga ito ay handa niya itong gawin. Handa ring […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Posibleng magdesisyon na ang Senate Committee on Ethics sa dalawang reklamo na isinampa laban kay Senador Leila De Lima. Ayon kay Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto, Chairman ng Committee, agad syang magpapatawag ng all-member caucus sa May 2 para alamin ang kanilang pulso sa reklamo at sagot ni De Lima. Kabilang na rito ang reklamo na isinampa ng grupo ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez […]
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