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(Reuters) — United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Sunday (April 9) peace in Syria would not be possible if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained in power. “In no way do we look at peace happening in that area with Iranian influence. In no way do we see peace in that area with Russia covering up for Assad. In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad […]
by Carole LANDRY / with Omar Haj Kadour in Khan Sheikhun Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States warned Friday it is ready to hit Syria again after a missile strike that infuriated Moscow and fueled calls for a push to end the six-year war. US Ambassador Nikki Haley delivered the warning at an emergency session of the UN Security Council called after the US strikes, which were launched to punish […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Far-right backers of US President Donald Trump rebelled Friday after he ordered a missile strike to punish Syria for a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people. Bandying the hashtag #Syriahoax, leaders of the “Alt-Right” white nationalist fringe lashed out at the president for abandoning his election campaign stances. Some denied the suspected chemical attack took place. Others rejected the broadly accepted […]
“There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security council,” says United States President Donald Trump as he ordered a targeted military strike on a Syrian airfield. Below is US President Trump’s full statement: “On Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al Assad launched a horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the United States strike on a Syrian airbase early Friday as an “aggression against a sovereign state,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian agencies. “President Putin considers American strikes on Syria aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international norms, and under an invented pretext,” Peskov was reported as saying.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) –A United States strike on a Syrian airbase ordered in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack killed four soldiers on Friday and virtually destroyed its facilities, a monitoring group said. “An air commodore was among the four soldiers killed,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The airbase was almost completely destroyed — the runway, the fuel tanks and the air defences were all blown to pieces,” the Britain-based monitoring group said. […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Russia warned the United States on Thursday that there could be “negative consequences” if Washington takes military action against Syria. “All responsibility if military action occurs will be on the shoulders of those who initiated such a doubtful tragic enterprise,” Russian Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov told reporters following a closed-door Security Council meeting on Syria. Safronkov said he had been “frank” during the meeting, telling the council: “We have to […]
WEST PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said Washington would make an “appropriate response” to Tuesday’s suspected chemical attack in Syria, while calling for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. “We are considering an appropriate response (to the) violations of all previous UN resolutions, violations of international norms,” he said in televised comments at the Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, where he greeted Chinese President […]
by Andrew Beatty PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump greeted Xi Jinping to his Florida resort of Mar-a-Lago with a smile and a handshake Thursday, as cordiality replaced tough anti-China rhetoric during a first face-to-face encounter. Trump, in his signature red power tie, welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi, decked out in contrasting blue, to what the United States leader likes to call the “Winter White House” for a superpower summit in the sun. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will make his first visit to Moscow next week, Russia’s foreign ministry said Wednesday, as the Kremlin looks to improve ties with Donald Trump’s administration. The ministry said the visit on April 11-12 would include talks with counterpart Sergei Lavrov covering international security, including the fight against Islamic State and conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. “We positively rate the stated aim of the new […]
by Paul Handley WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has lost his seat on the powerful National Security Council in a high-level White House shakeup. Trump’s elevation of Bannon to a permanent spot on the NSC had been widely criticized as injecting politics into White House deliberations on sensitive defense, foreign policy and intelligence matters. The move revealed Wednesday was seen as a setback for Bannon, the controversial former […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump told Japanese leader Shinzo Abe on Wednesday that Washington will continue to build its military capabilities to defend against a North Korean attack, the White House said. The pair spoke by phone one day after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, in what analysts said was a warning ahead of a US-China summit at which North Korea’s accelerating atomic weapons program […]
