Tag: Syria

Syria denies use of chemical weapons

“We will facilitate the arrival of the team to anywhere they want, in Douma, to check whether or not there was any use of chemical weapons,” Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari told reporters, while discussing the mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which  is on its way to Syria….

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Trump and May vow to deter Assad

British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump have agreed to continue working on a coordinated response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma, they woved  it would not “go unchallenged.” The UK and US leaders discussed Syria in a phone call on Thurthday (12/04/2018) , a Downing Street spokesperson said in…

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Russians vow retaliation for possible Syria missile attack

Kremlin ambassador to Lebanon said any U.S. missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted, a step that could lead to a major escalation in the Syrian war. ‘Smart missiles’ should hit terrorists, not legitimate government — Russian diplomat https://t.co/gZ8nDWppvT pic.twitter.com/GT48mCR3Pe — TASS (@tassagency_en) April 11, 2018 Russian Ambassador Alexander…

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Pontifex calls for peace ending conflicts and “carnage”

Pope Francis, in his traditional Easter address called for peace in the Holy Land two days after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border, saying the conflict there “does not spare the defenseless”. Pontifex made his appeal in his “Urbi et Orbi” – to the city and the world – message from the central…

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EU-Turkey meeting in Varna

The EU-Turkey leaders’ meeting will take place on 26 March at the Evksinograd residence in Varna, Bulgaria. It will bring together Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (pictured), and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey. This working dinner will be an occasion to assess matters of mutual interest and…

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#Ghouta: Jabhat al-Nusra opened fire at humanitarian corridor

Civilians have no opportunity to leave Eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, amid mortar shellings of the humanitarian corridor near Vafidin, chief of the group controlling the de-escalation zone in the area general Viktor Pankov said, TASS agency reported. Militants shelling Eastern Ghouta stops civilians from exiting under ‘humanitarian pause’https://t.co/TOe4995P5L pic.twitter.com/aD2sIG5yOJ — TASS (@tassagency_en) February 27,…

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EU extends measures against Syria’s officials

On 26 February 2018, the Council added the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Information of the government of Syria to the list of those targeted by EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime in view of the gravity of the situation in the country. These additions were made to take into account recent…

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Ankara requests extradition of Kurdish politician

Ankara has officially requested the extradition of  the former Syrian Kurdish PYD leader Saleh Muslim from the Czech Republic, Turkey’s government spokesman said on after authorities arrested Muslim in Prague a day earlier. https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/968039206764335104 Speaking during an interview with broadcaster NTV, Bekir Bozdag said Turkey’s justice ministry had delivered the extradition request to Czech authorities…

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