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Evacuation of Idlib, Rif Dimashq towns postponed: Reports
Apr 13, 2017 02:27Reports says the evacuation of four Syrian towns in the Provinces of Idlib and Rif Dimashq, which was to take place on Wednesday as part of a deal between Damascus and militants, has been postponed.
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Syria’s UN envoy says US-led coalition protects terrorists
Apr 13, 2017 01:09Syria's Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja'afari says the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group is targeting Syrian infrastructure and protecting terrorist groups.
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Trump: 'We are not going into Syria'
Apr 12, 2017 12:12US President Donald Trump has ruled out sending American troops to Syria to fight the government of President Bashar al-Assad, insisting that defeating Daesh (ISIL) remains Washington’s first priority.
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Russia warns US not to repeat Syria strike
Apr 12, 2017 07:59Russia has cautioned the United States against staging a repeat of its recent unauthorized missile strike against Syria, which risked sparking a direct confrontation between Moscow and Washington.
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US accuses Russia of covering up Syrian govt.'s role in gas attack
Apr 12, 2017 07:59The United States has accused Russia of trying to cover up the role of the Syrian government in the recent suspected chemical weapons attack in northwestern Syria, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Moscow.
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Reviving the ‘chemical weapons’ lie
Apr 12, 2017 04:46Here it comes again. As the enemies of peace continue to pressure a new US President into deeper war commitments overseas, and as Washington’s Deep State works relentlessly opposing Russian moves in Syria at every turn, the war drums have started again – beating harder than ever now, clamouring for a new US-led attack on Syria.
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Syria, militants set to evacuate 4 towns as part of deal: Sources
Apr 12, 2017 01:39The Syrian government and militants are reportedly set to begin the evacuation of four towns in Idlib and Rif Dimashq as part of a deal they reached late last month.
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Amnesty criticizes US “knee-jerk reaction" towards Syria airbase
Apr 12, 2017 01:05Amnesty International has mildly criticized a recent US strike on a Syrian airbase, noting that a "knee-jerk reaction" is no substitute for a proper investigation into chemical attacks.
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UN draft resolution urges probe into Syria’s gas attack
Apr 12, 2017 00:57A new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution drafted by Britain, France and the US has called for an investigation into a suspected chemical attack in Syria.
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Syrian students protest US missile attack on army airfield
Apr 11, 2017 13:28Hundreds of Syrian students have held a demonstration in the capital, Damascus, to voice their outrage at Washington’s recent missile strikes against a Syrian army air base widely condemned as an act of aggression.