tag US-Syria

If Trump Wants to Fight Iran, He'll Soon Get the Chance in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in eastern Syria is surrounded by some of the world’s strongest military powers. Their forces are advancing on several fronts. The battlefield odds aren’t even close.
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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 05:23

Trump gives Pentagon power to reset Iraq, Syria troop limits

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump has given the military the authority to reset a confusing system of troop limits in Iraq and Syria that critics said allowed the White House to micro-manage battlefield decisions and ultimately obscured the real number of U.S. forces.
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Publish Date:27/April/2017 | 06:05

Syrian President Assad's allies say U.S. attack crosses 'red lines'

EghtesadOnline: A joint command center made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base crossed "red lines" and it would now respond to any new aggression and increase their level of support to their ally.
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Publish Date:09/April/2017 | 13:59

World must act on US missile strikes in Syria: Iran MPs

EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers say international bodies must take action on the recent US missile strikes against Syria, slamming the attack as a violation of the Arab country’s national sovereignty.
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Publish Date:09/April/2017 | 13:39

Zarif sees US missile attack very perilous fallacy

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday strongly condemned the US missile attacks to Syrian and called the move as a very perilous fallacy running counter to international rules and regulations.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 24:53

Trump ordered Syrian air strike before dinner with Xi

EghtesadOnline: In a secure room at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, President Donald Trump's top military advisers presented him with three options for punishing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a poison gas attack that killed dozens of civilians.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:54

Nasrallah: US wants fighting in Syria to continue

EghtesadOnline: Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that the US will continue supporting terrorists in Syria to go on with fighting the national military.
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Publish Date:13/October/2016 | 10:00

Iran cautions US on arbitrary actions in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Foreign Minister for legal and international affairs Abbas Araqchi said that Iran has cautioned US over arbitrary actions in Syria.
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Publish Date:03/July/2017 | 04:57

Turkey Says U.S.-Backed Assault to Retake Raqqa Begins

EghtesadOnline: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from its Raqqa stronghold in Syria has begun, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:43

U.S. says Iranian-directed convoy targeted by U.S. strike in Syria

EghtesadOnline: The United States said on Friday it believed forces in a convoy targeted by U.S. military aircraft in southern Syria on Thursday were Iranian-directed, in a possible sign of increased tension between Washington and Tehran in the Syrian war.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 05:43

U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting Islamic State, despite Turkey's ire

EghtesadOnline: Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:10/May/2017 | 05:24