Syria crisis
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Trump’s Syria Strike Sends Not-So-Subtle Warning to U.S. Rivals
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Syria sent a powerful message around the world -- one that could be read very differently in Moscow, Pyongyang and Beijing.
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Putin's Syria Gambit at Risk as Trump Challenges With Strike
EghtesadOnline: Russian President Vladimir Putin risks losing hard-won gains in Syria now that the U.S. has upended the balance of forces by striking at his ally President Bashar al-Assad after…
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Trump Signals No Syria Strategy Change After Missile Strike
EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration warned that it’s ready to take further military action if the regime of Bashar al-Assad wages another chemical attack but gave no indication the U.S.…
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Tomahawk Launches Practiced by U.S. Before Trump Gave Go-Ahead
EghtesadOnline: Sailing in the eastern Mediterranean, a pair of U.S. destroyers twice rehearsed firing a fusillade of million-dollar missiles toward a Syrian airbase before President Donald Trump…
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Turkey Holds Out Hope on Trump as Syria Strategies Finally Align
EghtesadOnline: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was fuming, but in a novel twist it wasn’t about U.S. relations.
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Russia Bashes Trump as Syria Gas Attack Hits Detente Hopes
EghtesadOnline: Russia accused President Donald Trump of rushing to judgement after an apparent poison-gas attack in Syria prompted the harshest U.S. criticism of the Kremlin under the new administrat…
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Syrian FM dismisses any use of chemical weapons by Damascus
EghtesadOnline: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on Thursday that Damascus condemns use of chemical weapons adding Syria 'did not and will not use this kind of weapons'.
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Iran slams chemical attack in Syria, urges disarmament of terrorist groups
EghtesadOnline: Iran has strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, underling the need for disarming terrorists operating in the Arab country.
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Erdogan, Putin discuss suspected gas attack on Syria's Idlib: presidential sources
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a suspected gas attack on Syria's rebel-held Idlib on Tuesday, Turkish presidential sources said.
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France wants U.N. Security Council to meet after 'disgusting' Syria gas attack
EghtesadOnline: France's foreign minister called on Tuesday for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council after what he said was a "disgusting" gas attack on Syria's rebel-held…
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Suspected gas attack on Syria's rebel-held Idlib kills at least 58: Observatory
EghtesadOnline: A suspected gas attack, believed to be by Syrian government jets, killed at least 58 people including 11 children under the age of eight in the northwestern province of Idlib…
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FAO: Conflicts impose $16bn losses to Syrian agricultural sector
EghtesadOnline: In addition to the severe human suffering, war in Syria has imposed more than $16 billion of lost crop and livestock production and destroyed farming assets, the United Nations'…
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Iran to host Astana meeting over Syria on April 18-19
EghtesadOnline: Iran will host the next round of Astana meeting over Syrian settlement on April 18-19, 2017.
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Syrian jets bomb rebel-held eastern Damascus suburbs, dozens killed
EghtesadOnline: Syrian jets on Monday bombed residential areas in the eastern countryside of Damascus killing and injuring dozens in some of the heaviest bombing raids on the main rebel enclave…
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Syrian Army liberates village in Hama province
EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Army, continuing their operation in north of Hama province, purged Maardis village of Daesh (ISIS) and other terrorist groups members.
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Turkish FM: 50,000 Return to Areas Ankara Controls in Syria
EghtesadOnline: Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians and refugees have returned to an area controlled by Turkey and Turkish-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria, Turkey's foreign minister…
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Syria deal to evacuate Shi'ites and Sunnis from towns: source, Observatory
EghtesadOnline: The Shi'ite populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni rebels and their families from two opposition-held towns…
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Russia can use Iran bases for anti-terror battle in Syria: Zarif
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran could, if necessary, allow Russia to use its military bases on “a case by case basis” for missions against terrorists in Syria.
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Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion: monitor
EghtesadOnline: Hundreds of rebels left their last bastion in Syria's Homs city on Monday, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with…
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U.S.-backed Syrian militias say pause operations near Tabqa dam
EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they temporarily halted military operations near the hydroelectric Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates river on Monday to allow government engineers access…
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U.S.-backed Syrian militia makes gains against Islamic State
EghtesadOnline: A Kurdish and Arab Syrian militia backed by the United States has captured the town of Karama as it prepares for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa that it expects…
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UN urges Iran, Russia, Turkey to resume Syria talks in Astana
EghtesadOnline: The UN has called on Iran, Russia and Turkey to convene a fresh round of peace talks between Damascus and opposition groups in Astana, Kazakhstan, to bring the situation on the…
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Russians bombing Syrian rebels near Hama, Syrian military source says
EghtesadOnline: Russian warplanes are taking part in air strikes against insurgents to help repel a major attack on Syrian government-held areas near the city of Hama, a Syrian military source…
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Russia says has no plans for new military bases in Syria
EghtesadOnline: Russia does not plan to open new military bases in Syria, the defense ministry said on Monday, after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it had reached a deal with Moscow for…
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Turkey won't accept 'region of terror' in northern Syria, deputy PM says
EghtesadOnline: Turkey will not accept a "region of terror" in northern Syria and the ethnic structure of the area should be kept intact, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on…
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U.S.-allied Kurd militia says struck Syria base deal with Russia
EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would…
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Clashes Break Out in Syrian Capital After Insurgents Attack
EghtesadOnline: Fierce clashes broke out in the Syrian capital on Sunday after insurgents infiltrated government-held parts of the city through tunnels overnight, a rare if brief advance after…
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Spox strongly condemns attack on mosque in Syria’s Aleppo
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Saturday strongly condemned air raid on a mosque in the suburbs of Aleppo in Syria, which killed or injured tens of prayers worshipers.
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Syrian rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with government
EghtesadOnline: Rebel fighters and their families began leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, state media and a Reuters witness said, under an evacuation deal with…
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Syria Retaliates Against Israeli Airstrikes as Tensions Escalate
EghtesadOnline: Israeli airstrikes on Syrian targets overnight triggered the most visible skirmish between the two neighbors since Syria’s civil war began in 2011.