Syria

  • Apr 6, 2017
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US ire at Syria gas attack could sour Moscow ties

Washington has raised the prospect of unspecified unilateral action in response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria

United States
  • Apr 5, 2017
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Western outrage will fail to halt Syrian war crimes

Moscow claims that a suspected nerve gas attack was the rebels’ fault

Syria
  • Apr 4, 2017
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Tensions on the Israel-Syria-Lebanon border will rise

Israel has completed the final layer in its missile defence shield

Israel
  • Apr 3, 2017
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Russian-US accord will frustrate Turkey's Syria policy

Russia has blocked Erdogan’s options in Syria and he has no choice but to put up with it

Turkey
  • Apr 3, 2017
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Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold may shift

US-backed forces face resistance and rising refugee flows as they approach Raqqa

Syria
  • Mar 30, 2017
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Turkish forces will stay in Syria, but cautiously

On the eve of a sensitive US visit, Ankara has announced the end of ‘Operation Euphrates Shield’

Syria
  • Mar 29, 2017
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Qatar and Iran could step up Syrian diplomatic role

Opposition forces are complaining about a new evacuation deal with the government covering besieged areas

Syria
  • Mar 23, 2017
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Fighting near Syria’s Tabqa dam could cause flooding

Washington airlifted Kurdish-led rebels to attack Islamic State (IS) in Tabqa

Syria