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Syria Chemical Attack Is War Crime: Human Rights Watch Chief
A suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad's government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Russia Vetoes UN Draft Resolution On Syria Gas Attack Probe
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN draft resolution demanding the Syrian government cooperate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack that the West blames on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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Russian Response To Strikes Disappointing, Unsurprising: Rex Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed disappointment Friday at Russia's hostile reaction to missile strikes against Syria, but said Moscow's trenchant support for the regime was unsurprising.
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UN Divided Over Syria Gas Attack Probe As US Launches Missile Strike
The UN Security Council failed Thursday to reach agreement on demands for a thorough investigation of the suspected chemical attack in Syria, as the United States launched a barrage of missiles against a Syrian airfield. During a closed-door meeting, the top UN body discussed three separate draft resolutions on the inquiry, but there was no vote on...
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Hinting At Action, Trump Says Chemical Attack In Syria 'Crossed A Lot Of Lines For Me'
President Donald Trump confronted the enormity of the six-year-old Syrian conflict on Wednesday, acknowledging that he now bears responsibility for a war his predecessor could not end, but offering no specifics on what he could do differently.
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Russia Says Syria Gas Incident Caused By Rebels' Own Chemical Arsenal
Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that a poisonous gas contamination in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was the result of gas leaking from a rebel chemical weapons depot after it was hit by Syrian government air strikes.
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Syria Gas Attack Kills Dozens
Scores of Syrians, many of them women and young children, were killed Tuesday in one of the deadliest chemical attacks of the country's six-year war, according to doctors, rescue workers and witnesses.
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Syria Rebels Tell Fighters To 'Ignite Fronts' To Avenge Gas Attack
Syrian rebels including Al-Qaeda's former affiliate vowed on Tuesday to avenge the deaths of dozens of people in a suspected gas attack, calling on allied fighters to "ignite the fronts".
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European Union Puts Responsibility Of Syrian Gas Attack On Bashar Al-Assad
The regime of Bashar al-Assad bears 'primary responsibility' after a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 people in a rebel-held town in Syria, EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said.
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France Wants Syria's Gas Attack To Be Discussed At UN Security Council
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 Idlib province.
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Syria Gas Attack Video Moves UN Security Council Envoys to Tears
Members of the United Nations Security Council teared up on Thursday when Syrian doctors showed a video of failed attempts to resuscitate three children after a chlorine gas attack in March, prompting renewed calls for accountability.
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Syrian Army Denies Reports that it Killed 6 in Gas Attack
A group monitoring the Syrian civil war said today government forces carried out a poison gas attack that killed six people in the northwest, and medics posted videos of children suffering what they said was suffocation.
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Syria Chemical Attack Is War Crime: Human Rights Watch Chief
A suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad's government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Russia Vetoes UN Draft Resolution On Syria Gas Attack Probe
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN draft resolution demanding the Syrian government cooperate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack that the West blames on President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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Russian Response To Strikes Disappointing, Unsurprising: Rex Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed disappointment Friday at Russia's hostile reaction to missile strikes against Syria, but said Moscow's trenchant support for the regime was unsurprising.
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UN Divided Over Syria Gas Attack Probe As US Launches Missile Strike
The UN Security Council failed Thursday to reach agreement on demands for a thorough investigation of the suspected chemical attack in Syria, as the United States launched a barrage of missiles against a Syrian airfield. During a closed-door meeting, the top UN body discussed three separate draft resolutions on the inquiry, but there was no vote on...
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Hinting At Action, Trump Says Chemical Attack In Syria 'Crossed A Lot Of Lines For Me'
President Donald Trump confronted the enormity of the six-year-old Syrian conflict on Wednesday, acknowledging that he now bears responsibility for a war his predecessor could not end, but offering no specifics on what he could do differently.
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Russia Says Syria Gas Incident Caused By Rebels' Own Chemical Arsenal
Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that a poisonous gas contamination in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was the result of gas leaking from a rebel chemical weapons depot after it was hit by Syrian government air strikes.
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Syria Gas Attack Kills Dozens
Scores of Syrians, many of them women and young children, were killed Tuesday in one of the deadliest chemical attacks of the country's six-year war, according to doctors, rescue workers and witnesses.
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Syria Rebels Tell Fighters To 'Ignite Fronts' To Avenge Gas Attack
Syrian rebels including Al-Qaeda's former affiliate vowed on Tuesday to avenge the deaths of dozens of people in a suspected gas attack, calling on allied fighters to "ignite the fronts".
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European Union Puts Responsibility Of Syrian Gas Attack On Bashar Al-Assad
The regime of Bashar al-Assad bears 'primary responsibility' after a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 people in a rebel-held town in Syria, EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said.
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France Wants Syria's Gas Attack To Be Discussed At UN Security Council
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 Idlib province.
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Syria Gas Attack Video Moves UN Security Council Envoys to Tears
Members of the United Nations Security Council teared up on Thursday when Syrian doctors showed a video of failed attempts to resuscitate three children after a chlorine gas attack in March, prompting renewed calls for accountability.
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Syrian Army Denies Reports that it Killed 6 in Gas Attack
A group monitoring the Syrian civil war said today government forces carried out a poison gas attack that killed six people in the northwest, and medics posted videos of children suffering what they said was suffocation.
