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Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from alleged Syrian attack site
Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from Syria's Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected gas attack there followed by retaliatory strikes by Western powers on the Syrian government's chemical facilities. The site visit, confirmed by the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, would ...
Moscow slams U.S. for refusing to give Bolshoi prima ballerina a visa
Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday slammed the U.S. for refusing an entry visa to a prima ballerina at the country's Bolshoi Theatre. "It did not come to this even during the Cold War. On the contrary, the arts, including ballet, always helped us to understand ...
Assad still has 'limited' chemical weapons capability: Pentagon
The Syrian regime remains able to conduct chemical attacks, though only at a limited level, the Pentagon said Thursday following last week's international cruise missile strikes on chemical targets. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, director of the U.S. military's Joint Staff, said Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Watchdog OPCW rejects Russia nerve agent claim in case of poisoned ex-spy in U.K.
The head of the global chemical watchdog agency on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that traces of a second nerve agent were discovered in the English city where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned. Britain blames Russia for the attack, which it ...
Jim Mattis disputes report he urged Trump to seek Congress OK for Syria airstrikes
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday pushed back against a report saying he had unsuccessfully urged President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval ahead of last week's airstrikes in Syria. Citing anonymous military and administration officials, the New York Times said Mattis had recommended ...
OPCW probe on hold as U.N. recon team takes fire amid alleged Syria coverup effort
The world's chemical arms watchdog froze its probe into an alleged chemical attack near Damascus Wednesday, demanding "unhindered access" after a United Nations reconnaissance mission came under fire. Four days after reaching the Syrian capital, international inspectors had yet to begin their field work in ...
Kin of poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal denies contact with Russian security services
Viktoria Skripal, a relative of poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, denied having links to security services in an interview to Russian media on Tuesday. Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found slumped on a bench in the English city of Salisbury last ...
Chemical arms experts in Syria finally go to site of alleged deadly attack
International chemical weapons inspectors Tuesday entered Douma, the Syrian town that was the site of a suspected poison gas attack that led to Western airstrikes against the Syrian government, state media reported. The team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in ...
Why Germany didn't join the missile strikes on Syria
Chancellor Angela Merkel's line on the latest Syrian crisis is a smart compromise between domestic stability and loyalty to the U.S.
The United States, France and Britain have said their airstrikes on Syria were a response to a reported chemical attack in a rebel-held Damascus suburb. However, none of the three nations have made public the evidence they might have proving a link between the ...
In Damascus's ravaged farm belt, Douma residents jostle for bread
It used to provide fresh food for the Syrian capital; now its hungry people are queuing for bread handouts from a truck. For over a week now Syrian government flags have flown over Douma, the biggest town in the agricultural eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, ...
Congress ends hesitancy as senators introduce new war powers resolution
The chairman and other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unveiled a bipartisan resolution Monday authorizing the use of military force overseas, accelerating a debate that Congress has been reluctant to have, but that's taking on new urgency after President Donald Trump's strikes ...
