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US strikes destroyed Syrian means to deliver chemical weapons – admiral
Michelle Howard declined to give any details about the flight path of the missiles, or the US military assessment of the damage caused.
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Red Cross: Situation in Syria constitutes international armed conflict
ICRC spokeswoman says according to available information, the US attack on Syrian military infrastructure amounts to an international armed conflict.
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Trump says he ordered military strikes against Assad airbase in Syria
US officials said the military launched dozens of cruise missile strikes against an airbase controlled by Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
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White smoke signalled gas attack on Syrian town
At least 70 people, many of them children, were killed by what two U.S. government sources say was sarin gas.
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Pope 'horrified' by Syria chemical weapons attack
Francis also condemned the bombing on Tuesday of the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia, which killed 14 people.
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US, France, Britain propose UN resolution on Syria gas attack
The three countries blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces for the attack, which killed dozens of people.
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Scores reported killed in gas attack on Syrian rebel area
The head of the health authority in rebel-held Idlib said more than 50 people had been killed and 300 wounded.
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Around 40,000 Syrians displaced by fighting near Hama - UN
Since a rebel offensive began in the area a week ago, people have fled south and west to Hama city.
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Air strike kills 16 in Syrian prison - Observatory
The Observatory said it had received information that some of those who died were shot dead while attempting to flee the prison after the air strike hit one side of it.
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Depeche Mode return with new album 'Spirit'
The group is back, releasing their 14th studio album which the British synth-pop musicians describe as "bleak".
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Syrian forces and rebels fight fierce clashes in northeast Damascus
Witnesses said the army deployed tanks in some adjacent neighbourhoods, and troops could be seen patrolling on foot.
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Air strike on mosque near Aleppo in Syria kills 42 – monitor
The Syrian and Russian military have carried out many air strikes in Idlib and Aleppo provinces during the war.
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UN: Syria deliberately bombed Damascus water supply
Syria’s air force committed a war crime by cutting off water for 5.5 million people in and around the capital Damascus, the UN says.
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Syria a ‘torture-chamber’, says UN in call to free detainees
The top UN human rights official called for tens of thousands of detainees to be released from Syria’s prisons.
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Syrian war monitor says 465,000 killed, missing in six years of fighting
The war began six years ago on Wednesday with protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
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The rising death toll in Syrian conflict
It is estimated that more than 300,000 people have been killed since fighting began in 2011.
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Russia cautiously optimistic on Syria peace deal
President Vladimir Putin said his country is cautiously optimistic on the chances for a peace deal in Syria.
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Syrian forces a 'few weeks' from Raqqa, US Marines deploy
A Kurdish military source told Reuters that further US reinforcements were expected to arrive in the coming days.
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US weighs deploying up to 1,000 ‘reserve’ troops for Islamic State fight
The officials said the deployment would differ from the existing US troop presence in Kuwait.
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Bombings, air strikes in Syria rattle Geneva peace talks
The envoy is looking to lay the foundations for negotiations to end the conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions.
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Attack on Syrian security forces in Homs kills 42
It said that the attacks had killed 32 people including General Hassan Daaboul, the head of the military security branch.
