Us airstrikes in syria
US bombs Syrian army position near Tanf: pro-Assad commander
Tanf is part of a region known as the Badia, which consists of vast, sparsely populated desert territory that stretches to the Jordanian and Iraqi borders.
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Syrian state media says dozens of Israeli rockets fired into Syria
The scale of Israeli fire was far higher than in previous incidents and Damascus residents described seeing a series of explosions above the city from air defense systems.
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Air strikes pound Syria's last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians
President Bashar al-Assad’s government has vowed to retake all of Syria from rebels who have lost large swaths of the territory they have held in a war now entering its eighth year.
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Israel says it will intensify response to Syrian fire
During Syria’s more than six-year-old conflict, Israel has returned fire across the border, including stray shells from fighting among Syrian combatants.
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US, Russia and Iran draw new red lines in Syria
Moscow warned Washington it would treat any US-led coalition planes in its area of operations as potential targets after the US air force downed a Syrian jet.
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Monitor: Suspected US air strikes kill 23 in east Syria
A war monitor said air strikes, thought to be by planes from a US-led military coalition, killed at least 23 people in two parts of Deir al-Zor.
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Assad allies say US attack on Syria air base crosses ‘red lines’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, meanwhile, blamed Russian inaction for helping fuel the chemical weapons attack it had reacted to.
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Trump aides differ over Assad’s future after Syria attack
A White House official said any difference in nuance was inadvertent and unintentional, and declined to comment further.
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North Korea calls US strikes on Syria ‘unforgivable’
North Korea is believed to be developing missiles capable of hitting the United States and a nuclear arsenal in defiance of UN sanctions.
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Abe praises Trump’s security commitment after call on Syria, North Korea
The two agreed that the United States, Japan and South Korea will remain in close contact on North Korea.
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Trump ordered Syrian air strike before dinner with Xi
Mattis and McMaster argued that choosing that target would draw the clearest line between Assad’s use of nerve gas and the retaliatory strike.
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Hillary Clinton calls for US to bomb Syrian air fields
Clinton also called Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election a theft more damaging than Watergate.
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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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Pentagon: US air strike in Syria kills over 100 al-Qaeda members
The strike took place just a day after more than 80 Islamic State militants were killed in US air strikes in Libya.
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Air strike kills top commander of former Nusra group in Syria
The commander Abu Hajer al Homsi, whose alias is Abu Omar Saraqeb, was killed in a rural area of Aleppo.
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Brother of Syrian boy pictured in Aleppo dies of his wounds
Ali Daqneesh was wounded in Wednesday’s air strike, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Air strikes on refugee camp in Syria kill 28
The death toll at the camp near the town of Sarmada is expected to rise.
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US-led air strikes kill IS leaders linked to Paris attacks
A coalition air strike on 24 December in Syria killed Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syria-based Islamic State member.
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British jets complete first air strikes on Syria
Tornado bombers took off from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus and made strikes on targets in Syria.
