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Putin says would be ‘utter nonsense’ for Assad to use chemical arms

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday it would be “utter nonsense” for the Syrian government to use chemical weapons when it was

Sixth U.S. ship now in eastern Mediterranean ‘as precaution’

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be

International weapons experts leave Syria, U.S. prepares attack

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – U.N. experts left Syria on Saturday after investigating a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, and the United States said it was planning

France says ready to punish Syria despite British no vote

YoopyaAug 30, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – France said on Friday it still backed action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government for an apparent poison gas attack on civilians, despite a

Russia sends warships to Mediterranean as Syria tension rises

YoopyaAug 29, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Russia is sending two warships to the east Mediterranean, Interfax news agency said on Thursday, but Moscow denied this meant it was beefing up its

Obama makes case for punishing Syria, but possible delays loom

YoopyaAug 29, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike againstSyria in response to last week’s chemical weapons attack even as he faced

Syrian coalition urges strike on Assad, military support

YoopyaAug 29, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – The opposition Syrian National Coalition urged Western powers to launch a punitive strike against Bashar al-Assad’s government quickly and offer real military and

U.S. intelligence committees say they’re not properly consulted on Syria

YoopyaAug 29, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. congressional intelligence committee leaders believe the Obama administration has not properly consulted them as the president engages in final deliberations for possible

Analysis: Strike on Syria could trigger retaliatory attacks, cyberwar

YoopyaAug 29, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – It’s a truism often repeated in the Pentagon and across the U.S. security establishment: In war, the enemy gets a vote. A U.S.-led

UK’s Cameron forced to delay strike against Syria

YoopyaAug 29, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron was forced on Wednesday to push back his plans for an imminent military strike against Syria in a humiliating climb-down for