Photos claiming to show ‘staged’ Syria chemical attack are from film
- 17-Apr-2018
Photographs which claim to show Syrian volunteer rescue workers, known as the White Helmets, staging a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta were actually taken from a film set.
Watchdog investigates chemical attack in Syria
- 09-Apr-2018
THE HAGUE: The global watchdog working to eradicate chemical weapons is investigating reports of a suspected poison gas attack on the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma, its head said Monday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “made a preliminary analysis of the reports of the alleged use of chemical weapons immediately after they […]
Trump says ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical attack
- 09-Apr-2018
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Sunday there would be a “big price to pay” after aid groups said dozens of people were killed by poison gas in a besieged rebel-held town in Syria, an attack the opposition blamed on Syrian government forces. As international officials worked to try to confirm the chemical attack […]
Syria chemical attack: what we know
- 08-Apr-2018
An alleged chemical attack in Syria’s rebel-held Douma has sparked international outrage, with Washington warning Sunday of possible military action, while Damascus and Moscow said the reports were mere “fabrications”. What happened? Syria’s White Helmets, who act as first responders in rebel-held areas of Syria, said the attack took place late on Saturday using “poisonous […]
US says Assad may be preparing chemical attack
- 27-Jun-2017
WASHINGTON: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing another chemical weapons attack, one that would result in the “mass murder” of civilians, the White House said Monday, warning the regime would pay a “heavy price” if it went ahead with such an assault. The White House said the preparations were similar to those undertaken by […]
Syria’s Assad says chemical attack ‘100 percent fabrication’
- 13-Apr-2017
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town was a “fabrication” to justify a US military strike, in an exclusive AFP interview. “Definitely, 100 percent for us, it’s fabrication… Our impression is that the West, mainly the United States, is hand-in-glove with the terrorists. They fabricated the whole story […]
Tillerson to confront Russia over support for Assad
- 11-Apr-2017
MOSCOW: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew into Moscow on Tuesday to confront Russia about its support for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad after a suspected chemical weapons massacre. Tillerson is the first senior US official to visit Moscow since President Donald Trump took office promising to seek closer anti-terrorist cooperation with Russia, but as he […]
UK defense minister: Russia responsible by proxy for Syria chemical deaths
- 09-Apr-2017
LONDON: Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At least 70 people died in what the United States says was a chemical weapons attack in […]
Six years of conflict in Syria
- 08-Apr-2017
BEIRUT: US warships fired a volley of missiles at a Syrian airbase on Friday in response to a suspected chemical attack on April 4 that killed dozens of civilians. It was the latest twist in a complex six-year civil war that has left Syria in ruins. The conflict began with peaceful protests against the regime […]
White smoke signaled gas attack on Syrian town
- 05-Apr-2017
BEIRUT: The Syrian army jet that hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun at dawn dropped three conventional bombs and a fourth one that made little sound at impact but produced a cloud of white smoke, according to an activist observing from a nearby hilltop.