A military jet on Friday conducted an airstrike on the rebel-held Syrian town where a suspected chemical attack left dozens dead earlier this week and pushed the U.S. into its first direct military action in the country, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based monitoring group with extensive […]
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International, Middle East, USAThe Syrian army said a US missile attack on one of its airbases killed six people and caused extensive damage, adding it would respond by continuing its campaign to “crush terrorism” and restore peace and security to all of Syria. A statement from the army command described the attack on Friday as an act of
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International, Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – Washington’s allies Friday supported the US airstrikes on a Syrian airbase in the wake of a chemical attack widely attributed to the Assad government in Damascus, while Russia and Iran slammed the move. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu tweeted: “In both word and action, (Trump) sent a strong and clear message today
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International, Middle East, USABy Saeb Rawashdeh – Apr 07,2017 – Last updated at Apr 07,2017 AMMAN — Despite no “direct literary sources”, a Canadian scholar is piecing together archaeological clues to the origins of the ancient settlement of Humayma in southern Jordan. The first settlement at Humayma, 280km south of Amman and 40km south of Petra, was founded
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSen. John McCain said Friday that the biggest threat facing the United States is not coming from the Middle East, it is coming from the “crazy fat kid” in North Korea – alluding to the nation’s leader Kim Jong-un. As a result, Mr. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said it was
Largest-ever single deal for Israel Aircraft Industries is for medium-range system; long-range system to go to Indian aircraft carrier in separate sale By Times of Israel staff IAI’s MRSAM missile during the test June 2016 (Courtesy Israel Aerospace Industries) Israel Aerospace Industries said Thursday it had signed its largest-ever deal to supply India with advanced
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International, Middle EastIn the wake of a heinous chemical weapons attack in Syria on Tuesday that reportedly killed 86 people including 27 children, on Thursday night President Trump ordered airstrikes on the airbase from which that attack was launched. Trump’s order was his first direct assault on a foreign nation through executive order. This decision is troublesome
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Middle East, USAA Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’ By Jacob Magid Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv attends a ceremony for a new Torah scroll brought to the synagogue of the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 9, 2015.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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Middle EastTel Aviv- Several Israeli officials have considered the chemical attack in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province a direct security threat to Israel and not just the Syrian people. The officials urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to take action to deter such a threat. Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, head of the Institute for National
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Middle EastThis is the transcript of President Donald Trump’s remarks on Syria delivered Thursday night at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., as provided by the White House. “My fellow Americans: On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of
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Middle East, USANBC News reports that the United States has resumed strikes against Syrian targets, firing over 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles in an attack against a single airfield inside the country. The airfield in western Syria is believed to be the same airfield used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to launch the Sarin gas attack that killed
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Middle East, USAGlobal powers debate, argue and look to ways to exploit the chemical attack on Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province, northwest Syria. But the reality for those targeted is a bundle of grief, fear and fury. Here are two eyewitness accounts from those bereaved by this callous disregard for international law. Syrian father cradles gas attack
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is hard to explain why Bashar Assad used nerve gas — probably Sarin — in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s northern Idlib province. On the surface, at least, it would seem to be a totally counterproductive and reckless move likely to anger the
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International, Middle East, Shoshana BryenParis police are checking suspicions that a 27-year-old Muslim murdered his Jewish neighbor, Sarah Lucy Halimi, following a confrontation in her apartment. According to a report in Yediot Aharonot, 66-year-old Halimi was attacked by the terrorist as she slept in her bed. He stabbed her and pushed her from her third-story apartment to her death
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