Sentences with phrase «chemical chemical attacks»

Say (as seems likely) that recent chemical chemical attacks in Syria were undertaken by the government.

Not exact matches

The G7 meeting is the first high - level gathering of the allies since the United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles targeting chemical weapons facilities in Syria in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack on April 7.

In separate phone calls to British and Turkish leaders this week, Xi called for an investigation into the alleged chemical attack in the town of Douma by the Syrian government, days after the US and its allies struck three targets in Syria in retaliation.

Saturday's strikes by the U.S., Britain and France were in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian military in eastern Ghouta.

«Together we have sent a clear message to Assad and his murderous lieutenants that they should not perpetrate another chemical weapons attack for which they will be held accountable.»

Later that year, Assad's forces killed nearly 1,500 people in a chemical - weapons attack.

Less than a day after U.S., British and French forces targeted suspected chemical weapons sites in retaliation to an attack that left dozens of civilians dead last week, Trump thanked the U.S. coalition partners.

Trump, a political neophyte then inside his first 100 days in office, attacked an ally of Russia and Iran after intelligence services concluded that Assad's forces had used chemical weapons on Syrian civilians, many of them children.

Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

The U.S. - led airstrikes, which U.S. President Donald Trump described as «perfectly executed,» came after the likely use of chemical weapons in an attack by the Syrian regime on the town of Douma earlier this month.

G - 7 foreign ministers did not reach an agreement to impose new sanctions on Russia following an alleged chemical attack on Syrian soil.

«The warning will probably suffice in dissuading the Assad regime from conducting another mass terror, mass casualty attack on civilians using chemical weapons,» Hof wrote on Tuesday.

«This is the happiest news I have heard in my life,» a resident of Khan Sheikhoun, where the chemical attack took place, told reporter Richard Hall.

Russia President Vladimir Putin asked for an impartial investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Syria that raised sensitivities with most of the Western world.

The administration has sought to improve ties with Russia, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has given no indication that he will abandon Assad, and he still denies that Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in April.

Hours before the US launched the missiles, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state, said the previous administration «should have been more willing to confront Assad» after previous chemical attacks killed thousands of innocent civilians.

When the US struck a Syrian air base over a suspected chemical attack in April 2017, it used Tomahawk missiles launched from US Navy guided - missile destroyer ships.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the biggest intervention yet in the conflict by Western powers.

«We believe that by hitting Barzeh in particular we've attacked the heart of the Syrian chemicals weapon program,» Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon.

The 105 missiles launched overnight in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Syria targeted three chemical weapons facilities, including a research and development in Damascus» Barzeh district and two facilities near Homs, Pentagon officials said.

PARIS, April 14 - France has concluded after analysing «reliable intelligence» and open sources that a chemical attack on Douma on April 7 was carried out by Syrian government forces, a declassified intelligence report showed on Saturday.

The officials spoke hours after President Emmanuel Macron ordered a military intervention in Syria alongside the United States and Britain in an attack which targeted Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.

Ryan's retirement announcement was preceded by a string of tweets from Trump, who touched on subjects including special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling and the response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria on Wednesday.

The face - off intensified after Russia warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave would be shot down.

The State Department said on Friday that it had proof that Syria carried out a recent chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.

President Donald Trump taunted Russia for supporting Syria's president after a suspected chemical attack on rebels, while oil hit its highest since 2014 after Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a missile over Riyadh.

The face - off between the two countries gained ground after Russia warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave would be shot down.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targetting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.

The Pentagon holds a briefing Friday about the joint military action against Syria in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma.

The Trump administration is likely trying to get broader support from allies for air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, says Victor Kattan of the Middle East Institute.

On Friday, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to join France and Britain in launching targeted strikes in Syria, in retaliation for an attack on civilians that employed chemical weapons.

The U.S. - led strike on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack by Bashar al - Assad's forces was specific and not part of a wider campaign, says Dakota Wood of the Heritage Foundation.

After Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the U.S. was preparing fresh sanctions on Russia, in relation to the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, President Donald Trump did a U-turn.

The U.S., France and the U.K. launched military strikes Friday night on what the Pentagon said were three Syrian chlorine and sarin gas research facilities in response to a suspected chemical attack by Syrian leader Bashar al - Assad.

U.S., British and French forces pounded Iran's ally Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in retaliation for a suspected April 7 chemical weapons attack, which they blame on Syrian President Bashar al - Assad's government.

The United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles overnight in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Syria a week ago, targeting what the Pentagon said were three chemical weapons facilities including a research and development in Damascus» Barzeh district and two installations near Homs.

Shortly after the alleged chemical attack on the last rebel - held town in the Eastern Ghouta region of Syria, President Donald Trump blamed Russia President Vladimir Putin and Iran for their respective roles in providing support to the Syrian government.

It came one week after an alleged chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad that killed at least 60 people.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday allegations that Syrian government forces had carried out the chemical weapons attack were not based on real facts and said it wanted an impartial investigation into the incident.

The U.S. State Department said reports of mass casualties from an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma were «horrifying».

Trump thanked France for joining with the United States and Britain in launching airstrikes in Syria earlier this month in response to a chemical weapons attack blamed on Syrian President Bashar al - Assad.

Scores of people were killed in the chemical attack on a rebel - held town in northwestern Syria.

Based on intelligence gathered by Syrian and Russian air defense crews from the U.S. strike exactly a year and a week ago on Shayrat Airbase in Syria, air defense crews were likely well - drilled and prepared to meet a U.S. - led attack on their claimed chemical weapons facilities.

The White House authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles on Thursday evening in response to what President Donald Trump's administration and several U.S. allies claim was a chemical attack by the Assad regime.

But now that Assad's forces are dominant, Kupchan says, Russian has little influence over Assad, who brings negative attention to the alliance through his attacks on civilians, including with chemical weapons.

Russia has denied the claims of a chemical attack and said the U.S. intervention last week was illegal and that it would not be exchanging information with Trump's administration.

Investigative reporter and blogger Eliot Higgins has talked about how Facebook's haste to censor what might be disturbing or controversial imagery can directly impact our understanding of a developing news story: the site removed several pages and posts from Syrian dissident groups and terrorist factions, but in doing so it effectively deleted a key source of information about chemical weapon attacks by the Syrian government.

The metal's price jumped markedly after Trump warned Russia to «get ready» for a missile strike in Syria following a recent chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

In a tweet, he hinted at retaliating against a deadly chemical weapons attack believed to be carried out by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, warning of a «big price» to pay.

Sen. John McCain, R - Ariz., said Sunday that talk of a U.S. withdrawal «emboldened» Assad to carry out the alleged chemical attack.