SYRIA POLITICS: US Would Consider No-Fly Zone in Syria If Russia Agrees
“If our two countries work together to establish stability on the ground, it will lay a foundation for progress on the settlement of Syria’s political future,” Tillerson said.
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USA POLITICS: Assad’s Fate in Hands of Russia: Tillerson Says
“What happens to Assad is Russia’s issue, not the US government’s,” Tillerson told the UN chief in the private meeting, according to sources close to the magazine.
SYRIA POLITICS: Bashar al-Assad Appears on Syrian Currency for First Time
President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian currency for the first time, his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that went into circulation on Sunday.
SYRIA POLITICS: US Official Threatens Syria Over ‘Gas Attack Plan’
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said President Assad and the Syrian military would “pay a heavy price” if they went ahead with the alleged plan.
USA POLITICS: Assad, Allies Will Ultimately Drive U.S. Out of Syria: Robert Ford Ex-US Envoy
Robert Ford, former US ambassador to Syria said US mistaken in supporting to opposition back in 2011 and demanding President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.
ISRAEL POLITICS: Time to ‘Assassinate Bashar al-Assad’: Yoav Galant Israeli Lawmaker
An Israeli minister Yoav Galant called for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, likening his regime to the Nazis during World War II.
SYRIA POLITICS: Revealed! Russia to Deploy Ground Forces to Syria: Syrian Military Says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Damascus and Moscow were engaged in negotiations to put into operation more air defense systems inside Syria.
UK POLITICS: ‘Revoke Assad Wife Asma al-Assad UK Citizenship’: Tom Brake Liberal Democrats
Bashar al-Assad’s wife should lose her British citizenship if she support Bashar al-Assad her husband, Liberal Democrats said. Asma al-Assad was born in UK.
NORTH KOREA POLITICS: Mike Pence Warns North Korea of US Resolve
“Just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan. North Korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the United States in this region.”
SYRIA POLITICS: US Missile Strike in Syria Orchestrated: Lavrov Russian FM
“There’s growing evidence that this was staged,” Lavrov said at a Moscow news conference with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts on Friday. Publications including in the U.S. and the U.K. have highlighted “many inconsistencies” in the version of events in Syria’s Idlib province that was used to justify the American airstrikes, he said.
SYRIA POLITICS: Idlib Chemical Attack ‘Fabrication’: Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an alleged poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 percent fabrication” used to justify a U.S. air strike, news agency AFP reported on Thursday.
USA POLITICS: Trump Spokesman Spicer Comment, ‘Hitler Didn’t Use Chemical Weapons’ Backfires
“Sean Spicer must be fired, and the President must immediately disavow his spokesman’s statements,” Nancy Pelosi said in a statement.
SYRIA POLITICS: Assad Allies to Trump: US Crosses ‘Red Lines’ For Bombing Syria Air Base
Assad Allies: “From now on we will respond with force to any aggressor or breach of red lines from whoever it is, America knows our ability to respond well.”
IRAN POLITICS: Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to US: Iran Not Cowed By U.S. Attack on Syria
Iran’s Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Iran won’t “retreat from the field”.
IRAN POLITICS: Rouhani Calls Bashar al-Assad to Stress Backing for Syrian State
Iran President Hassan Rouhani condemns US missile strike on Syria as violation of its sovereignty. Assad determined to crush terrorism in Syrian territory.
NORTH KOREA POLITICS: Kim Jong Un Calls US Missile Strike in Syria ‘Unforgivable Act of Aggression’
Al-Assad thanked Kim for recognizing the Syrian struggle to “meet such challenges as sinister actions of the world’s terrorists and encouraged Syria to successfully weather the crisis without fail,” KCNA said.
IRAN POLITICS: Rouhani Wants Chemical Attack in Syria Investigated
“We are asking for impartial international fact-finding body to be set up to find out where these chemical weapons came from,” Iranian President Rouhani.
USA POLITICS: Trump In Abrupt Shift on Syria, Turns to Military Advisers
“I think it does demonstrate that President Trump is willing to act when governments and actors cross the line … It is clear that President Trump made that statement to the world,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters.
SYRIA POLITICS: US Strikes On Syria One Step Away Clashing With Russia: Medvedev
U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base were one step away from clashing with the Russian military, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged on Friday, underscoring the risks in U.S. President Donald Trump’s first major foray into the Syrian civil war.
SYRIA POLITICS: US-Russia Relations: US Hardens Their Positions
👤PoliticoscopePressure both economic and military such as sanctions and displacement from Syria and Libya shows that Washington uses any chance to prevent Putin from being elected in 2018.
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