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Gorbachev calls Western missile attack on Syria 'Preparation for Shooting'

Date: 2018-04-15 06:35:46 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7350604

MOSCOW, April 15 (MENA) - The former President of the Soviet Union described the attack by the US, UK and France on Syria as an "unacceptable" move which he warned "would lead to nothing good", Sputnik news agency reported. His statement came a ....

Use of British Bases in Cyprus in Syria attacks limited, PM says to Cyprus President

Date: 2018-04-15 06:00:28 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:7350561

NICOSIA, April 15 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has assured during a telephone conversation on Saturday Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades that the use of British Bases in Cyprus for the attack on specific targets in Syria was ....

Israeli forces arrest 23 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2018-04-15 05:54:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:7350555

RAMALLAH, April 15 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested 23 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank at dawn of Sunday, Palestinian sources said. Sheikh Gamal al Tawil, a Hamas leader in Biera city, was among the arrestees. Meanwhile, ....

Kuwait concerned over latest developments in Syria

Date: 2018-04-14 16:11:15 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:92 - ID:7350024

KUWAIT CITY, April 14 (MENA) - Kuwait is following up, with deep concern and alarm, latest dangerous developments in Syria, namely the joint military operations launched against Syrian regime sites, KUNA cited an official source at the Kuwaiti ....

Attack on Syria launched to upset OPCW probe in Ghouta, says Russian lawmaker

Date: 2018-04-14 15:45:16 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:7349910

DAMASCUS, April 14 (MENA) - The US-led coalition dealt a strike on Syria with the aim to upset the investigation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into an alleged chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta, the coordinator of ....

Pentagon says Syria strikes "successfully hit every target"

Date: 2018-04-14 15:16:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:85 - ID:7349908

WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said Saturday the US and its allies "successfully hit every target" in airstrikes in Syria overnight, CBS News reported. The US, UK and France launched the strikes in response to the ....

Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians south Gaza Strip

Date: 2018-04-14 15:09:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7349818

GAZA CITY, April 14 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces targeted a rickshaw with a shell in eastern Rafah south the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Saturday. In a statement, spokesman for the ....

UK opposition leader says airstrikes on Syria ‘legally questionable’

Date: 2018-04-14 14:37:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7349656

LONDON, April 14 (MENA) – UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned the military action, launched by the US, Britain, and France, against Syria, describing it as “legally questionable,” The Telegraph reported on Saturday. Corbyn ....

China opposes use of force in Syria; calls for respect of countries' sovereignty

Date: 2018-04-14 14:22:29 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:7349659

BEIJING, April 14 (MENA) - China opposes the use of force in international relations and calls for respect for other countries' sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said ....

Russia calls for UN meeting on Syria

Date: 2018-04-14 14:18:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7349808

LONDON, April 14 (MENA) - Russia on Saturday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in the aftermath of the tripartite coalition airstrikes launched against Syria, CNBC news reported. "Russia convenes an emergency ....