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ONLY ON AP: Syrian family escapes war torn Ghouta to crowded camp
The family of seven is crammed into a single tent in a squalid and overcrowded camp for those who fled the fighting near the capital of Damascus.
A shared toilet is up a dirt road.
There are few opportunities...
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Protest against coalition strikes on Syria near US embassy in Nicosia
Several hundred Cypriot, Palestinian and Syrian protesters waved Syrian flags and chanted anti-Western slogans during a peaceful demonstration in front of the US embassy in Nicosia on Monday, to condemn US-led airstrikes on Syria.
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UN chief on Syria talks and NKorea suspending nuclear programme
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Monday hailed the recent diplomatic progress made between North and South Korea, which he attributed to "the unity of the Security Council."
Speaking at a...
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Government sponsored Douma trip shows extensive damage from war
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Haley: UN Security Council pressure has worked in NKorea
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations:
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UN Security Council ambassadors arrive in southern Sweden for informal meeting
United Nations Security Council ambassadors and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived on Saturday in southern Sweden for an informal, working meeting.
Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peru's UN ambassador and current Security...
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Lavrov calls on West not to spread 'fabrications' of chemical attack by Syrian forces
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned his "Western partners" not to indulge in what he called "fabrications" regarding a possible chemical attack by Syrian forces.
Senior US officials warned the Russian and Syrian...
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Protesters Rally Against Syria Strikes in NYC
Anti-war demonstrators gathered in New York on Sunday to protest the coalition bombing in Syria targeting stockpiles of chemical weapons.
The crowd included members of local communist organizations who also held signs...
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Arab leaders meet to unify ranks with eye on Iran
Saudi Arabia used its perch as host of an annual gathering of Arab leaders on Sunday to push for a unified stance against rival Iran as the regional powerhouses vie for the upper hand in wars in Syria and Yemen.
The summit...
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Russian envoy to OPCW: Syria chemical attack a fabrication aided by UK intelligence
Russian officials say a purported chemical attack in Syria was a fabrication staged by British intelligence agencies to pave the way for allied strikes.
Alexander Shulgin, Russia's envoy at the Hague-based Organisation for...
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Lofven hopes inspectors can find out 'what really happened' in Douma
The Swedish Prime Minister had said he hopes international chemical weapons inspectors who are reported to have now reached the Syrian town of an alleged chemical attack earlier this month will allow the international community to find...
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NATO commander warns Russians are moving into Mediterranean
Russia is moving into the eastern Mediterranean "with a lot of hardware" according to the NATO Commander for Southern Europe, taking advantage of ports in Syria and making the area "very crowded".
Speaking to the Associated...
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State Dept.: Syria, Russia Keeping Inspectors Out
The State Department says it believes Syria and Russia are working together to keep the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team out of Douma, while they get rid of evidence of this month's chemical attack.
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Analyst: Syria, Russia, US face political repercussions from Douma probe
The suspected chemical weapons attack outside of Damascus will cause a spiral of international repercussions for the West, Syria and its ally Russia, according to a Syria analyst.
The attack which prompted airstrikes by...
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Russia presents purported witnesses in bid to disprove alleged Syria chemical attack
Russian officials on Thursday held a news conference in the Netherlands with purported witnesses from Syria in an attempt to disprove an alleged chemical weapons attack took place in Syria.
A Russian diplomat, Alexander...
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Johnson urges need for the OPCW to be able to assign blame for attacks
The global chemical weapons watchdog plans to vote on Wednesday on whether it should have authority to apportion blame for attacks, an idea arising from frictions between Britain and its key Western allies on one side and Russia and...
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Russia says evidence of Syria chemical attacks was faked
Russia says the US and its allies have relied on fabricated evidence to accuse the Syrian government of launching chemical attacks against civilians.
Russia's foreign and defence ministries also charged on Friday that the...
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Merkel says Germany cannot look away if chemical weapons used in Syria
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany cannot simply look the other way if chemical weapons are being used in war zone conflicts.
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German FM presses Russian counterpart over Idlib tension at joint Berlin briefing
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Dutch authorities on probe that foiled Russian cyberattack on OPCW
The US Justice Department on Thursday charged seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking anti-doping agencies and other organisations hours after Western officials leveled new accusations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy...
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Dutch ambassador to Russia: cyber attacks 'have to stop'
Russia summoned the Dutch ambassador on Monday after officials there alleged that four agents of Russian GRU military intelligence tried and failed to hack into the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition...
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OPCW to set up team to investigate gas and nerve agent attacks in Syria
A team of experts being set up to investigate poison gas and nerve agent attacks in Syria will be ready to start work early next year, the chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday.
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UK Foreign Sec on detained British-Iranian woman, Brexit and Russia
Britain's Foreign Secretary on Sunday once again appealed to Iran to free a detained charity worker and send her back home.
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May: Response to Skripal attack hurt Russia spying
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said the West's response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy has seriously hurt Russia's intelligence capability.