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Syrian civil war
Illustrative: Billowing smoke, following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (Mohamad Abazeed/ AFP)
US official: Israel behind mysterious Syria airstrike that killed dozens
By TOI staff
Washington shunts blame on Jerusalem for attack this week on pro-regime fighters near Iraqi border, after Damascus accuses US-led coalition
Illustrative: Destruction in the former rebel-held town of Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on April 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
April 11, 2018, 7:39 am
US readies response to Syria attacks after UN clash with Russia
'Whenever we propose anything meaningful on Syria, Russia vetoes it. It is a travesty,' decries US envoy Nikki Haley as US warship nears Syrian coast
By Dave Clark and Rim Haddad
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for the Etzel fighters who fell in the battle for Jaffa, at Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 10, 2018, 11:07 pm
Netanyahu reportedly expects Trump to launch attack on Syria
Based on this assessment, Foreign Ministry blamed Assad for chemical attack in Douma, to give support for possible military action
By TOI staff
Israeli soldiers peer into Syria from their tank in the Golan Heights on February 18, 2016. (Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)
April 10, 2018, 9:13 pm
Syria strike and its aftermath raise chances of open clashes with Iran
The last time Tehran acknowledged casualties in Syria, two IDF soldiers were killed in a retaliatory attack. Can Russia calm the situation?
By Judah Ari Gross
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
April 10, 2018, 6:57 pm
Trump threatens Syria strike, cancels summit travel
President stays in Washington to manage response to apparent chemical weapons attack; US requests UN vote on inquiry
By Agencies
Medical workers treating toddlers following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, April. 8, 2018 (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 10, 2018, 5:50 pm
Syria invites global watchdog to probe chemical strike claims
Russia to ask UN Security Council for 'transparent and honest' investigation; Moscow envoy said to secretly visit Iran
By AFP and TOI staff
Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during the AK Party's parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara on March 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / HAKAN GOKTEPE)
April 10, 2018, 3:20 pm
Erdogan vows perpetrators of Syria massacre will pay ‘heavy price’
After alleged gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, Turkish president steers clear of directly criticizing Assad, says he talked with Putin
By AFP
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev addresses the audience at an event in Jerusalem on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)
April 10, 2018, 1:53 pm
Yad Vashem head: Syria gas attack shows failure of post-Holocaust institutions
Ahead of Remembrance Day for WWII genocide, Avner Shalev says 'wild attack on civilians' proves international bodies' impotence in preventing such occurrences
By Michael Bachner
US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
April 10, 2018, 6:29 am
Trump threatens ‘forceful’ response to Syria gas attack
Backed by Britain and France, US vows to respond to latest suspected chemical strike on rebel towns, with or without UN support
By Dave Clark and Carole LANDRY
This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 10, 2018, 1:00 am
Israel: Alleged Syrian chemical attack a ‘crime against humanity’
Jerusalem accuses Assad regime of 'mass murder' in rebel-held towns, says Damascus violating international disarmament agreements
By TOI staff and Agencies
This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows medical workers treating toddlers following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, April. 8, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 8, 2018, 11:03 pm
Paris seeks urgent UN Security Council meet on Syria
Nine countries demand decision on alleged chemical attack in Douma as France warns of 'red line' that would prompt strikes
By AFP
Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends the traditional selling of the the hametz (food containing leavening) of the state of Israel to a non-Jew before the upcoming Passover holiday, on March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 8, 2018, 7:22 pm
Israeli chief rabbi: Jews have ‘moral obligation’ to intervene in Syria
Following suspected chemical attack on Douma, Yitzhak Yosef calls the fighting 'genocide in its cruelest form, using weapons of mass destruction'
By TOI staff
Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018. (AFP)
April 8, 2018, 12:10 pm
Moscow denies Syrian regime used chemical weapons in Douma
Top official leading Russian efforts for reconciliation in civil war says Kremlin ready to send in analysts to collect data and prove claims 'fabricated'
By AFP and TOI staff
Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018. (AFP)
April 8, 2018, 10:44 am
Top minister calls for international forces to stop ‘genocide’ in Syria
Gilad Erdan says US and world must intensify their efforts to fight Assad; Israeli lawmakers call for immediate action
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, on April 7, 2018, after Syrian regime troops resumed a military blitz to pressure rebels to withdraw (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 8, 2018, 1:33 am
Syrian opposition says 35 civilians killed in chemical attack
Regime denies accusations; hundreds said injured as Assad's forces step up offensive on Douma
By TOI staff and Agencies
Syrian children ride their bike past destroyed buildings in the former rebel-held town of Zamalka, in Eastern Ghouta on April 5, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 7, 2018, 6:02 am
Airstrikes return to Syria’s Ghouta, killing 40 civilians as talks sputter
Russian-backed regime forces advance on last rebel-held town near capital after truce with Islamist fighters collapses
By Maya Gebeily
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