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Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Syria Chemical Attack - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:20:00 GMT

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Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Syria Chemical Attack
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The United Nations Security Council voting on a draft resolution on Syria on Wednesday. The resolution won 10 votes, but Russia vetoed it, the eighth time the country has used its veto power to back the Syrian government. Credit Stephanie Keith/Reuters.
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Trump's stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria - CNN Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:06:48 GMT

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Trump's stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria
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Days after his administration had seemed to accept an ultra-realist approach that would allow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remain in control of his shattered nation, Trump decried him as a "butcher" over chemical weapons attacks on civilians ...

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United Airlines, Syria, Betsy DeVos: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:44:52 GMT

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United Airlines, Syria, Betsy DeVos: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
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... the White House press secretary, tried to recover from a whopping gaffe: favorably comparing Syria's president to Hitler, then saying the Nazi leader hadn't used chemical weapons on his people and seeming to refer to death camps as “Holocaust ...

Trump Faces the Limits of American Power - The New York Times - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:03:35 GMT

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Trump Faces the Limits of American Power - The New York Times
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After an airstrike in Douma, Syria, in February. The United States has sought to mediate between the warring parties, or tip the military balance through force.

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White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:19:39 GMT

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White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack
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WASHINGTON — The White House accused Russia on Tuesday of engaging in a cover-up of the Syrian government's role in a chemical weapons attack last week, saying that United States intelligence had confirmed that the Assad regime used sarin gas on ...

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Letter Found After Borussia Dortmund Bus Attack Demands Pullback in Syria - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:21:51 GMT

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Letter Found After Borussia Dortmund Bus Attack Demands Pullback in Syria
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BERLIN — A letter that was found after explosions damaged the team bus of one of Germany's premier soccer teams called for the country to scale back its involvement in the Western military coalition in Syria, the authorities said on Wednesday.

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Trump: 'We're not going into Syria' - New York Post Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:27:25 GMT

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Trump: 'We're not going into Syria'
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Amid complaints that his aides are saying different things about Syria and his policy is confusing, President Trump emphatically cleared the air. “We're not going into Syria,” he told me yesterday in an exclusive interview. “Our policy is the same ...
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On Syria, 'reflexive partisanship' doesn't apply to both parties - MSNBC Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:42:00 GMT

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On Syria, 'reflexive partisanship' doesn't apply to both parties
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In 2013, when Barack Obama was president, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found that only 22 percent of Republicans supported the U.S. launching missile strikes against Syria in response to Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against civilians.
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Syria, Ahmadinejad, United Airlines: Your Morning Briefing - New York Times Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:31:11 GMT

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Syria, Ahmadinejad, United Airlines: Your Morning Briefing
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Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution sponsored by the United States, Britain and France which would have condemned last week's chemical attack in Syria. (China abstained.) The vote reflected how President Trump's plan to mend ties with ...

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Syria war: Deal to evacuate besieged towns begins with prisoner swap - BBC News Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:18:48 GMT

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Syria war: Deal to evacuate besieged towns begins with prisoner swap
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Syrian government forces and rebels have begun implementing a deal to evacuate four besieged towns by carrying out a prisoner exchange. State media said rebels had handed over 12 women and children and seven bodies. At the same time 19 rebels ...

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