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Copyright: Copyright 2018 The New York Times CompanyThu, 19 Apr 2018 23:29:28 GMT
Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who has not been seen publicly for weeks, in France last year.Each day that Gen. Khalifa Hifter is absent from Libya with no clear report of his condition, concern grows of a violent fight to succeed him.
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Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:06:11 GMT
Planning for the strike of 105 missiles on three targets — chemical weapons storage and research facilities near Damascus and Homs — took nearly a full week. A military intelligence report found that the Syrian government is expected to resume its chemical weapons program, despite President Trump saying “mission accomplished.” Here’s how the strike unfolded.
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Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:05:51 GMT
Drones like the Reaper have been the workhorse and controversial symbol of the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan and the tribal regions of Pakistan.A day after President Trump promised to slash red tape involved in weapons sales, the administration announced new policies, but experts said they would do little to speed exports.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:11:22 GMT
Audiences were entertained by mimes and actors on Wednesday at the first public movie screening in Saudi Arabia after a decades-long ban.A V.I.P. screening of the Hollywood blockbuster “Black Panther” in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, marked the end of a decades-old ban on movie theaters.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:56:55 GMT
A team of international experts is trying to determine whether chemical weapons were used in an attack on the Syrian town of Douma that killed at least 43 people this month.The head of the organization investigating the reported chemical attack in Douma, Syria, said it was unclear when investigators would visit the site.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 21:54:54 GMT
Kaveh MadaniThe resignation of the environmentalist, Kaveh Madani, was a blow to President Hassan Rouhani, who has encouraged Iranian experts abroad to come home.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:40:31 GMT
An Israeli Air Force aerobatic team rehearsing on Monday for Israel’s 70th Independence Day celebration.Some said the ruckus over Israel’s 70th anniversary party was crass and undignified. Others said it was perfectly, quintessentially Israel.
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Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:30:20 GMT
After the first fashion week in the desert kingdom, here are four names to watch.Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:50:45 GMT
The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in The Hague. The body is “dealing with things it wasn’t really intended to deal with,” one expert said.The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is to rule on whether chemical attacks were used in a Damascus suburb. But who will listen?
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:11:47 GMT
People fleeing clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State in Mosul last year. Iraq captured thousands of fighters, functionaries and their families in the battle with the Islamic State.Iraq is ramping up prosecutions of thousands of people accused of supporting the Islamic State, handing death sentences to workers, wives and fighters.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 23:48:41 GMT
Many civilians and rebels have been forced to flee from what was one of the few remaining rebel-held pockets in Eastern Ghouta, Syria.The government’s chokehold on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta brought back traumatic memories for exiles who were the last to evacuate as Aleppo fell.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:48:12 GMT
In Douma, Syria, where it is believed chemical weapons were used on April 7. Inspectors want to take samples and talk to witnesses.Western officials said Russia and Syria had prevented inspectors from reaching Douma, where about 70 people died on April 7. Moscow blamed the United Nations for the delay.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:36:39 GMT
The National Memorial Hall for Israel’s Fallen opened to the public without fanfare in Jerusalem a few months ago.The new National Memorial Hall for fallen soldiers seeks consensus in a divided society by paring down commemoration to its bare essentials.
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Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:40:22 GMT
A design by Mashael AlRajhi at Arab Fashion Week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Female-only audiences, no social media — but as one observer said, “Women here have been waiting for years for a time to shine.”
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:58:46 GMT
A research center near Damascus that was hit by the American strike on Saturday.The strikes were calibrated to keep the West from being dragged further into war. That left President Bashar al-Assad in power and Syria in its painful status quo.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 01:08:10 GMT
The Trump administration plans to impose new sanctions against Russia on Monday, the third round enacted by the administration against Russia in the past four weeks.Nikki Haley, the ambassador to the United Nations, said Russian companies that have supported Syria’s chemical weapons would be targeted on Monday.
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Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:29:26 GMT
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, likened Palestinians’ struggle to those for India’s independence, against racial segregation in the United States and against apartheid in South Africa.Some accuse the militant Islamic group of hijacking the campaign in Gaza to serve its own purpose.
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Sun, 15 Apr 2018 06:47:57 GMT
Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, who leads the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, said on Saturday that “I would say there’s still a residual element” of Syria’s chemical weapons program.The conflict in Syria has demonstrated a larger truth: While it is easy to blow up its chemical facilities, it is also relatively simple for the Assad government to reconstitute them elsewhere.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:14:15 GMT
The United Nations Security Council voted 8 to 3 against a Russian resolution condemning Western airstrikes on Syria.Russia called the attack on Syria by the United States, Britain and France a violation of international law. The U.S. said it was justified.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 22:55:32 GMT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February holding what he said was a piece of an Iranian drone shot down over Israel.Israel said a drone that penetrated its airspace in February was on an attack mission, part of an escalating shadow war between Israel and Iran in Syria.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:04:52 GMT
A photo released from the Twitter account of the French president’s office, President Emmanuel Macron, center, monitored the Western strikes on Syrian targets.For President Emmanuel Macron, it was a chance to reinforce France’s position as an enforcer of international treaties, and for Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, it was a chance to prove itself as an ally to the U.S.
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Sun, 15 Apr 2018 06:23:56 GMT
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting with the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, on Saturday. Mr. Putin issued an unusually rapid condemnation of the airstrikes against Syria.After weeks of heated warnings and threats, Russia was quick to point out that none of its vital interests were threatened.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:54:35 GMT
“No amount of American blood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East,” President Trump said in his statement announcing the airstrikes. “It’s a troubled place. We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place.”Warplanes and ships from the United States, Britain and France launched more than 100 missiles at three chemical weapons storage and research facilities near Damascus and Homs, officials said.
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:36:00 GMT
Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi during a briefing at the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow on Saturday.The U.S. and its allies tried to walk a fine line in Syria, the site of an attack that brought a divided response on Capitol Hill.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 03:16:43 GMT
The airstrikes on three sites in Syria, launched early Saturday local time, were part of what officials said was an effort to deter future chemical attacks.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 03:50:54 GMT
President Trump addressed the nation on Friday night about his decision to order airstrikes on Syria. Read the complete text of his remarks.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:43:55 GMT
From the regime stronghold of Damascus to battle-scarred opposition areas, Syrians sent audio recordings to The Times in which they described what it’s like waiting for an attack by the U.S.-led coalition.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 12:40:20 GMT
Victims of a suspected chemical attack in Douma, Syria, on Sunday. Residents said they heard objects falling from the sky, followed by a strange smell that witnesses said resembled chlorine.The strikes sought to punish the Syrian government after what Western officials said was a deadly chemical attack in a Damascus suburb that had been held by rebels.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 04:47:28 GMT
President Trump at the White House on Friday. For all his tough language this week, the strikes he ordered in Syria made no apparent effort to damage President Bashar al-Assad’s broader war machine.The strike on three Syrian targets was meant as a proportional response evidently calculated to keep Syria’s patrons, Russia and Iran, from retaliating.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 01:00:49 GMT
Nikki R. Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on Syria on Friday.The accusation came during a vitriolic exchange at the United Nations Security Council between the United States and Russia over the 7-year-old war.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:04:34 GMT
Palestinian protesters tried to take down a section of the border fence between Israel and Gaza on Friday.Palestinians demonstrating against the Israeli blockade gathered by the thousands. Nearly 1,000 people were wounded, hundreds by gunshots or tear gas.
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 02:55:49 GMT
Staffan de Mistura, on the screen at left, delivered remarks via video link to the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Two years ago, Mr. de Mistura estimated that 400,000 people had died in the war.When Syria’s civil war began in 2011, the U.N. and others tallied the numbers killed in the conflict. Seven years on, an increasingly complex war means the count has stopped.