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Tag Archives: International reactions to the Syrian Civil War

13Apr/17

Russia blocks U.N. condemnation of Syria attack

April 13, 2017WarAnti-Americanism, Bashar al-Assad, China, Country: Russia, Country: Syria, Criticism of the United States, Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Syria, France, Geography of Asia, IDLIB, International reactions to the Syrian Civil War, Kazakhstan, Khan, Nikki Haley, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics of Syria, Russia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, United Kingdom, United States, War/Conflict, Western Asiasmbale

Russia blocks a Western-led effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday (April 12) to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria. Pascale Davies reports.
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15Nov/15

Kerry says he has been told Assad means to enter real negotiation

November 15, 2015WarAnti-Americanism, Assad family, Austria, Bashar al-Assad, Criticism of the United States, Geography of Asia, International reactions to the Syrian Civil War, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, JOHN KERRY, Mistura, Moscow, Paris, Politics of Syria, Russia, Russia–Syria relations, Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Sergei Lavrov, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian peace process, Tehran, United States, Vienna, Vienna peace talks for Syria, Western Asiasmbale

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he has been told Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad means to enter real negotiations to resolve Syrian crisis.

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30Sep/15

Lavrov: “Don’t listen to Pentagon about Russian strikes”

September 30, 2015WarBarack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War, France, International reactions to the Syrian Civil War, Iraq, JOHN KERRY, Lavrov, Moscow, Pentagon, Russia, Russia and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, Russia–United States relations, Russia's role in the Syrian Civil War, Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, Security Council, Sergei Lavrov, Sergey Lavrov, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian peace process, United States, Vladimir Putin, War/Conflict, Washingtonsmbale

Questioned whether Russian air strikes had hit Islamic State positions in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says “don’t listen to Pentagon about the Russian strikes.”

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04Sep/15

UK’s Cameron bows to pressure to take more Syrian refugees

September 4, 2015PoliticsDavid Cameron, Decades, Demography, European migrant crisis, Fertile Crescent, International reactions to the Syrian Civil War, Levant, LISBON, Portugal, Refugee, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian diaspora, Syrian refugee camps, Syrians in Lebanon, United Kingdom, Western Asiasmbale

Britain will take in “thousands more” Syrian refugees, Prime Minister David Cameron says, changing his stance after an outpouring of emotion over the image of a dead Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach put him under pressure to act.

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