Viet Nam News DAMASCUS — A missile attack on a Syrian military airport left several dead and wounded, state media said on Monday, after the US warned Damascus and its allies over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town. The strike on the Tayfur air base in the central province of Homs, came as international outrage mounts over an attack on Saturday in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta. "Several missiles hit the Tayfur airport. Our air defence systems are blocking the missile attack," state news agency SANA said early Monday. It later added that there were "dead and wounded" in the strike, without giving exact casualty numbers. The missile attack came shortly after US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning over an apparent "chemical" attack in Douma, the last rebel-controlled town in an eastern suburb of Damascus. "Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump wrote on Twitter, lashing out at Syrian President … [Read more...] about Casualties reported in strike on Syria air base: state media
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Syria ‘chemical attack’: What we know
An image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows unidentified volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town. (HO/AFP/SYRIA CIVIL DEFENCE) WHAT HAPPENED? Syria's White Helmets, who act as first responders in rebel-held areas of Syria, said the attack took place late on Saturday using "poisonous chlorine gas". "More than 500 cases - the majority of whom are women and children - were brought to local medical centres with symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent," according to a joint statement issued by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) and the White Helmets. Patients showed signs of "respiratory distress, central cyanosis, excessive oral foaming, corneal burns, and the emission of chlorine-like odour", it said. Medics had "observed bradycardia, wheezing and coarse bronchial sounds". The statement said civil defence volunteers had found 42 casualties dead in their homes … [Read more...] about Syria ‘chemical attack’: What we know
Trump warns of ‘big price’ after suspected Syria gas attack
An image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows unidentified volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town. (HO/AFP/SYRIA CIVIL DEFENCE) An alleged chemical attack that left dozens dead in Syria's rebel-held town of Douma sparked international outrage on Sunday (Apr 8), with US President Donald Trump warning there would be a "big price to pay". As condemnation of Saturday's attack poured in, rebels began evacuating Douma, the last sliver they held of their one-time stronghold Eastern Ghouta, under a deal with Syria's regime. Trump's threat came exactly a year and a day after the US fired cruise missiles at a Syrian air base in retaliation for a deadly sarin gas attack in 2017. "Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria," Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday, lashing out at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russia's Vladimir Putin, a key ally of the … [Read more...] about Trump warns of ‘big price’ after suspected Syria gas attack
Trump says ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical attack
By Reuters  April 9, 2018 | 08:23 am GMT+7 A girl looks on following alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma, Syria in this still image from video obtained by Reuters on April 8, 2018 Trump took the rare step of directly criticizing Putin in connection with the incident. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday there would be a “big price to pay” after medical aid groups reported dozens of people were killed by poison gas in a besieged rebel-held town in Syria. As international officials worked to try to confirm the chemical attack which happened late on Saturday in the town of Douma, Trump took the rare step of directly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the incident. The Syrian state denied government forces had launched any chemical attack. Russia, President Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful ally, called the reports fake. Trump threatened action, although it was unclear what he had … [Read more...] about Trump says ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical attack
Trump wants US troops to ’get out’ of Syria
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants American troops to "get out" of Syria, even as some of his top officials stressed the need to stay for the long term. Trump’s remarks follow comments last week when he vowed US forces would soon quit Syria, a position at odds with establishment doctrine that a premature pullout from the war-torn nation would have far-reaching negative consequences. "Our primary mission in terms of Syria was getting rid of ISIS," Trump said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. "We’ve almost completed that task. And we’ll be making a decision very quickly in coordination with others in the area as to what we’ll do." The president added: "I want to get out, I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding our nation." But at the same time Trump was speaking at a news conference with Baltic leaders, the top commander for the war against IS signaled different views. General Joe Votel, … [Read more...] about Trump wants US troops to ’get out’ of Syria