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  • Six aircraft destroyed in US strike on Syrian airfield – Russian MoD

    Date: 2017-04-07 10:45:46 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6757044

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - Six MiG-23 fighter jets were destroyed in the US missile strike on a Syrian airfield in Homs province, but the runway remained intact, Russia Today quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying. The strike on the ....

  • Russian Foreign Minister accuses US of not providing proof of Idlib attack

    Date: 2017-04-07 09:42:47 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6756969

    MOSCOW, April 7 (M ENA) - The United States did not bother to provide evidence of this week's chemical weapons attack in Syria's Idlib ahead of launching missiles at its military airfield, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Friday, quoting ....

  • Russia suspends memorandum with US on flight safety in Syria - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2017-04-07 08:53:20 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6756862

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - Russia has suspended its memorandum on air safety over Syria with the United States following the deadly US missile attack on the Sha'irat airfield, Sputnik news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on ....

  • Syrian information min: US strikes expected, no military escalation envisaged

    Date: 2017-04-07 08:46:49 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:6756831

    DAMASCUS, April 7 (MENA) – Syrian Information Minister Mohamed Ramez said the US strikes on an airfield are limited and expected, noting that no military escalation is envisaged. The Arabic-speaking Sky News reported the news without giving ....

  • Syrian army command slams US flagrant attack on airfield

    Date: 2017-04-07 08:35:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6756817

    DAMASCUS, April 7 (MENA) – The Syrian army command termed as flagrant the US attack on an airfield on Friday. In a statement aired by the Syrian TV, the army said the attack left six people dead, several others injured alongside severe structural ....

  • Israel expresses unwavering support for US Syria strike

    Date: 2017-04-07 08:22:19 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6756815

    GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - Israel’s heads of government and state expressed their support on Friday for the American attack on a Syrian air base, Ynet reported. In a sharp escalation of the US military role in Syria, two US warships fired dozens ....

  • Iran strongly condemns US missile strike on Syrian airfield

    Date: 2017-04-07 08:14:08 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6756814

    TEHRAN, April 7 (MENA) - Iran strongly condemns the US missile strike on an airfield in Syria’s Homs province, Sputnik news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying on Friday. Tehran roundly condemns any unilateral military action ....

  • No information on Russian casualties in Syria - Russian embassy

    Date: 2017-04-07 07:50:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:6756792

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - Russia's embassy in Damascus said on Friday it has no information yet on whether Russian citizens were hurt as a result of US missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, The Daily Mail reported. The embassy was looking into the ....

  • Improved security in Tripoli encourages reopening Ukrainian embassy

    Date: 2017-04-07 07:36:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6756725

    TRIPOLI, April 7 (MENA) – Ukrainian Ambassador to Libya Mykola Nahorny said that the improvement of the security situation in Tripoli encourages the reopening of the Ukrainian embassy as soon as possible. In press statements after meeting Libyan ....

  • Putin believes US attack on Syria violates international law – spokesman

    Date: 2017-04-07 06:54:40 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6756706

    MOSCOW, April 7 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin regards the US strikes on Syrian airfield as aggression against a sovereign nation, Russia Today reported, quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. Peskov added that the president ....

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