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US must walk dangerous line to manage twin Syria, North Korea crises
If there was ever any doubt that President Donald Trump’s strike against Syria was also intended to send a message to Pyongyang, the deployment this weekend of a US carrier strike group towards the Korean Peninsula should have cleared it up. There is now a strange symmetry to the two principal foreign policy crises the Trump administration...
US, Russia still far apart as Syria haunts talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hosted US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin yesterday but the rival powers failed to bridge a deep gap of trust. In the wake of the meeting Russia then vetoed a US-backed resolution at the UN demanding the Syrian government co-operate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack that...
Mogherini to Make First Trip to Russia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will make her first official visit to Russia this month, with relations strained to breaking point by the Ukraine conflict and the war in Syria. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
EU’s Mogherini to make first to visit to Russia
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will make her first official visit to Russia this month, with relations strained to breaking point by the Ukraine conflict and the war in Syria. …read more Source: The Daily...
Militarized Crimea ‘grave threat’ to Europe: Ukraine
Militarization of peninsula for use in Russia’s Syria campaign threatens Europe security, foreign ministry says …read more Source: World...
Militarized Crimea ‘grave threat’ to Europe: Ukraine
Militarization of peninsula for use in Russia’s Syria campaign threatens Europe security, foreign ministry says …read more Source: Anadolu...
G7 states reach no deal on UK call for further Syria and Russia sanctions
LUCCA, ITALY // Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations reached no agreement on a British suggestion that sanctions be tightened against Syria and Russia.Before the two-day meeting, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson had said he wanted to discuss imposing fresh sanctions over last week’s chemical...
No US-Russia package deal over Ukraine, Syria: Kiev
The US has assured Ukraine that Washington will not consider any deal with Russia linking the fates of Ukraine and Syria, the Ukrainian president’s office says. …read more Source: Iran...
No US-Russia package deal over Ukraine, Syria: Kiev
Kiev says the US has assured Ukraine that Washington will allow any deal with Russia linking the fates of Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source:...
G7 states reach no deal on UK call for further Syria sanctions
Foreign ministers from Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations reached no agreement on a British suggestion that sanctions be tightened against Syria and Russia, Italy’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had said ahead of the two-day G7 meeting that he wanted to discuss imposing fresh...
