Newsroom24x7 Network Washington/Paris: President Donald J. Trump and French President, Emmanuel Macron, have announced a strong, joint response following reports of a chemical attack last weekend by the Syrian government and it’s allies, including Russia, on the suburb of Douma… Read More ›
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Iraq’s liberation from Daesh: Australia’s strike aircraft will begin returning home in January
Newsroom24x7 Network Canberra: Australia’s six F/A-18F Super Hornets will return home in January marking the end of Australia’s successful air strike operations in Iraq and Syria. Australia’s Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, said Australia had reviewed our contribution with our… Read More ›
US President’s Special Envoy to the Global Coalition against ISIS blasts the so-called “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria
Newsroom24x7 Network Washington DC: US President’s Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Brett McGurk said here on Friday (4 August 2017) that in part of Syria and Iraq, ISIS has been kicked out of key terrain that… Read More ›
Japan and Russia discuss North Korea, Syria and UN Security Council reform
Newsroom24x7 Network Moscow: The Japan-Russia UN Consultation was held in Moscow, Russia, on Monday 24 July on regional issues discussed at the UN Security Council such as North Korea and Syria, and also UN reform including the Security Council… Read More ›
Arms Control and International Security: EU imposes sanctions on Syrian officers and scientists Involved in the use of chemical weapons in Syria
Newsroom24x7 Network Washington: The European Council has decided (17 July, 2017) to sanction sixteen senior military officials and Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Centre Scientists (SSRC) for their roles in the development and use of chemical weapons against civilian populations…. Read More ›
ISIS has not retaken a single square kilometer freed in coalition-enabled operations
Newsroom24x7 Network Washington: The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS had a series of meetings hosted by Brett McGurk, the US President’s special envoy to the Coalition, in Washington this week. Briefing media-persons here on Thursday, on the latest in the… Read More ›
The Mosul campaign against ISIS will culminate soon
Newsroom24x7 Network It is our mission to ensure that any foreign fighter that joins this organization in Iraq and Syria dies in Iraq and Syria. We are not just going to push them from one area to another. -Brett McGurk… Read More ›
Tillerson and Lavrov discuss Ukraine, Syria and ISIS in Washington
Newsroom24x7 Network Washington, DC: US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson Tillerson met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, here on 10 May and discussed the importance of defeating ISIS, de-escalating the violence in Syria, and ensuring that humanitarian assistance reaches… Read More ›
Reputed scholar and historian compares today’s Kashmir with Syria
Newsroom24x7 Network Chandigarh: Pointing to Kashmir and its fabled sufi culture that has not been visible for thirty years now, historian Rajiv Lochan draws an analogy with the present situation in Syria by underscoring that Syria was a secular country… Read More ›
“Bashar al-Assad should not be a part of a peaceful and stable Syria in future”
Newsroom24x7 Network Lucca, Italy: Speaking on arms control and international security, Rex W. Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, today said here that many nations look to the Geneva process to resolve the Syrian conflict in a way that… Read More ›
US strikes Syria – A wild card Entry: What does it mean to the World?
Source: IHS Jane’s Conflict Monitor as of April 4 and The Washington Post Major General S B Asthana,SM,VSM On April 04, 2017, the humanity was shamed when 86 civilians including innocent women and children succumbed to a tragic painful death,… Read More ›
Kerry, Saudi leaders discuss Syria, Libya and importance of a 72-hour ceasefire
Newsroom24x7 Staff Washington: The US Secretary of State John Kerry had a crucial meeting with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir of Saudi Arabia on the margins of the G20 in Hangzhou, China. According to… Read More ›
Russia and the US working to launch a political process for peace in Syria
Newsroom24x7 Staff Terrorist groups – Daesh and al-Qaida – continue to menace the Syrian people and the Syrian regime and opposition parties are on the brink of going back to a state of all-out war. – US Secretary of State… Read More ›
Second anniversary of attack by ISIS on the Yazidis: Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic says the crime of genocide still continues
Newsroom24x7 Staff Geneva: Two years ago, in the early hours of 3 August 2014, ISIS fighters had left their bases and brutally attacked the Yazidis of Sinjar, a distinct religious group whose beliefs and practice span thousands of years. An Independent… Read More ›
