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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

‘Horrible’ Pictures of Suffering Moved Trump to Action on Syria

by Ashley Parker, David Nakamura and Dan Lamothe | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

When President Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the briefers please cut down on the number of words in the daily briefing book and instead use more...

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A civil defence member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

The Chemical Attack a Test for Trump

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 7, 2017 | Opinion

Regardless that it is prohibited under any circumstances, we couldn’t find a reasonable justification for the Syrian regime use of chemical weapons against civilians in Idlib. The regime forces were not in a critical point there, the targeted site is not a strategic...

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French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. AFP

Paris, London: Priority in Syria Remains UN Resolution

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

France and Britain are still seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, the foreign ministers of the two countries said on Thursday, adding that diplomatic negotiations were a priority over possible military action. A chemical attack by regime...

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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria on April 4, 2017. (Reuters)

58 Killed in Suspected Gas Attack in Syria’s Idlib

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 4, 2017 | Middle East

Dozens of people have been killed in Syria’s northern Idlib province on Tuesday in a suspected chemical attack that has been described as among the worst in the country’s six-year war. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group put the...