Syrian Civil War (Graphic Photos/Vid Not Allowed)
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I do care. And by the way I dont have any double standards here. I support Palestinian state in 1967 borders with minor border corrections. I would also support an autonomy or independence for Israeli Arabs if they wished it. But they prefer to stay in Israel for some reason
Words are cheap, policy and popular opinion give us the reality. The reality is the Israeli gov't nor the majority of the Jewish Israeli population want Palestinian independence. They want annexation of the West Bank.
Israeli 'Arabs' are no more than Palestinians born in historical Palestine, that weren't uprooted or displaced during the wars. So nobody here understands what you mean by 'prefer' 'Israel'. There is no alternative to their homelands, where they born, and their families lived all their lives. So you can't 'prefer' anything in that case.
It's a lot more than 'extremist Sunni's', more importantly the #1 target is ordinary populace which seeks to demonstrate against policies of gov't's. They will be apprehended and detained. It is intended to instill fear in the people. After the ordinary people, it is MB activists. Extremist Sunni's are last on the list.
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If US strikes Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Tomahawk missiles are the most likely option | Australian news
http://www.smh.com.au/world/if-us-s...e-the-most-likely-option-20170407-gvfp63.html
The Trump administration is weighing strikes against the Syria government in response to a chemical-weapons attack on civilians on Tuesday.
One of the most likely options to do so is a mainstay when the Pentagon wants to attack from a safe distance: The Tomahawk cruise missile.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/if-us-s...e-the-most-likely-option-20170407-gvfp63.html
The Trump administration is weighing strikes against the Syria government in response to a chemical-weapons attack on civilians on Tuesday.
One of the most likely options to do so is a mainstay when the Pentagon wants to attack from a safe distance: The Tomahawk cruise missile.
They should but you should know that such actions by muslim governments would invite violence into their own countries. And mostly by the people of their own country.
Lets take Pakistan for instance, what would happen if Pakistan decided to bomb Assad today? Next week there will be bomb blasts all over Pakistan because a sizeable population believes Assad is being framed by the West. Just look around here and see how many muslim members here believe that Assad is innocent. Its crazy man.
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http://zeenews.india.com/world/russ...-air-defences-to-be-strengthened-1993921.html
Moscow: Russia's military on Friday said a US strike on a regime air base in Syria was ineffective but announced Syrian air defences would be strengthened to shield the country`s key infrastructure.
"To protect Syria`s most sensitive infrastructure, a complex of measures will be implemented in the near future to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces` air defence system," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
He added the strike had had an "extremely low" military impact, and fewer than half of the 59 reported US missiles had actually found their target.
"Only 23 missiles reached the Syrian airbase," he said.
The strike on the Shayrat airbase, ordered by US President Donald Trump, destroyed six planes under repair and several buildings, including a storage depot and radio station, he said.
"The runway, taxi ways and Syrian airforce planes at parking spaces are not damaged," he said.
"The military effectiveness of the massive US missile strike on the Syrian airbase is therefore extremely low."
Separately, the Russian state channel Rossiya24, in a report from the base, said nine planes, as well as munition and fuel depots, had been destroyed but the facility`s runway was intact.
Konashenkov`s statement said the attack was a "gross violation" of a US-Russian memorandum aimed at avoiding clashes over Syria.
Moscow announced earlier it was halting the deal reached in 2015 in response to the strike, despite Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirming the US side had warned Russia of the impending attack through the channels it had established.
Trump ordered the strike -- Washington`s first direct military action against President Bashar Assad`s government -- in response to what he called a "barbaric" chemical attack this week that he blamed on Damascus.
Moscow has been flying a bombing campaign in support of Syrian forces since September 2015 and has sought to deflect blame from its ally over the alleged chemical attack.
First Published: Friday, April 7, 2017 - 17:20
http://zeenews.india.com/world/syri...trike-threat-say-military-source-1994021.html
Damascus: Syria's armed forces were warned about the threat of American military action hours before the US strike on the Shayrat airbase on Friday, a military source said.
"We learned of the American threat and the expected military bombardment on Syrian territory," the source told AFP.
"We took precautions in more than one military point, including in the Shayrat airbase. We moved a number of airplanes towards other areas," the official said, adding they were forewarned "hours" before the strike.
He did not specify where the planes had been moved to or who had warned the Syrian government.
American forces fired a barrage of 59 cruise missiles at Shayrat airbase in central Syria overnight -- the first time the US has carried out direct military action against President Bashar al-Assad`s troops.
US officials said Russia`s military in Syria had been informed of the strike beforehand in order to avoid casualties that could prompt a broader crisis.
The Kremlin confirmed it had been warned by the United States, but refused to say whether any Russian soldiers had to be evacuated from the base.
According to the Syrian military source, the strike put nine planes out of service, including several that were "totally destroyed".
It came in response to a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town on Tuesday widely blamed on the Damascus regime, which has repeatedly denied it has used toxic substances.
Instead, the Syrian government says, it struck a warehouse used by jihadist groups to store toxic substances.
First Published: Friday, April 7, 2017 - 21:59
Moscow: Russia's military on Friday said a US strike on a regime air base in Syria was ineffective but announced Syrian air defences would be strengthened to shield the country`s key infrastructure.
"To protect Syria`s most sensitive infrastructure, a complex of measures will be implemented in the near future to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the Syrian armed forces` air defence system," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
He added the strike had had an "extremely low" military impact, and fewer than half of the 59 reported US missiles had actually found their target.
"Only 23 missiles reached the Syrian airbase," he said.
The strike on the Shayrat airbase, ordered by US President Donald Trump, destroyed six planes under repair and several buildings, including a storage depot and radio station, he said.
"The runway, taxi ways and Syrian airforce planes at parking spaces are not damaged," he said.
"The military effectiveness of the massive US missile strike on the Syrian airbase is therefore extremely low."
Separately, the Russian state channel Rossiya24, in a report from the base, said nine planes, as well as munition and fuel depots, had been destroyed but the facility`s runway was intact.
Konashenkov`s statement said the attack was a "gross violation" of a US-Russian memorandum aimed at avoiding clashes over Syria.
Moscow announced earlier it was halting the deal reached in 2015 in response to the strike, despite Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirming the US side had warned Russia of the impending attack through the channels it had established.
Trump ordered the strike -- Washington`s first direct military action against President Bashar Assad`s government -- in response to what he called a "barbaric" chemical attack this week that he blamed on Damascus.
Moscow has been flying a bombing campaign in support of Syrian forces since September 2015 and has sought to deflect blame from its ally over the alleged chemical attack.
First Published: Friday, April 7, 2017 - 17:20
http://zeenews.india.com/world/syri...trike-threat-say-military-source-1994021.html
Damascus: Syria's armed forces were warned about the threat of American military action hours before the US strike on the Shayrat airbase on Friday, a military source said.
"We learned of the American threat and the expected military bombardment on Syrian territory," the source told AFP.
"We took precautions in more than one military point, including in the Shayrat airbase. We moved a number of airplanes towards other areas," the official said, adding they were forewarned "hours" before the strike.
He did not specify where the planes had been moved to or who had warned the Syrian government.
American forces fired a barrage of 59 cruise missiles at Shayrat airbase in central Syria overnight -- the first time the US has carried out direct military action against President Bashar al-Assad`s troops.
US officials said Russia`s military in Syria had been informed of the strike beforehand in order to avoid casualties that could prompt a broader crisis.
The Kremlin confirmed it had been warned by the United States, but refused to say whether any Russian soldiers had to be evacuated from the base.
According to the Syrian military source, the strike put nine planes out of service, including several that were "totally destroyed".
It came in response to a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town on Tuesday widely blamed on the Damascus regime, which has repeatedly denied it has used toxic substances.
Instead, the Syrian government says, it struck a warehouse used by jihadist groups to store toxic substances.
First Published: Friday, April 7, 2017 - 21:59
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...e-strike-on-syria-airbase/article17865146.ece
U.S. officials said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from navy ships in the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airfield at 3:40 am (0040 GMT), targeting the base from where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched.
Calling the strike a “flagrant aggression”, the Syrian army said it had killed six people and caused extensive damage to the base.
The attack was hailed by the Syrian opposition and supported by the U.S. allies, including Britain, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Graphic shows location of Khan Sheikhun and the Shayrat Air Base.
The missiles were fired from the USS Porter and the USS Ross, which belong to the US Navy's Sixth Fleet and are in the eastern Mediterranean.
The strike targeted radars, aircraft, air defence systems and other logistical components at the base south of Homs in central Syria.
The U.S. officials said measures were put in place to avoid hitting sarin gas they said was stored at the airfield.
“The airbase was almost completely destroyed — the runway, the fuel tanks and the air defences were all blown to pieces,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The Britain based monitoring group said at least seven servicemen were killed, including an air commodore.
The airfield was the second most important for Syria's air force, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, after the Latakia airbase in Mr. Assad's coastal heartland, where Russia also maintains extensive facilities.
Syria's opposition and rebel fighters, who have for years urged more direct U.S. military action in support of their uprising, hailed the strike and called for more.
The National Coalition, the main opposition grouping, called on Washington to take further steps to "neutralise" the regime's air power.
“We hope for more strikes... and that these are just the beginning,” spokesman Ahmad Ramadan told AFP.
The White House was quick to paint the decision as limited to deterring the use of chemical weapons, and not part of a broader military campaign to remove Mr. Assad by force.
“The intent was to deter the regime from doing this again, and it is certainly our hope that this has had that effect,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis told reporters.
U.S. officials said Russia's military in Syria was informed of the strike before hand in order to avoid casualties that could prompt a broader crisis.
Just days before he is due to visit Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Russia of being incompetent or complicit in permitting Mr. Assad's actions.
Mr. Tillerson said the attack should leave no one in any doubt that Mr. Trump is willing to act if any actor "crosses the line."
It will send ripples around the world, from Pyongyang to Tehran, as nations and leaders take the measure of the novice but often bellicose President.
The timing of the strike, during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, will give weight to Mr. Trump's threats to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes unilaterally if necessary.
On Wednesday, Mr. Trump decried the suspected chemical attack as an "affront to humanity."
"It crossed a lot of lines for me," he said, alluding to Barack Obama's failure to enforce his own "red line" on the use of chemical weapons in Syria four years ago.
In 2013, Mr. Trump urged then President Obama not to intervene against Mr. Assad.
By: AFP | Moscow | Updated: April 7, 2017 6:11 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...s-strike-on-syria-base-russian-media-4603773/
A still image taken from a video broadcast on Syrian state television on April 7, 2017, shows a Syrian army airbase that was hit by a US strike near the city of Homs, Syria. (Source: SYRIAN TV via Reuters)
Nine planes as well as munition and fuel depots were destroyed in the US strike on Syria’s Shayrat airbase early today but the runway was intact, the Russian state channel Rossiya24 reported from the scene. “According to preliminary information, nine Syrian airplanes were destroyed,” its correspondent said in a report from the base, broadcast hours after the strike at 0040 GMT on Friday.
Stores with ammunition and fuel were also targeted, he said, adding that a fire and some explosions were ongoing. “But not all equipment has been destroyed, there is some that was not impacted by the strike,” the correspondent said. “The landing strip… is practically not impacted,” he added. Footage showed the runway intact but covered in debris, as well as two planes sitting in concrete hangars.
The aircraft were apparently not heavily damaged while some other hangars were charred and surrounded by rubble. Moscow slammed the attack ordered by US President Donald Trump as “thoughtless” and called it “aggression against a sovereign state” that violated international norms.
Trump ordered the strike in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack Tuesday after the UN Security Council failed to agree on a probe into the bombing that killed at least 86 people.
U.S. officials said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from navy ships in the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airfield at 3:40 am (0040 GMT), targeting the base from where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched.
Calling the strike a “flagrant aggression”, the Syrian army said it had killed six people and caused extensive damage to the base.
The attack was hailed by the Syrian opposition and supported by the U.S. allies, including Britain, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Graphic shows location of Khan Sheikhun and the Shayrat Air Base.
The missiles were fired from the USS Porter and the USS Ross, which belong to the US Navy's Sixth Fleet and are in the eastern Mediterranean.
The strike targeted radars, aircraft, air defence systems and other logistical components at the base south of Homs in central Syria.
The U.S. officials said measures were put in place to avoid hitting sarin gas they said was stored at the airfield.
“The airbase was almost completely destroyed — the runway, the fuel tanks and the air defences were all blown to pieces,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The Britain based monitoring group said at least seven servicemen were killed, including an air commodore.
The airfield was the second most important for Syria's air force, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, after the Latakia airbase in Mr. Assad's coastal heartland, where Russia also maintains extensive facilities.
Syria's opposition and rebel fighters, who have for years urged more direct U.S. military action in support of their uprising, hailed the strike and called for more.
The National Coalition, the main opposition grouping, called on Washington to take further steps to "neutralise" the regime's air power.
“We hope for more strikes... and that these are just the beginning,” spokesman Ahmad Ramadan told AFP.
The White House was quick to paint the decision as limited to deterring the use of chemical weapons, and not part of a broader military campaign to remove Mr. Assad by force.
“The intent was to deter the regime from doing this again, and it is certainly our hope that this has had that effect,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis told reporters.
U.S. officials said Russia's military in Syria was informed of the strike before hand in order to avoid casualties that could prompt a broader crisis.
Just days before he is due to visit Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Russia of being incompetent or complicit in permitting Mr. Assad's actions.
Mr. Tillerson said the attack should leave no one in any doubt that Mr. Trump is willing to act if any actor "crosses the line."
It will send ripples around the world, from Pyongyang to Tehran, as nations and leaders take the measure of the novice but often bellicose President.
The timing of the strike, during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, will give weight to Mr. Trump's threats to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes unilaterally if necessary.
On Wednesday, Mr. Trump decried the suspected chemical attack as an "affront to humanity."
"It crossed a lot of lines for me," he said, alluding to Barack Obama's failure to enforce his own "red line" on the use of chemical weapons in Syria four years ago.
In 2013, Mr. Trump urged then President Obama not to intervene against Mr. Assad.
By: AFP | Moscow | Updated: April 7, 2017 6:11 pm
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...s-strike-on-syria-base-russian-media-4603773/
A still image taken from a video broadcast on Syrian state television on April 7, 2017, shows a Syrian army airbase that was hit by a US strike near the city of Homs, Syria. (Source: SYRIAN TV via Reuters)
Nine planes as well as munition and fuel depots were destroyed in the US strike on Syria’s Shayrat airbase early today but the runway was intact, the Russian state channel Rossiya24 reported from the scene. “According to preliminary information, nine Syrian airplanes were destroyed,” its correspondent said in a report from the base, broadcast hours after the strike at 0040 GMT on Friday.
Stores with ammunition and fuel were also targeted, he said, adding that a fire and some explosions were ongoing. “But not all equipment has been destroyed, there is some that was not impacted by the strike,” the correspondent said. “The landing strip… is practically not impacted,” he added. Footage showed the runway intact but covered in debris, as well as two planes sitting in concrete hangars.
The aircraft were apparently not heavily damaged while some other hangars were charred and surrounded by rubble. Moscow slammed the attack ordered by US President Donald Trump as “thoughtless” and called it “aggression against a sovereign state” that violated international norms.
Trump ordered the strike in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack Tuesday after the UN Security Council failed to agree on a probe into the bombing that killed at least 86 people.
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US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea against Syria on Friday.(Reuters)
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea which US defense department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on Friday.(Reuters Photo)
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea which US defense department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on Friday.(Reuters Photo)
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NO RUSSIANS INJURED IN U.S. STRIKE ON SHAYRAT AIRBASE IN SYRIA - RUSSIA DUMA DEPUTY SABLIN
12:39
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY: 4 SYRIAN ARMED FORCES SERVICEMEN KILLED, 2 MISSING, 6 INJURED AS RESULT OF U.S. STRIKE
12:39
U.S. strike on Syria delivered during Trump-Xi dinner is insult to China - MP Nikonov
12:41
U.S. STRIKE ON SYRIAN BASE DESTROYS WAREHOUSE, TRAINING FACILITY, RADAR, 6 PLANES IN REPAIR HANGARS - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
12:42
SYRIAN AIR DEFENSE NETWORK TO BE BOLSTERED - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
12:52
KREMLIN CONFIRMS MOSCOW WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA THROUGH DESIGNATED CHANNELS
13:01
U.S. MISSILE STRIKES ON SYRIAN BASE SEND MESSAGE TO RUSSIA THAT OWN INTERESTS MORE IMPORTANT TO WASHINGTON THAN RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW, DOOR FOR RUSSIA CLOSED - HNC REPRESENTATIVE
13:41
U.S. strike destroys 6 Syrian MiG-23 planes, radar, warehouse, training facility - Russian Defense Ministry
13:48
Risk of clashes between U.S., Russian military in Syria high enough, unlikely to increase after suspension of incident prevention memorandum - Peskov
13:50
Syrian opposition sees U.S. strikes on airbase in Syria as message to Russia, Iran
13:58
ISIL, al-Nusra launch large-scale offensive immediately after U.S. strike on airbase in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry
14:28
S-400 AND PANTSIR AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS GUARANTEE PROTECTION OF RUSSIAN AVIATION GROUP STATIONED AT HMEIMIM AIRFIELD - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
14:27
AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN GROUP IN SYRIA ON SERVICE ROUND THE CLOCK - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
15:06
Tupolev Tu-160, Tu-95MS strategic bombers practice cruise missile launches - Defense Ministry
16:21
Russian frigate armed with Kalibr cruise missiles to join Mediterranean naval force
17:20
Baltic Fleet unit to hold air-defense, anti-submarine drills in North Atlantic region
MOSCOW. April 7 (Interfax) - Nikolai Kovalyov, former director of the Russian Federal Security Service and a State Duma deputy, said he is surprised by the inefficiency of the U.S. missile strike on the air base in Syria, saying that over $70 million was spent, but the goals were not achieved.
"One cruise missile costs 1.5 million or two million [dollars] [...] at least $70 million was launched at Syria, the result, I believe, is five deaths. It amazes me. Why, what for? The goals are different," Kovalyov told reporters on Friday.
19:15
Russian diplomat, Chinese ambassador discuss military-political situation in Syria, reaffirm coordinated approaches on intl' platforms
21:58
Russian Defense Ministry summons U.S. military attache, cuts off communication with Pentagon on Syria
NO RUSSIANS INJURED IN U.S. STRIKE ON SHAYRAT AIRBASE IN SYRIA - RUSSIA DUMA DEPUTY SABLIN
12:39
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY: 4 SYRIAN ARMED FORCES SERVICEMEN KILLED, 2 MISSING, 6 INJURED AS RESULT OF U.S. STRIKE
12:39
U.S. strike on Syria delivered during Trump-Xi dinner is insult to China - MP Nikonov
12:41
U.S. STRIKE ON SYRIAN BASE DESTROYS WAREHOUSE, TRAINING FACILITY, RADAR, 6 PLANES IN REPAIR HANGARS - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
12:42
SYRIAN AIR DEFENSE NETWORK TO BE BOLSTERED - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
12:52
KREMLIN CONFIRMS MOSCOW WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA THROUGH DESIGNATED CHANNELS
13:01
U.S. MISSILE STRIKES ON SYRIAN BASE SEND MESSAGE TO RUSSIA THAT OWN INTERESTS MORE IMPORTANT TO WASHINGTON THAN RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW, DOOR FOR RUSSIA CLOSED - HNC REPRESENTATIVE
13:41
U.S. strike destroys 6 Syrian MiG-23 planes, radar, warehouse, training facility - Russian Defense Ministry
13:48
Risk of clashes between U.S., Russian military in Syria high enough, unlikely to increase after suspension of incident prevention memorandum - Peskov
13:50
Syrian opposition sees U.S. strikes on airbase in Syria as message to Russia, Iran
13:58
ISIL, al-Nusra launch large-scale offensive immediately after U.S. strike on airbase in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry
14:28
S-400 AND PANTSIR AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS GUARANTEE PROTECTION OF RUSSIAN AVIATION GROUP STATIONED AT HMEIMIM AIRFIELD - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
14:27
AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN GROUP IN SYRIA ON SERVICE ROUND THE CLOCK - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY
15:06
Tupolev Tu-160, Tu-95MS strategic bombers practice cruise missile launches - Defense Ministry
16:21
Russian frigate armed with Kalibr cruise missiles to join Mediterranean naval force
17:20
Baltic Fleet unit to hold air-defense, anti-submarine drills in North Atlantic region
MOSCOW. April 7 (Interfax) - Nikolai Kovalyov, former director of the Russian Federal Security Service and a State Duma deputy, said he is surprised by the inefficiency of the U.S. missile strike on the air base in Syria, saying that over $70 million was spent, but the goals were not achieved.
"One cruise missile costs 1.5 million or two million [dollars] [...] at least $70 million was launched at Syria, the result, I believe, is five deaths. It amazes me. Why, what for? The goals are different," Kovalyov told reporters on Friday.
19:15
Russian diplomat, Chinese ambassador discuss military-political situation in Syria, reaffirm coordinated approaches on intl' platforms
21:58
Russian Defense Ministry summons U.S. military attache, cuts off communication with Pentagon on Syria
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