Syria
Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics
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Holy Week, a mass rally in Pyongyang, the ongoing destruction in Mosul and Sergio Garcia winning the Masters – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
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Foreign secretary praised despite failure to persuade G7 nations to back new sanctions against Russia
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Rightwingers who said Trump would conquer neoconservatism are howling with rage after a missile attack on Syria – and others are trying to justify it
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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad claims the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun was ‘fabricated’
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President dismisses evidence from weapons experts who found traces of nerve agent in samples from Khan Sheikhun
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Christopher Pyne says Kim Jong-un developing capability to reach Australia with nuclear weapons within two years
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Foreign secretary redoubles criticism of Vladimir Putin’s support for Bashar al-Assad and continues to push for tougher stance on Moscow
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Hosting Nato’s secretary general, the US president abandoned his position of lambasting the military alliance, following last week’s missile attack on Syria
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The US secretary of state Rex Tillerson met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for almost two hours following fraught discussions with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov
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The White House forgets the Holocaust (again)
Timothy SnyderRemember how the Trump administration deliberately ignored Jewish victims of the Holocaust? That is key to understanding Sean Spicer’s gaffe
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Defense secretary brushes off talks of Syria regime change amid contradictory messages from Trump administration and Rex Tillerson’s visit to Russia
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Got a minute? Press secretary says Nazi leader never used chemical weapons … unlike Assad … Ivanka ‘weighed in’ on Syria strikes … and everything else today in US politics. By Tom McCarthy
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UK foreign secretary’s performance is closely monitored but Theresa May is reportedly content with G7 summit signalling Assad needs to be removed
How long can the UN endure the shame of chemical attacks on Syrian citizens?