Archive du mois : avril 2018

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Russia: Syria air defence intercepted 31 missiles

A senior Russian military official has said that Syrian air defence had intercepted at least 71 cruise missiles fired by US, UK and France forces. At a news conference in Moscow on Saturday, Lt. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said at least 103 cruise missiles, including Tomahawks, were fired into a number of targets in Syria.  …

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Why is Bashar Al-Assad quiet in strength?

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has survived seven years of a devastating war and intense international pressure to step aside. While Saturday’s US-led air strikes on Syrian government facilities will be a blow to his attempts to unify Syria under his rule, there’s been little suggestion that they are aimed at ending his presidency. After rapid…

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Google loses ‘factual to be forgotten’ case

A businessman fighting for the « right to be forgotten » has won a UK High Court action against Google. The man, who has not been named due to reporting restrictions surrounding the case, wanted search results about a past crime he had committed removed from the search engine. The judge, Mr Justice Mark Warby, ruled in…

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Russia warns of ‘consequences’ for US-led strikes

1/50 13 April 2018 Indian activists gather to show support for the chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal, who is on a hunger strike against the alleged rapes in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhi, India. According to news reports Maliwal is sitting on hunger strike demanding that authorities take…

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Donald Trump Orders Missile Strikes on Syria in Response to ‘Crimes of a Monster’

Updates: MATTIS: « I am confident the Syrian regime conducted a chemical attack on innocent people in this last week. Absolutely confident.” — Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 14, 2018 Big themes from Mattis Pentagon briefing: -> Currently a “one time shot” attack; double the firepower from 2017-> No US losses-> « Absolutely confident  » that Syrian regime…

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US and allies strike Syria ‘chemical weapons sites’

US President Donald Trump has ordered air attacks in Syria « on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities », in collaboration with the UK and France. 
The attacks early on Saturday come in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in the former rebel stronghold of Douma last weekend. « I ordered the United States armed forces…