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Child given ‘dates, cake’ to play part in staging of alleged chemical attack: Russia
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Moscow
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2018 08:30 PM IST
Western powers accuse Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime of using chemical weapons against civilians in the Syrian town of Douma on April 7
Syrian rebels hand over arms, leave another town near Douma
By Associated Press | Associated Press, Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2018 06:53 PM IST
Dumayr, in the Qalamoun mountains, is a minutes’ drive away from the eastern Ghouta region, a former rebel enclave that came under full government control last week after a driving offensive that culminated in a suspected chemical weapons attack.
Russia clashes again with US and allies over Syria attacks
By Associated Press | Associated Press, United Nations
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2018 11:47 AM IST
Russia and close ally Syria deny responsibility for a suspected poison gas attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7.
UN security team visits alleged gas attack site in Douma: Syrian Envoy
By HT Correspondent | Reuters, United Nations/Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2018 09:24 AM IST
Western countries say scores of civilians sheltering from bombs were gassed to death in Douma on April 7. Syria and its ally Russia deny that any chemical attack took place.
Likely that proof of gas attack in Syria disappears before experts arrive: France
By HT Correspondent | Agence France-Presse, Paris
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 06:32 PM IST
French foreign ministry has accused Russia and Syria of denying access to experts dispatched to investigate the alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 7.
Investigators allowed to visit Syria chemical attack site: Russia
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, Damascus
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 09:50 AM IST
Syria and its ally Russia deny any chemical attack took place - with Russia calling it a “staged thing”.
Chemical inspectors to begin work in Syria’s Douma
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2018 02:33 PM IST
A delegation of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is tasked with investigating an April 7 attack on Douma,
Syrian army declares full control of Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2018 07:52 AM IST
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, at least 1,700 civilians have been killed in bombardment on the enclave in eight weeks
Why Donald Trump changed his tune on Syria and ordered the US-led air strikes
By HT Correspondent | Reuters, Washington
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 04:30 PM IST
Aides said Trump’s attitude changed when he was shown images of Syrians killed by the chemical weapons last Saturday.
500 patients showed symptoms of chemical attack in Syria’s Douma: WHO
By HT Correspondent | Reuters, Geneva
UPDATED ON APR 11, 2018 03:13 PM IST
WHO official said they demand immediate ‘unhindered access’ to eastern Ghouta, including Douma, in Syria to provide care to those affected and to assess the health impacts
Dozens reported killed in suspected Syria gas attack, Damascus denies
By HT Correspondent | Reuters, Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2018 12:29 PM IST
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won back control of nearly all of eastern Ghouta in a Russian-backed military campaign that began in February, leaving just Douma in rebel hands.
Air strikes kill 30 civilians in Syria’s rebel Douma
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2018 10:00 AM IST
Eight children were among the dead in the town of Douma.