Appropriately, on Friday, April 13th the U.S. along with French and UK participation, conducted aerial strikes against Syrian chemical production and storage facilities. These strikes reportedly were comprised of a mix of ship and submarine launched missiles and aircraft including B-1 bombers, Tornado, Typhoon, Rafale and Mirage and Raptors. It was all over in […]
france, Navy, russia, syria, united kingdom, usafRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow’s opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed. “Hasty military operations in foreign states usually bring radicals to power,” Medvede…
The Syrian government accused rebels of using chemical weapons Saturday and warned the United States not to launch any military action against Damascus over an alleged chemical attack last week, saying such a move would set the Middle East ablaze.
The accusations by the regime of President Bashar Assad against opposition forces came as an internationa…
France said Tuesday it has confirmed that the nerve gas sarin was used “multiple times and in a localized way” in Syria , including at least once by the regime. It was the most specific claim by any Western power aboutchemical weapons attacks in the 27-month-old conflict.
Britain later said that tests it conducted on samples taken from Syria also…
A car bomb in Tripoli wounded two French guards at France’s embassy in Libya on Tuesday, bringing new violence to a capital that has not seen attacks on diplomats like that which killed the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi last year.Since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by Western-backed rebels in late 2011, Tripoli, like the rest of the sprawling desert state, ha…
French and British foreign ministersexpressed concern on Friday over what they said was President Bashar al-Assad’s willingness to use chemical weapons in the civil war in Syria.The Syrian government and rebels accused each other of using such weapons in a rocket attack near Aleppo on Tuesday that killed 26 people.However, a U.S. official has said it incr…
French forces have killed Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of the most feared commanders of al Qaeda’s north Africa wing, during an operation against Islamist fighters in mountainous northern Mali, Algeria’s Ennahar television said on Thursday.Abou Zeid was among 40 militants killed three days ago in the foothills of the Adrar des Ifoghasmountains near the Alger…
A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in a mud-caked farming town deep in militant territory.In the chaotic aftermath of the firefight, the hostage’s fate was unclear Saturday. The Islamists denied French claims that he was killed a…
France launched airstrikes Friday to help the government of Mali defeat al-Qaida-linked militants who captured more ground this week, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for this vast desert nation.French President Francois Hollande said the “terrorist groups, drug traffickers and extremists” in northern Mali “show a brutality that threatens us…
France's foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year.France is one of six countries that have negotiated with Tehran over its nuclear program, which Iran insists is peaceful.Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio Sunday that unspecified experts "have estab…