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2 dead in IS-claimed attack on Pakistan Christians

ISLAMABAD — Suspected Islamic State militants in southwestern Pakistan have shot dead two members of the minority Christian community and wounded at least five others. Police and witnesses said the victims were...

US Warns of New Syrian Attack if Chemical Weapons Used Again

WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday that the U.S. would launch new missile strikes against his regime if he carries...

France’s Macron Says He Convinced Trump Not to Pull Out of Syria

French President Emmanuel Macron says he convinced President Donald Trump not to pull U.S. troops out of Syria and limit the airstrikes. Macron spoke to France's BFM television Sunday, marking one year...

US, Allies Tell UN: Syria Strikes Legal, Justified

UNITED NATIONS — The United States, Britain and France said Saturday that their military strike on Syrian chemical weapons storage and research facilities was legal and justified. At an emergency U.N. Security Council...

Allies See ‘Serious Blow’ to Syria’s Chemical Arms

PENTAGON — A U.S.-led coalition believes it sent a powerful message to Damascus and its backers, surgically slicing through the country's air defense systems to cripple the backbone of the Syrian government's...

US Says Syrian Chemical Weapons Program Crippled

  PENTAGON — Military planners and U.S. President Donald Trump are hailing the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syrian chemical weapons facilities as a complete success, with every missile hitting its target. The United States, France...

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