(Reuters) – The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad underscores Russia’s weakness and inability to fight on two fronts, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. Russia had bolstered Assad’s government by staging air strikes against opposition targets beginning in 2015 and had operated out of two bases on Syrian territory. But Moscow’s 33-month-old invasion of …
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(Reuters) – Following are reactions from around the world to events in Syria. Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East. EUROPEAN COMMISSION …
ATHENS (Reuters) – Supporters of the Syrian rebels that ousted President Bashar al-Assad entered the Syrian embassy in Athens on Sunday and hoisted the rebel flag from the rooftop, police and a Reuters reporter said. Police entered the embassy compound and detained four people, but left the flag flying, said a Reuters reporter at the …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions. Trump made his comments just hours after meeting Zelenskiy in Paris for their first face-to-face talks since …
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By Joan Faus VALVERDE, Spain (Reuters) – Two years ago forensic pathologist Modesto Martinez, 68, moved to the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro with an eye to retiring. Instead, he’s been called out day and night to deal with dead African migrants, as they arrive by sea in increasing numbers. “I thought El Hierro …
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ROME (Reuters) -Syrian rebels entered the residence of the Italian ambassador in Damascus on Sunday, but did not harm him or his security staff, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, calling for a peaceful transfer of power in the country. The Islamist fighters, who declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster after seizing control of the capital …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia was open to talks on Ukraine after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for “an immediate ceasefire and negotiations”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said peace negotiations had to be based on agreements reached in Istanbul in 2022 and on the current battlefield realities. Peskov noted that …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrians will have to cope with a full-scale civil war alone, Konstantin Kosachyov, deputy chairman of Russia’s upper house of parliament said on Sunday, while suggesting that Moscow was ready to support the Syrian people in certain circumstances. Syrian rebels announced on Sunday that they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad, after seizing …
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By Kuba Stezycki MOGOSOAIA, Romania (Reuters) – The Romanian far-right presidential candidate at the centre of a Russian electoral meddling scandal turned up at the place he would have voted in on Sunday, saying the Constitutional Court’s decision to cancel the ballot was fatal for democracy. The court annulled the ongoing presidential election after accusations …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian air force said on Sunday that its air defence units shot down 28 of 74 drones launched by Russia overnight targeting Ukraine. The air force said on the Telegram messaging app that 46 of the Russian drones were “lost”, likely neutralised by electronic warfare. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne …
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