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14. Syria

14. Syria

14.1 General

  • 4/7/2017 - Graham to expand Russia sanctions bill to include aiding Assad. Source
  • 4/7/2017 - Trump launches attack on Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles. Source
  • 4/7/2017 - A U.S. official said the Russians had been warned before the U.S. launched at least 59 tomahawk missiles aimed at Syria. Source
  • 4/7/2017 - Oil prices rose on Friday, trading near a one-month high and closing the week up 3 percent after the United States fired missiles at a Syrian government air base, raising concern that the conflict could spread in the oil-rich region. Source
  • 4/8/2017- Residents of the Syrian town devastated by a chemical weapons attack earlier this week said warplanes had returned to bomb them Saturday, despite a U.S. missile barrage and warnings of possible further response. Source
  • 4/11/2017 - The United States has concluded that Russia knew ahead of time that Syria would launch a chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official says. Source
  • 4/26/2017 - French intelligence has concluded that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on April 4 in northern Syria and that Assad or members of his inner circle ordered the strike, a declassified report showed. Source

14.2 Russian Response

  • 4/5/2017 - The last time a deadly nerve agent was dropped on women and children in Syria was four years ago, which is also the last time that the Russian government denied that any such thing had taken place. Source
  • 4/11/2017 - Fake chemical attacks in Syria could provoke further US strikes, Vladimir Putin claims. Source

14.3 Misc Response

  • 4/11/2017 - Eric Trump: Syria missile strikes prove there’s no Trump-Russia connection. Source

Turkey

General

  • 4/18/2017 - US President Donald Trump has become the first Western leader to congratulate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for winning a controversial referendum that grants him far-reaching, largely unchecked powers. Source
  • 4/24/2017 - Giuliani, a close ally to Trump has ties to Turkey and Erdogan. Source
  • 4/28/2017 - Erdogan is trying to coerce Pres. Trump into shifting US support from Kurdish forces toward Turkey’s proxies. Source
  • 5/17/2017 - The State Department is working with Washington, D.C. police and the U.S. Secret Service to identify the bodyguards working for Turkey’s president who beat up protesters outside of the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. The same day Trump was meeting with Erdogan. Source