Alex Thomson
Syria: what the draft UN resolution on chemical weapons really means
From imminent intervention to the realpolitik of Moscow, outplaying the west at every turn – what a difference a few weeks makes.
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Alex Thomson
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Russian guards ‘storm Greenpeace ship’
Russian officials with guns storm a Greenpeace ship protesting oil drilling in Russia’s Arctic waters. Thirty activists, including six Britons, are still being held, the environmental group says.
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Assad: anybody can make sarin – but Syria will dispose arms
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is committed to destroying his country’s chemical weapons but it will take about a year to do so.
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Victory for Damascus: Syria hails arms deal
The Syrian government welcomes the agreement to disarm their chemical weapons but the US warns Syria that it will take action if it fails to live up to its promises.
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Alex Thomson
Syria: chemical weapons plan is a success… at buying time
The plan to hand Syria’s weapons over to international control has no chance of success, but it has achieved one thing – buying global leaders some time.
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From Russia with love: President Putin appeals to America
Vladimir Putin appeals directly to the nation in a US paper, calling on the American public to steer clear of “brute force” in Syria, as the Russian foreign minister prepares to meet with John Kerry.
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Lindsey Hilsum
For Russia, injustice and cruelty in Syria is better than instability
One reason why Russia opposes US intervention in Syria is that it could make a bad situation worse. And from a Russian viewpoint, instability is a far greater worry than injustice or cruelty.
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Jonathan Rugman
Syria's lesson is that exhaustive diplomacy must precede force
Why have all the powers involved in trying to resolve the Syria crisis – the US, Russia, France and Britain – so singularly failed to exhaust diplomatic avenues to avoid conflict?
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Obama ‘agrees to UN talks on Russia’s plan for Syria’
As the US begins talks on Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, Russia rejects a draft resolution drawn up by France authorising force.
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Russia urges Syria to hand over its chemical weapons
Russia calls on Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and have them destroyed to prevent a military attack by the US, in a move welcomed by Damascus.
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Olympics 2020: Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo await their fate
The delegations of the three remaining candidates for the 2020 Olympics arrive in Argentina to make their final pitch. Within hours, the host city of the 32nd summer games will be announced.
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Alex Thomson
Baghdamascus: Iraq’s long shadow
There’s a new town in town. Not on any map, but deep in the public psyche of the UK, US and France. It’s Baghdamascus.
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G20: will Syria overshadow tax and economics?
As charities urge G20 leaders to come good on pledges to fix a “broken” global tax system that hurts developing countries, the economic agenda risks being overshadowed by the war in Syria.
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Putin rubbishes Syria chemical attack claims
As the US Senate draft a resolution imposing a 90-day deadline on Syria, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warns the west against taking one-sided action.
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Lindsey Hilsum
So democracy won, now what about Syria?
Western public opinion has turned against military intervention, but those who deplore the use of chemical weapons have yet to come up with a viable alternative response.
