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US President Donald Trump has launched a harsh attack on NATO ally Turkey, threatening to destroy its economy if Ankara takes a planned military strike in Syria too far – even though the US leader himself has opened the door for a Turkish incursion.
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The operation to take Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria looks close to an end, with no sign of clashes as US-backed fighters comb the area for hidden jihadists.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says a US missile strike on a Syrian air base was a swift response to a shocking war crime.
US President Donald Trump says he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America’s “national security interest” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
It’s been three days since toxic gas engulfed the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun and it remains a place of ghostly desolation, its streets empty with tents packed with weeping survivors.
The death toll stands at 86 after a suspected chemical attack in north-western Syria, according to reports from an independent monitor.
