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Donald Trump commented on Russia's decision to shoot all possible US missiles from the air in Syria. 'Then get ready, because they are coming.'

An estimated five hundred victims of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria are in hospitals with 'signs and symptoms of exposure to toxic chemicals'. This says the World Health Organization (WHO), which condemned the reported attack with chemical weapons in the Syrian Douma last weekend.

American missiles fired at Syria will all be shot from the air and the launchers will be attacked. The Russian ambassador in Lebanon has announced this.

The UN Security Council has not been able to reach an agreement to find out whether chemical weapons have been reused in Syria and which team of specialists to investigate. The US with Western allies and Russia did not come together.

Air traffic over the eastern part of the Mediterranean must be extra careful in the next 72 hours.

The Russian army says that Tuesday approximately 2000 rebels of Jaish al-Islam, both fighters and their relatives, left from the Syrian city of Douma. According to news agency Interfax, 4000 others are ready to leave the besieged enclave in East Ghouta.

US President Donald Trump has canceled a summit in South America this week to focus on the crisis in Syria.

Employees of the United Nations in Syria can not confirm that chemical weapons were deployed last weekend in Duma, a devastated and surrounded suburb of Damascus. According to a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO), people who have had problems with breathing have been treated in recent days. Whether or not the health problems have anything to do with chemical weapons, the WHO could not determine on the spot.

In an explosion in the Syrian city of Idlib, at least nineteen people died on Monday night. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

US President Donald Trump once again condemned the possible poison gas attack in Syrian Douma. 'We can not tolerate such atrocities,' the president said. He announced that 'important decisions' are being taken in the next '24 to 48 hours'.

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible deployment of blue helmets in Eastern Ukraine. Both were agreed, according to the German government spokesman Steffen Seibert, that the Minsk agreement must be promptly and completely transformed into action to put an end to the conflict in the area.

Germany Monday accused President Assad's regime of involvement in the alleged poison gas attack. 'The regime's actions are revolting', said a government spokesman.

While America and France are campaigning for military action against Syria, Israel has made use of the increasing tensions for an attack on a military base of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Dozens of rebel fighters have left the Syrian city of Douma in East Ghouta. This happened a few hours after the rebels reached an agreement with the government about their retreat. With buses the fighters and their families left for northern Syria.

A military airfield near the Syrian city of Homs was attacked on Monday morning. Next the state television was the airport target of several missiles and were killed and injured in the attack. The Syrian anti-aircraft drew eight missiles from the air.

The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet on Monday following the recently reported chemical attack in Syria. The meeting is at the request of the United States and several other members, diplomats said Sunday.

Evidence points to the use of chemical weapons by the troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against a besieged rebel city in Syria, the European Union said Sunday. The EU calls for an immediate response from the international community.

An agreement has been reached in Syria to release all prisoners who are being held by rebels who control the city of Douma in East Ghouta. In return, the fighters are allowed to leave the city, reported the Syrian state television Sunday, with reference to an official source.

President Donald Trump has fiercely pulled out to Syrian President Assad. 'Beast Assad is going to pay a high price for this deadly attack with chemical weapons.' According to American media, Trump is referring to a retaliatory action.

The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam accused government troops on Saturday of throwing a bomb with poisonous chemicals on civilians in Douma, the last rebel city in East Ghouta. In addition, more than five hundred people would have been injured.

The German military security service MAD is afraid of attacks on vehicles of the German army. In an internal safety advice, the service says that 'it must be assumed that it can lead to further attacks' in response to the Turkish offensive in Syria against Kurds.

The United States has sanctioned dozens of Russians who, according to the Americans, are guilty of 'malicious activities.' These include oligarchs and government officials. Several companies and organizations also adorn the sanction list because they are guilty of undermining Western democracies.

The four-year-old Yasmine from Belgium has been imprisoned for almost a year in Syria, and now that her radicalized father has been killed, she is alone in a camp of Al-Qaeda. The terrorist group does not intend to give it back and both her mother and the government are powerless.

Turkey, Russia and Iran have promised to make an extra effort to put an end to the violence in Syria and to better protect the civilian population. In a joint statement following summit talks in Ankara, Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rohani called on Wednesday to expand the international community, and especially the United Nations, on aid to Syria.

US President Donald Trump wants to make a decision in the short term about the US military presence in Syria. The president made it clear that he is seriously considering reclaiming US troops. 'I want to go away. I want to take our men home. I want to start building our country. \u0026 # X27; \u0026 # x27;

Pope Francis has called for peace in the Holy Land in his Easter message. He said that this is now being affected by conflicts that 'do not spare the defenseless.'

According to two senior government officials, President Donald Trump wants the early departure of US troops from Syria, he told his advisers.

An American and a British soldier were killed Thursday night in an attack with an improvised bomb at the place Manbij in the north of Syria. British and American military authorities reported this on Friday.

A convoy with almost 7000 members of a rebel group, their relatives and other civilians, left from a besieged part of East Ghouta near Damascus. They travel to the northwest of Syria. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

More than 105,000 civilians have left the East Ghouta region since the government forces launched a new offensive against Syrian rebel enclaves more than a month ago.