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It comes as US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal.
Missiles hit not just military targets but civilian building, Daria Matveytseva said.
Biden has set a deadline of tomorrow to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan.
US security forces inside the compound fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
Yesterday, Russian and Turkish presidents were asked to use diplomacy to avert a “bloodbath” in Idlib.
The British Prime Minister said, “We have done it because we believed it was the right thing to do”.
Russia has condemned, but the US has backed, Israel’s actions.
It is the most serious confrontation between Israel and Iran since the Syrian conflict started in 2011.
More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began with anti-government demonstrations in March 2011.
Russian and Turkish authorities appear keen to move on after today’s airstrike.
Attempts to reach agreement failed after Russia refused US demands that it promise to ground the Syrian air force.
The Syrian president also said the air strikes targeting Islamic State militants are illegal.
Conservative PM David Cameron won the support of almost one third of Labour MPs in his plan for military intervention in the region.
A vote is expected next week on the issue, with David Cameron pushing MPs to back the move.
David Cameron made his case today.
Dozens of Islamic State fighters were also wounded in the raids on weapons depots, barracks and checkpoints.
Moscow says it is synchronising its strikes with the Syrian army’s ground movements.
Western powers are ramping up efforts against the terrorist organisation.
The capital Sanaa has been rocked by air-strikes.
It is a retaliation for last week’s massacre.
Another city in Iraq was also liberated.
Syrian’s foreign minister said Turkey must do more to control its border.
He was rumoured to have died in an air strike earlier this week.
The effect of the air campaign remains the subject of debate.
The US president has committed to continued air strikes on the northern Syrian town.
A US army official has said that Syrian and Iraqi troops are needed on the ground.
The city of Kobane has become incredibly important.
The country’s cabinet today approve the deployment of special forces and military air strikes.
Addressing the UN tonight, Flanagan said the “bloodlust and inhumanity which ISIS is displaying in Syria and Iraq” has shocked all civilised people.
He said that it must be accepted the military action is part of the solution.
The group, linked to Al-Qaeda, has declared the air strikes “a war against Islam”.
The Tornado combat jets took off from an RAF base in Cyprus.
The US is planning to train and arm 5,000 Syrian rebels.
Speaking after talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi, Cameron said he was “confident” that members of the House of Commons would authorise the move.
Terrorism experts say the group is not as strong as pre-911 Al-Qaeda.
The woman was nine months pregnant but medics were unable to save the foetus.
Truce designed to buy time for peace talks in Cairo was extended by a day within minutes of last night’s deadline.
Russians or Iranians might have piloted planes that targeted Islamic State militants last week.
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