Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Sochi on November 20, during which he announced plans to end the military operation in that country, according to the Kremlin's official website.
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for President Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, a prominent member of the commission, Carla del Ponte, said in remarks published on Sunday, according to Reuters.
The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children. The activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack, White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrote on Twitter.
Israel's military said on Wednesday it believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces still possess several tonnes of chemical weapons, issuing the assessment two weeks after a chemical attack that killed nearly 90 people in Syria, according to Reuters.
The French foreign minister has said that France's intelligence services have evidence that the Syrian government carried out the alleged chemical weapons attack on a rebel village earlier this month, The Independent reports.
Though still evolving, President Donald Trump's plans for Syria have come into clearer view since he ordered cruise missiles fired on a Syrian air base to punish Assad for a chemical weapons attack, The Associated Press reports.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice on Monday saying neither the United States nor South Korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests, with U.S. attacks in Syria and Afghanistan showing its resolve, according to Reuters.
White House national security adviser H. R. McMaster says it is time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Assad's regime and its "subversive" actions in Europe, according to online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda referring to Reuters.
Britain is pushing western nations to impose new sanctions on Russia if Moscow fails to curb ties with Bashar al Assad amid the escalation of Syrian conflict, according to The Times.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday indicated a willingness to work with Democrats toward drafting new sanctions targeting Russia in response to Moscow’s unwavering support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to The Washington Times.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has announced a halt to the memorandum on preventing incidents and ensuring flights safety during operations in Syria, which was earlier signed with the United States, in the wake of a U.S. strike on the Syrian airbase, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "vital national security interest," according to Reuters.