Renewed chemical attack in Syria
As the conflict in Syria enters its eighth year, Parliament is due to debate the situation, following a recent escalation. The Assad regime is suspected of having carried out a toxic gas attack on the besieged town of Douma near Damascus on 7 April 2018, killing around 80 people and injuring hundreds. The United Nations Security Council debated the attack during an emergency meeting on 9 April 2018, during which Russia denied Syrian regime responsibility for the attack. The EU has strongly condemned the latest use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, and the United States, France and the United Kingdom have signalled their willingness to respond with air-strikes in order to uphold the global ban on the use of chemical weapons.
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Domaine politique
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- Amérique
- arme chimique
- Asie - Océanie
- DROIT
- droits de l'homme
- droits et libertés
- défense
- Europe
- guerre civile
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie politique
- géographie économique
- intervention militaire
- Nations unies
- ONU
- ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES
- politique internationale
- relation multilatérale
- RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
- Syrie
- sécurité internationale
- Turquie
- victime civile
- VIE POLITIQUE
- vie politique et sécurité publique
- États-Unis