Israeli jets strike scientific research center in Damascus – reports

Israeli attacks also targeted the outskirts of the city of Hama, local media said. Considerable destruction was reported in the aftermath of the Damascus attack.

The research center in Damascus is believed to be the Barzah Scientific Research Facility, or Institute 2000. The center, alleged by the US to connected to Syria’s chemical weapons program, was targeted in joint US, French and British strikes in 2018.

OPCW inspections of the facility in 2017 found no evidence of prohibited chemicals, or any violations by Syria of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🔸 Sweeping & relentless: Unpacking Trump’s tariffs

🔸 Germany's FM and IAEA Head eye top UN roles: do they have what it takes?

🔸 UK’s new foreign influence scheme aims to divert Britons’ attention from economic troubles: Russian embassy

🔸 Chagos Islands: Indian Ocean archipelago at the center of a SUPERPOWER COMPETITION for maritime supremacy

🔸 Special military bikes: Meet Russian assault transport from motorcycles to buggies

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 Israel launches strikes on Syrian military sites – reports

Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace from southern Syria and targeted several military sites, including the Barzah area north of Damascus, the T4 airbase east of Homs, and the vicinity of the Hama military airport in central Syria.

The moment of the Israeli airstrike on the Hama military airport in Syria is going viral on social media.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 Australia REFUSES to retaliate against Trump’s tariffs – PM Albanese

💬 “The administration's tariffs have no basis in logic and go against the foundation of our two nations' partnership. This is not the act of a friend,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized.

💬 “We will not join a race to the bottom that leads to higher prices and slower growth,” Albanese declared.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❌ Hegseth to SKIP Ukraine support meeting, marking US policy shift – reports

For the first time, a US defense secretary will not attend the multinational Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, as Pete Hegseth opts out of the April 11 gathering in Brussels. According to officials, the Pentagon is unlikely to send any senior representatives, Defense News reported, citing US officials.

With the US stepping back, Germany and the UK will lead the meeting, while European officials brace for reduced American intelligence sharing and military aid, the report added.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚔️ Iran to REVISE defense doctrine if threats to nuclear program are carried out – IRGC

💬 "The essence of this revision is extremely clear," Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Deputy Head for Political Affairs Gen. Yadollah Javani was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency.

Military aggression against Tehran will only push the country’s nuclear industry to a new level, Javani added.

He also noted that while "the atrocities" of the United States and Israel may cause damage to Iran, the retaliatory response will be even harsher.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 US doesn’t trade with Russia – Bessent explains why Russia NOT on Trump’s reciprocal tariffs list

💬 "Well, Russia and Belarus—we don't trade with, right? They're sanctioned," US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent clarified.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt