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| Trump considering sanctions against Russia & Iran over Syria – US envoy to UN | Trump considering sanctions against Russia & Iran over Syria – US envoy to UN |
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| US President Donald Trump is considering implementing new sanctions against Russia and Iran, the US ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley has said in an interview with CNN. | US President Donald Trump is considering implementing new sanctions against Russia and Iran, the US ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley has said in an interview with CNN. |
| Speaking to Jake Tapper, the host of the State of the Union show, on Sunday, the US official said that the issue of the new sanctions is already being discussed. | Speaking to Jake Tapper, the host of the State of the Union show, on Sunday, the US official said that the issue of the new sanctions is already being discussed. |
| “I think that’s conversations that he [Trump] will be having and have started to have, going forward. But I think he will have to look at the situation,” Haley told the CNN host when asked whether Trump “wants tougher sanctions on Russia and Iran.” | |
| Nothing “is off the table at this point,” she added. | |
| The discussions are linked to the situation in Syria, she said. | The discussions are linked to the situation in Syria, she said. |
| READ MORE: US envoy to UN says ousting Assad is still among priorities, Moscow slams move as ‘sabotage’ | READ MORE: US envoy to UN says ousting Assad is still among priorities, Moscow slams move as ‘sabotage’ |
| “You saw this terrible tragedy on innocent people, a lot of them children, and the first reaction from Russia wasn’t ‘how horrible,’ it wasn’t ‘how could they do this,’ it wasn’t ‘how did this happen,’ it was: ‘Assad didn’t do it.’ Why was that the reaction?” Haley said. |