 AFP DAMASCUS — Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed on Tuesday long-held suspicions that it is behind jihadists fighting in Syria, as Washington said it was mulling new ways to drive President Bashar al-Assad from power. The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army kept ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Assad warns of regional repercussions due to ongoing disturbances in Syria GlobalPost Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned against the wide-scale repercussions of the ongoing disturbances in Syria, saying they would affect the regional countries for years. The president's comments were made during a televised interview with the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria's Assad refuses to let in UN chemical weapons inspectors Al-Bawaba Diplomats said last week that Syria had not yet agreed to give the “unfettered access” demanded by the United Nations for its chemical weapons probe, despite asking for the UN to investigate its accusation that rebels used chemical weapons in Aleppo ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iraqi al Qaeda wing merges with Syrian counterpart The Star Online DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's al Qaeda wing has united with a kindred Syrian group in the frontline of a struggle to oust President Bashar al-Assad, sharpening a dilemma for nations that back the revolt, but fear rising Islamist militancy. The leader of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Aid group pleads with U.N. to do more for Syria's children Chicago Tribune The U.N. Security Council has been deadlocked since the start of the start of the conflict, withSyrian President Bashar al-Assad's close ally Russia - with the aid of China - using its veto power to block any condemnations or attempts to sanction ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kerry to meet Syrian opposition in London Reuters TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he would meet members of theSyrian opposition in London later this week, adding that Washington was looking to provide more help to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iraq inspects Iranian jet en route to Syria, second this week Reuters Iran's support for Assad is politically delicate for Iraq, which balances its own close ties to Tehran against its relations with Washington and Sunni Muslim Arab Gulf neighbors who are opposed to theSyrian leader. "Another Iranian plane was searched ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria's Jihadists face test of government in eastern city Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - A month after they pulled down a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's once feared father, people in a city in eastern Syria are living under a Jihadist regime that could be a taste of what is in store for the country if Assad himself ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What Does the US Want in Syria? Algemeiner Ignatius is actually arguing the Russian goal: to have the United States use what leverage it has to produce a secularly governed Syria without Assad. Is that what the president wants done? If so, the fact that he and his administration have been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Amplifying a disaster University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily another, but it is imperative that the U.S. does not intervene militarily in Syria. While the U.S. government has, however impotently, called for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down and has supplied trusted rebels with non-military aid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Al Qaeda's Iraq branch and Syria militant group announce merger Fox News CAIRO – Al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria's extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers. A ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria blocks UN investigation into rebel attack Fox News The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon today said Bashar Al Assad government inSyria. Is blocking the investigation even after that very government asked the UN to investigate an alleged attack by the rebels. The rebels played the regime ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria needs negotiations to stop 'massacre' - Putin GlobalPost Russia is not looking to oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and wants the conflicting parties to negotiate and stop the “massacre,” putting an end to the “catastrophe” in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “We do not think that Assad ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria rejects extended chemical weapons probe - Tuesday 9 April The Guardian (blog) The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has urged the Syrian government to cooperate fully with a UN investigation into the use of chemical weapons after the Assad regime said it would not permit the mission to widen its original scope. The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syrian Withdrawal from Golan Alarms Israel Algemeiner On Sunday, an Israeli colonel told visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on a helicopter tour of the Golan that Israel is increasingly concerned about foreign, Sunni jihadists who have flocked toSyria to fight Assad, according to Canadian news ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian opposition to meet some G8 foreign ministers in London Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will meet some Group of Eight foreign ministers in London on Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said. "The top of our agenda will be the situation in Syria," Hague told ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria's Al Nusra 'part of Al Qaida Iraq network' gulfnews.com Baghdad: Al Qaida in Iraq said for the first time on Tuesday that Al Nusra Front, a jihadist group battling President Bashar Al Assad's regime, was part of its network and fighting for an Islamic state in Syria. The remarks by the leader of Al Qaida's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Al-Qaida says Syria's al-Nusra Front part of it: statement Xinhua BAGHDAD, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qaida militant group in Iraq said Tuesday that al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's administration, is part of its " Islamic state." "It is time to declare to the Levant and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Wider Use of Car Bombs Angers Both Sides in Syrian Conflict New York Times The use of these powerful and indiscriminate weapons — rejected by some rebel factions — has undermined support for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and left many Syrians angry at the government for failing to stop the bombings. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| U.S. intelligence: Syria's Assad used chemical weapons - Diplomacy ... Information relates to two incidents that occurred in the Damascus area in March; Washington has reiterated that the use of chemical weapons by Syria regime ... www.haaretz.com/.../u-s-intelligence-syria-s-assad-used-chemi... | ||
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| PYD begins fight against al-Assad regime forces in northern Syria Syrian President Bashar al-Assad s forces began targeting Syrian Kurds and the Democratic Union Party... www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pyd-begins-fight-against-al-assad... | ||
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