 Montreal Gazette WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence has concluded with "varying degrees of confidence," that the Syriangovernment has twice used chemical weapons in its fierce civil war, the White House and other top administration officials said Thursday. However ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Case for Intervening in Syria The Atlantic Meanwhile, sectarian tension within Syria is on the rise, and with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah's active participation in the crisis in support of the Bashar al-Assad regime, sectarian strife is beginning to simmer in Lebanon as well. Further east ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria's Assad issues new amnesty - The Frontier Post Frontier Post AFP_DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad declared a general amnesty on Tuesday as the conflict ravaging Syria showed no signs of abating, with Western and Russian differences proving unbridgeable.Assad has issued several amnesty decrees since ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Ex-Hezbollah leader: Iran told us to join Syrian war Jerusalem Post Iran pressed Hezbollah fighters to join the civil war in Syria to bolster President Bashar Assad's armed struggle, according to Sobhi al-Tofaili, a disaffected former leader of the militant group. The allegation, made on Lebanon's Future Television ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian opposition urges US-Russia talks based on Assad ouster Al-Arabiya Syria's main opposition bloc insisted on Wednesday that any talks between U.S. and Russia on ending their country's war be based on President Bashar al-Assad's departure. “According to news sources at the NATO foreign ministers conference in Brussels, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian opposition warns Hezbollah to stay out Ahram Online The U.S. has long called for Assad to leave power, but for months did not play an active role in backing the rebellion. Recently, however, Washington has grown more assertive, helping cobble together the SyrianNational Coalition late last year in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria rebels launch attack in central Hama after months of calm Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy clashes erupted for the first time in months in Syria's central city of Hama on Thursday as rebels tried to relieve pressure on comrades under attack from President Bashar al-Assad'sforces elsewhere, activists said. They said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syrian government troops capture strategic town near Damascus, cut arms route ... Washington Post BEIRUT — After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime, state media and activists said Thursday. By taking the town of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria War Today: Assad Government Targets West With New Message - 2013 New York Times As the war continues, Syrian officials are trying to convince Western countries that they should not support rebel forces because, the officials contend, many are extremists allied with Al Qaeda. Related the story here: http://nyti.ms/17XBAYZ Please ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Another Chance in Syria Wall Street Journal Assad long ago crossed other red, as in bloody, lines. More than 70,000 are dead in Syria, with a hundred or more killed each day. The latest horror is a massacre in Jdaidet al-Fadl. The SyrianObservatory for Human Rights this weekend identified 80 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Were Chemical Weapons Used in Syria? New York Times It's not hard to imagine that President Bashar al-Assad, desperately clinging to power, might use chemical weapons against the Syrian people. He has already pummeled them with warplanes and missiles and shows no signs of ending a bloody onslaught that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| The pink line Chicago Tribune President Barack Obama drew a clear red line last August when he threatened direct military action ifSyrian President Bashar Assad unleashed chemical or biological weapons against rebels seeking to topple him: "We cannot have a situation in which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lebanese Sunni cleric calls for jihad to aid Syrian rebels against Hezbollah Al-Arabiya Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a controversial Lebanese Salafist sheikh, has urged his followers to join Syrianrebels fighting troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. The call came as a second Sunni Lebanese ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria chemical weapons use likely says United States Courier Mail US intelligence services had been investigating reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces had used chemical arms - a move Washington has said would cross a "red line," triggering possible military action. "Our intelligence community does ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hezbollah under pressure over Syria fighting AFP Iran-backed Hezbollah, a close ally of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, has denied Syrian opposition accusations that it has sent its elite troops into Syria to support regime troops battling insurgents. It saysSyrian rebels have targeted Shiite ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria's former pm defines revolution as an orphan one - Turkish Press Turkish Press Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab, who defected from the Bashar al-Assad's regime in August 2012 and joined the opponents, defined the revolution in his country as an orphan one. Speaking to AA on Tuesday, Hijab said that the interim government ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hagel urges caution on Syria chemical weapons claims AFP Meanwhile Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi reiterated in Moscow President Bashar al-Assad's regime position that Damascus would not use chemical weapons even if it had them, state media reported Wednesday. "When I was in Israel they did ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Syria's jihadists evoke surreal fears Al-Arabiya Countries like Saudi Arabia, among others, fear that Syria will at some point embrace terrorist groups. This has been the Assad regime's plan since the beginning of the crisis. The regime wants the Syrianpeople who revolted against it to inherit a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Could John McCain's roadmap for intervening in Syria work? Foreign Policy (blog) Amid international accusations of chemical weapons use by Assad government forces in Syria's civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry told NATO members on Tuesday that the alliance should consider contingency planning and prepare for possible threats ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama feels heat over Syria chemical weapons claims AFP The US administration, both in public and in private, says it has not concluded that such arms -- of which President Bashar al-Assad's regime has a large stockpile -- have been been employed in the bloody civil war. But "it's important that we do ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria: Minaret Of Famous Mosque Destroyed Key 103 Manchester The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque has collapsed in the clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad. The minaret was in the heart of Aleppo's Old City, a United Nations world heritage site, and stood in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Syria and the law Washington Post Syria never became a focus because President Bashar al-Assad's military has advanced Russian fighter planes and air defense weapons. They make it impossible to use slow-flying drones, which can easily be shot down by relatively low-tech anti-aircraft ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minaret destroyed at 12th-century Syrian mosque on World Heritage list CNN "The Assad regime has done all that they can to destroy the social fabric of Syria," it added. The Syriangovernment, however, blamed one rebel group, Jabhet al-Nusra, for blowing up the minaret. The jihadist al-Nusra Front in Syria has been linked to ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Defense Secretary Hagel: Syria used chemical weapons ... - RT News By RT "Thus far, we believe that the Assad regime maintains custody of these weapons, and has demonstrated a willingness to escalate its horrific use of violence against the Syrian people," Foreign Policy quotes from the letter. Moments after news ... News RSS : Today |
| White House: U.S. Intelligence Has 'Varying Degrees of Confidence ... By GottaLaff Chris Matthews is saying that Hagel “has determined that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons, specifically sarin.” The L.A. Times subject line was “Breaking News: U.S. believes Syria's Assad has used chemical weapons.” ... The Political Carnival |
| The Jewish Press » » White House Admits Assad Used Chemical ... By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu tell a friend. Rebel video screenshot of Syrian wounded by chemical weapons in December. The White House stated in a letter to Congressional leaders that it has reasonable evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons, but Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told reporters it was only on a “small scale.” .... NY Times Editor Jill Abramson Sparks News Not Fit to Print · Louis Rene Beres Obama's Flawed Advice To Israel (First of Two Parts) · Member of Knesset ... The Jewish Press |
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