Source: NY Times: CAIRO — The leaders of the Arab world on Tuesday blamed the Syrian government for a chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people last week, but declined to back a retaliatory military strike, leaving President Obama without the broad regional support he had for his last […]
Russia has begun to evacuate its citizens from Syria, as its deputy prime minister stated that the West was acting in the Islamic world like “a monkey with a grenade”. […]
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013 Stratfor By George Friedman Images of multiple dead bodies emerged from Syria last week. It was asserted that poison gas killed the victims, who according to some numbered in the hundreds. Others claimed the photos were faked while others said the rebels were at […]
The United States’ possible military action against Syria was planned “many years ago” in order to replace the Syrian government with a pro-Western one, an American journalist said. “The issue is very clear. Syria is Washington’s war. It was planned many years ago,” Stephen Lendman told Press TV on Monday. […]
In Lebanon, Egpyt and Syria, society has become frighteningly distorted, writes Robert Fisk. Mass gassing, massacres in the streets, mosque bombings. It’s as if no Middle Eastern state can any longer enjoy the blessings of peace. I was driving to Cairo airport on Friday, wondering if it was really wise […]
• Syria offers UN access to chemical attacks site • US says Syrian offer ‘too late to be credible’ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the US military was ready […]
• Obama weighs options, talks with Britain’s Cameron • Assad govt warns US military action would set Mideast ablaze • UN inspectors press Damascus to allow investigation WASHINGTON: US intelligence […]
Leaked emails from defense contractor refers to chemical weapons saying ‘the idea is approved by Washington’ Obama issued warning to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad last month that use of chemical warfare was ‘totally unacceptable’ By LOUISE BOYLE PUBLISHED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 29 January 2013 […]
Syrian army soldiers have found chemical agents when they entered rebel tunnels in Damascus suburb of Jobar, Syrian TV reports, adding that some of them started suffocating. Soldiers “entered the terrorists’ tunnels and saw chemical agents,” state television quoted a “news source” as saying. “In some cases, soldiers started suffocating […]
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch August 23, 2013 – 16:13 An alleged chemical bombing outside the Syrian capital Damascus, with potentially hundreds of civilian victims, has left the international community horrified. […]
By C. J. CHIVERS Published: August 22, 2013 Matthew Schrier was helpless. An American photographer held in a rebel-controlled prison in the Syrian city of Aleppo, he and a fellow […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Published — Friday 23 August 2013 DAMASCUS: The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on […]
Whenever there is some international action with regards to Syria, a United Nations security council meeting or a G8 conference, the Syrian insurgents create and/or propagandize some “massacre” that they allege to have been perpetrated by the Syrian government. On Monday UN chemical weapon inspectors arrived in Damascus to investigate […]
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 21 August 2013 The first wave of Haj pilgrims are expected to arrive to the Kingdom beginning next week. This year 10,000 Syrians […]
By Editorial Board, WASHINGTON POST IN THE spring of 2011, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad responded to the first massive protests against his regime with unrelenting violence. Security forces opened fire on unarmed civilians who joined demonstrations. Proposals by Western governments and neighbors for democratic reforms or negotiations with the opposition […]
SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency) – Eighty bodies of outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba’s terrorists have been brought from Syria to Pakistan. Shiite News has learnt reliably that the bodies of Sipah-e-Sahaba’s terrorists are being brought to Pakistan from Syria. Hundreds of bodies have been brought so far. Latest reports said that around […]
KIM SENGUPTA Author Biography SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2013 The holy month of Ramadan is over and both sides in Syria’s civil war are preparing for a new round of attrition. […]
August 09, 2013 Charles Recknagel Radio Free Europe (US sponsored) It’s no secret that Saudi Arabia wants to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But just how much Riyadh is willing to use its money to reach that goal can be surprising. One measure was a meeting on July 31 in […]
It was some six months ago that Syrian rebel commanders met US intelligence officers in Jordan to discuss the status of the war and, the rebels hoped, to secure supplies of the sophisticated weapons they need to overthrow President Bashar Al Assad. But according to one of the commanders present […]
August 10, 2013 – 15:42 By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed a village in Syria’s north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad’s forces are on the defensive […]