Daily Beast | US intervention in Syria appears unlikely, say officials Washington Post A sharp escalation in fighting and civilian deaths in Syria, pleas for help from rebel fighters and a tide of war-zone refugees are focusing American attention on a high-stakes Mideast conflict nine weeks before the U.S. presidential election. Yet, as ... Syria diplomacy stalls A Safe Haven Inside Syria? Bad Idea Socialist meet calls for no intervention in Syria |
BBC News | UN envoy Brahimi says Syria mission 'nearly impossible' BBC News The new UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has given a deeply pessimistic view of the task ahead of him, as he takes up his new post. Speaking to the BBC, the Algerian described his mission as "nearly impossible". Mr Brahimi, a seasoned ... Syrian activist groups estimate 5000 killed in August as civil war escalated Syria Crisis: 5000 Dead In August, Activists Say Rebels Bomb Heavily Guarded Damascus Neighborhood |
NEWS.com.au | Biden says Romney would prepare for war with Syria, Iran while ignoring middle ... Washington Post Biden made the claim about Syria and Iran without offering specifics; his campaign did not immediately respond to a request for details and he did not use similar language on Syria and Iran at a later stop in Green Bay, Wis. Romney's campaign dismissed ... Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran Biden claims Romney wants war with Iran and Syria |
Al-Arabiya | SYRIA WAR: Are Iran, Egypt, And Saudi Arabia Sidelining The US? (VIDEO) Huffington Post We can call the war in Syria a civil, regional or proxy war, but either way it remains the biggest threat to regional and global security. In the first visit - even if just a few hours - by an Egyptian leader to Iran since 1979 revolution, President ... GCC states rebuke Syria and Iran |
News Analysis: Why political endeavors to solve Syria's crisis always fail? Xinhua DAMASCUS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Syrian analysts and experts have been divided over finding a main reason behind the continuous faltering of the numerous international and regional endeavors that originally aimed to find peaceful solutions to Syria's ... |
CBC.ca | 40000 children fleeing from Syria will winter in refugee camp ABC Online TIM PALMER: Australia's Governor-General has been moved to tears during a visit to a refugee camp on Jordan's border with Syria. Quentin Bryce wept as she spoke of the plight of Syrians who've fled that country's civil war. Children make up half the ... Turkey demands a safe haven for Syria's refugees |
Raw video: Explosion in Syria Washington Post 2, 2012 - Syria's state news agency says there has been a large explosion near an army post in central Damascus. The blast struck the Abu Rumaneh district of the Syrian capital Sunday. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: E-mail · Save/Share ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | NAM troika on Syria established Tehran Times “An important measure that was taken in this regard at the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) summit was the establishment of the group of the friends of the (NAM) president or the NAM troika (consisting of) representatives (from Iran, Egypt, and Venezuela) to ... Nonaligned Nations Back Iran's Nuclear Bid, but Not Syria Iran urges nonaligned nations role in Syria |
Syrian rebels claim capture of air base CNN At least 162 people died across Syria on Saturday, including 55 in and around Damascus, opposition activists said. Several political activists reported that regime forces raided a hospital in the Damascus suburb of Kafar Batna, killed medical staff ... |
Iran would take action if U.S. attacked Syria: official Chicago Tribune DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran would take action if the United States were to carry out an act of "stupidity" and attack Syria, an Iranian military official was quoted as saying on Saturday, but the comments later disappeared from the state-linked agency ... |