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US offers to destroy some Syrian chemicals in coming weeks - CNN International Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:19:38 GMT

The Guardian

US offers to destroy some Syrian chemicals in coming weeks CNN International "The United States has offered to contribute a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize Syria's priority chemicals, which are to be removed from the country by 31 December," the group said in a statement. A joint ... Report: US to play role in offshore destruction of Syria's chemical weaponFox News US offers to destroy Syria's chemicals at sea: OPCWReuters US offers to assist destruction of Syria's chemical weapon stocksThe Guardian BBC News -Aljazeera.com all 592 news articles »

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US to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons - ABC News Sat, 30 Nov 2013 23:22:20 GMT

US to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons ABC News Syria's government will try to move the most lethal components of its chemical weapons program to a port city by the end of the year, and the U.S. has offered to pick up and destroy the hazardous material at an offshore facility, the Organization for ...

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Syria war 'damaging a generation of children', UN warns - BBC News Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:51:04 GMT

BBC News

Syria war 'damaging a generation of children', UN warns BBC News The war in Syria is creating a generation of damaged children, a UN report warns. School-age refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries are increasingly cut off from education and forced to work to survive, the study found. As many as 300,000 ... Syria's children: Another year of horrorCNN UNHCR paints a bleak picture for the 1.1 million youngest victims of the ...TIME Syria War Creates Generation of 1.1 Million Lost ChildrenBloomberg SBS -ABC News -New Zealand Herald all 352 news articles »

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Syria's Next Crisis May Be Starvation - ABC News Sat, 30 Nov 2013 14:33:00 GMT

Syria's Next Crisis May Be Starvation ABC News A five-minute delay on the walk over was just enough time for Um Abed, a 38-year-old widow, to lose her usual spot in her town's long milk line. Everyone here is desperate for milk from the town's only living cow. They try to arrive early, hoping she ...

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Syrian PM, visiting ally Iran, says government winning civil war - Reuters Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:51:59 GMT

Syrian PM, visiting ally Iran, says government winning civil war Reuters Maintaining Syria's unyielding response to Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, Halki said the era of "threats and intimidation has gone, never to return, while the era of victory and pride is being created now on Syrian soil". He ...

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Shelling of Market in Northern Syrian Town Kills 6 - ABC News Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:29:24 GMT

BBC News

Shelling of Market in Northern Syrian Town Kills 6 ABC News Activists say government shelling of a market in a northern Syrian town has killed at least six people. The attack happened Saturday in al-Baba near Aleppo, Syria's largest city. Rami Abdurrahman of the British-based Observatory for Human Rights and an ... Syria conflict: Mortar near Umayyad Mosque kills threeBBC News Mortar kills 1, injures 9 near Russian Embassy in SyriaCNN International Mortar round at historic Syrian mosque kills 4MiamiHerald.com RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 212 news articles »

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Americans Are Joining Syria's Civil War, Posing Security Risk: Officials - Huffington Post Sat, 30 Nov 2013 23:59:13 GMT

Haaretz

Americans Are Joining Syria's Civil War, Posing Security Risk: Officials Huffington Post RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaida-linked militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security risks. The State ... FBI warns about Americans joining Islamic fighters in SyriaChristian Science Monitor US: American fighters in Syria are at risk of being radicalized by Al-QaidaHaaretz Syria raises fear of Americans' radicalizationTribune-Review all 119 news articles »

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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Rejects a Request by Syria to Convert Arms Sites - New York Times Sat, 30 Nov 2013 07:33:40 GMT

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Rejects a Request by Syria to Convert Arms Sites New York Times GENEVA — Despite Syria's cooperation with stringent terms laid down by the United States and Russia for the destruction of its chemical weapons, a request from Syria to convert some of the facilities used in that program to other activities failed ...

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Out of Syria, Into a European Maze - New York Times Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:22:41 GMT

Out of Syria, Into a European Maze New York Times Adrift at sea, the boat heaved with about 150 Syrians fleeing war. Mothers in head scarves clutched infants. A child wore a SpongeBob life jacket. Smugglers had left them alone with a satellite phone and an emergency number in Italy: Save us, they ... and more »

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US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons - USA TODAY Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:17:33 GMT

US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons USA TODAY DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The U.S. has offered to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons said Saturday. The international ...