New York Times | Hints of Syrian Chemical Push Set Off Global Effort to Stop It New York Times WASHINGTON — In the last days of November, Israel's top military commanders called the Pentagon to discuss troubling intelligence that was showing up on satellite imagery: Syrian troops appeared to be mixing chemicals at two storage sites, probably ... Assad and the US are blind to reality in Syria Fighting in Syria as World Slams Assad Speech Domestic Syria opposition rejects Assad offer |
Syria: Another Bloody Year Huffington Post (blog) Thirty years ago, a famous Syrian author, Mohammed Al Maghout, wrote a film titled The Borders. The film portrayed a taxi driver, who was stuck in the middle of his war torn nation without a passport; the dilemma prompted him to build a coffee shop ... |
Syria's president breaks his silence Washington Post Amid increased violence, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad spoke to the public for the first time in months. Middle East expert and Woodrow Wilson Center Vice President Aaron David Miller discusses how we can interpret the speech and what we can expect ... |
Washington Post | UN's Ban says Syria's Assad has no real plan to end Syria's “terrible suffering” Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad's rejection of the most important elements in an international roadmap to end the country's civil war means Assad has no real plan to end Syrians' ... |
CBS News | Syria violence rages on after Assad shrugs off pressure, remains defiant CBS News BEIRUT Syria's state media said Monday that government troops had repulsed a rebel attack on a police school in the northern city of Aleppo, one day after President Bashar Assad called on Syrians to fight an opposition that he characterized as ... |
Christian Science Monitor | To deter extremists in Syria, Obama must heed lessons of Kosovo intervention Christian Science Monitor As President Obama watches Islamic extremists gain power in the chaos of the Syrian uprising against the Bashar al-Assad regime, he should consider the precedent of the US intervention in Kosovo – where extremists have been kept at bay and democracy ... |
Christian Science Monitor | UN estimate of Syria death toll highlights discrepancies in casualty reporting Christian Science Monitor A new United Nations-sponsored report that estimates more than 60,000 people have died in Syria's political violence has touched off a new dispute that underscores how little is truly known about the toll from a civil war just weeks from beginning its ... On My Mind: Syria's body count Foreign Terrorists Wage War on Syria Data Analysis Suggests Over 60000 People Killed In Syria Co |
The Daily Star | Russian banks should beware blacklisted Syria banks: US official Reuters The U.S. Treasury believes Russian banks continue to deal with Syria's central bank and with the Commercial Bank of Syria, a state-owned Syrian financial institution, both of which have been blacklisted by the United States, the official said. The ... Are America and Russia Set for a Showdown in Syria? |
Voice of America | Stop war in Syria before it becomes "field of ruins": pope Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged the world on Monday to end what he called the endless slaughter in Syria before the entire country becomes a "a field of ruins". Speaking in his yearly "state of the world" address to diplomats from nearly ... Pope Benedict: Stop Syria's 'Endless Slaughter' Pope Benedict Calls For Urgent Aid For Civilians In Syria Pope Benedict XVI calls for ceasefire in Syria |
Dutch send Patriots to guard Turkey from Syria missile threat Yahoo! News (blog) VREDEPEEL, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Dozens of camouflaged military trucks streamed out of an army base in the southern Netherlands on Monday carrying Patriot missiles to defend Turkey from what the Dutch defense chief called the real threat of ... |