Los Angeles Times | US, citing use of chemical weapons by Syria, to provide direct military ... Washington Post “The president has said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus, and it has,” said Benjamin J. Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser. Rhodes said U.S. intelligence had determined with “high certainty” that Syrian ... US: Syria used chemical weapons, crossing "red line" White House: Syria crosses 'red line' with use of chemical weapons on its people Experts: Syria rebels need weapons before diplomacy |
New York Times | Death Toll in Syrian Civil War Near 93000, UN Says New York Times PARIS — Civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting in Syria, Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, said Thursday, with 92,901 killings documented there through the end of April, a number that may understate the ... White House: Obama Decides to Send Military Support to Syrian Rebels Syria conflict has killed nearly 93000, UN says Syria deaths near 100000, says UN – and 6000 are children |
US has determined Syria used chemical weapons USA TODAY WASHINGTON— The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it has determined that the Syrian government has deployed chemical weapons against opposition groups, crossing what President Obama had called a "red line" that would trigger ... |
US Confirms Syrian Government Used Chemical Weapons ABC News The United States has concluded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has used chemical weapons in the fight against its own people, the White House announced today. "Following a deliberative review, our intelligence community assesses that ... |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Kids wage war in Syria, UN report says NBCNews.com (blog) UNITED NATIONS - Syrian troops and rebels are recruiting children to fight in the country's civil war and some have been tortured by government forces for having links to the opposition, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Wednesday. The report ... UN adds Syria, Mali groups to child recruiters list Thousands of children killed in Syria, UN study says UN says 1000s of children killed in Syria |
Report: Clinton splits with Obama on Syria USA TODAY The political and diplomatic worlds are buzzing Thursday over a report that former president Bill Clinton disagrees with President Obama on Syria. Politico reports that Clinton agrees with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that Obama should be more forceful ... |
Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to take new action to help Syria's rebels, the White House said on Thursday, while President Bashar al-Assad's surging forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies turned their guns on ... |
Daily Mail | Sunni clerics call for jihad against Syria's Assad, allies Reuters Among those present was Youssef al-Qaradawi, a renowned, Qatari-based Egyptian preacher close to Cairo's ruling Muslim Brotherhood, but the statement did not explicitly repeat a call by him two weeks ago for Sunnis to go and fight in Syria. The number ... The Syria Strategy Vacuum - by Marc Lynch Betrayal in Syria Could Syria ignite World War 3? That's the terrifying question as the hatred ... |
Egypt Says Citizens Free to Join Fight in Syria ABC News A senior official in Egypt's presidency said Thursday that Egyptians are free to join the fight in Syria and will not be prosecuted upon return amid increasingly public calls by leading clerics for Sunni Muslims to back the rebels there with firepower ... |
Syria, Intervention, and the Weight of History The Atlantic His analysis actually strikes me as pretty ahistorical, even given my fairly rudimentary understanding of Syrian history. It was decades after decolonization before the Syrian regime took on its sectarian (Alawite) character -- I think Salah Jadid was ... |