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US, citing use of chemical weapons by Syria, to provide direct military ... - Washington Post Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:31:35 GMT

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"CBS News
White House: Syria crosses 'red line' with use of chemical weapons on its peopleCNN International
Experts: Syria rebels need weapons before diplomacyUSA TODAY
Los Angeles Times -New York Times -NBCNews.com (blog)
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Death Toll in Syrian Civil War Near 93000, UN Says - New York Times Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:17:56 GMT

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 RebelsVoice of America
Syria conflict has killed nearly 93000, UN saysWashington Post
Syria deaths near 100000, says UN – and 6000 are childrenThe Guardian
Boston Globe -UN News Centre -io9
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US has determined Syria used chemical weapons - USA TODAY Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:59:34 GMT

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 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:29:59 GMT

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 ...


Kids wage war in Syria, UN report says - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:31:52 GMT

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 listUSA TODAY
Thousands of children killed in Syria, UN study saysBBC News
UN says 1000s of children killed in SyriaPress TV
UN News Centre -RT
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Report: Clinton splits with Obama on Syria - USA TODAY Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:52:50 GMT

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 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:24:52 GMT

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 ...


Sunni clerics call for jihad against Syria's Assad, allies - Reuters Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:01:56 GMT

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 LynchForeign Policy (blog)
Betrayal in SyriaAljazeera.com
Could Syria ignite World War 3? That's the terrifying question as the hatred ...Daily Mail
Rappler
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Egypt Says Citizens Free to Join Fight in Syria - ABC News Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:39:05 GMT

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 ...

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Syria, Intervention, and the Weight of History - The Atlantic Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:20:41 GMT

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 ...