Politico | Momentum Shifts in Syria, Bolstering Assad's Position New York Times (blog) Although few expect that Mr. Assad can reassert his authority over the whole of Syria, even some of his staunchest enemies acknowledge that his position is stronger than it has been in months. His resilience suggests that he has carved out what amounts ... For Syria, lessons from the Balkan war Aid to unknown rebels in Syria carries US threat Syria crisis: Outgoing UK defence chief warns over military action |
Yahoo! News | US military prepares for potential chemical weapons in Syria CBS News (CBS News) FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- On Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Syrians who've fled the two-year-old civil war. He visited a sprawling refugee camp in Jordan that holds 115,000 refugees. Some pleaded with Kerry for U.S. military ... US hesitates to arm Syria's rebels as Assad gains ground World Bank OKs $150 million to help Jordan with Syria refugees Zaatari Refugee Camp Photos Highlight Enormity Of Syria's Refugee Crisis |
The Guardian | Gen. Dempsey grilled about US policy in Syria USA TODAY SHARE 46 CONNECT 53 TWEET 6 COMMENTEMAILMORE. WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer, Gen. Martin Dempsey, came under fire from Sen. John McCain over the issue of Syria in a testy exchange Thursday at Dempsey's confirmation ... US considering use of military force in Syria Dempsey Says Assad Gains in Syria as McCain Demands Views Obama considering military power in Syria, top general tells Senate |
Aljazeera.com | Obama nominee: UN lack of action on Syria 'a disgrace' USA TODAY "We see the failure of the U.N. Security Council to respond to the slaughter in Syria ... a disgrace that history will judge harshly," said Power, who made a name for herself in foreign policy circles and won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2002 book A ... UN nominee calls Syria inaction a 'disgrace' Power: UN's "failure" to respond to Syria a "disgrace" Obama's UN nominee Samantha Power highlights Syria and Israel |
Syria refugees "begging" John Kerry for no-fly zone CBS News ZAATARI, Jordan U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday visited a camp for Syrian refugees displaced by the fighting in their country, hearing first-hand accounts from Syrians who have fled what the U.N. says is the worst humanitarian crisis in ... |
Syria's rebel commander expected to visit United States Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria's top rebel commander is likely to visit the United States next week, U.S.-based Syrian opposition representatives said on Thursday, and he is expected to make a plea for speedy U.S. arms shipments. General Salim Idriss ... |
Syria's Assad may cling on, Britain will not arm rebels: sources Reuters It was Prime Minister David Cameron who led the charge earlier this year for the European Union to drop an arms embargo on Syria, which London and Paris had argued was one-sidedly penalizing the anti-Assad opposition. The involvement of Iran and ... |
Yahoo! News | UN envoy: Syria war will leave generation of children illiterate and filled ... CBS News BEIRUT A U.N. envoy is warning that Syria's devastating civil war, now in its third year, will force a generation of children to grow up illiterate and filled with hate. Syria refugees "begging" John Kerry for no-fly zone · Samantha Power: U.N.'s ... Syria's ravaged children: War misery told by the statistics UN envoy warns of trauma to children in Syria war Children will continue to suffer unless Syria conflict resolved, UN official ... |
Syrian opposition questions Taliban rebel role CNN International (CNN) -- Syria's main opposition group cast doubt on a Pakistani Taliban commander's claim that his fighters are establishing a presence in Syria to battle President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The Syrian National Coalition questioned news reports ... |
Gulf Times | Rebels, Kurdish militia battle in northern Syria Los Angeles Times The renewed violence this week in Ras Ayn, on Syria's northeastern border with Turkey, has again highlighted the country's ethnic and sectarian divisions that have come to the forefront during the more than two-year rebellion against Syrian President ... Kurds seize town on Syria-Turkey border, Ankara concerned Kurds seize town on Syrian-Turkish border Turkey fires into Syria after stray bullet from battle across border kill 1 ... |