BBC News | France expects UN council to agree on Syria arms measure Reuters UNITED NATIONS/SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Monday he expects the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce the chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to back off French calls for the measure to ... Assad says Syria will cooperate on chemical weapons Assad: Syria will allow access to chemical sites Assad: Syria Committed to Destroy Chemical Weapons |
New York Times | A New US Player, Put on World Stage by Syria New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Nearly a year before the world woke up to images of Syrians dying in a large-scale chemical weapons attack, Samantha Power was quietly pushing President Obama for a military strike to stop what she calls the “grotesque tactics” of ... Syria's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy The Better-Than-Worst Syria Option Syria U-Turn Sends Troubling Message of American Weakness |
Voice of America | France Sets Conditions for Including Iran, an Assad Ally, in Syria Peace Talks New York Times In a softening of the Western stance on Iran, France's foreign minister said on Monday that Iran could be included, under certain conditions, in a Geneva conference that would seek to negotiate an end to Syria's bloody civil war. Obama Challenged to Show Syria Resolve While Sizing Up Iran Obama UN Speech to Address Iran Nuclear Issue, Syria Syria to cast shadow over UN meeting amid Iran hopes |
RT | Putin says Syria violence could hit ex-Soviet bloc Reuters SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned ex-Soviet allies on Monday that Islamist militancy fuelling the war in Syria could reach their countries, some of which have Muslim majorities. He said Russia and its allies would ... CSTO Calls For 'Stability' In Syria Moscow urges military allies CSTO to support Syria settlement Foreign military intervention in Syria a form of aggression: Putin |
Press TV | Hezbollah denies receiving chemical weapons from Syria Reuters Syria has agreed to give up its chemical weapons under a plan agreed by the United States and Russia after Western powers blamed Assad's government for a chemical attack that killed hundreds of people in a Damascus suburb last month. Nasrallah Warns Turkey, Gulf on Syria Nasrallah denies Hezbollah receiving chemical weapons from Syria Hezbollah leader denies receiving chemical weapons from Syria |
Washington Post | Tunisia's Marzouki wants Iran to help stop Syria's 'nightmare' Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Monday urged Iran to help broker a political solution to the devastating civil war in Syria that has killed more than 100,000 people. "We have to stop this; this is the main problem: find and ... Tunisia Leader Urges Iran to Push Peace in Syria |
The Guardian | Syria: Bashar al-Assad's forces kill at least 15 in Sunni Muslim village The Guardian The British-based group, which monitors violence in Syria through a network of activists and medical and security sources, said the killings followed attacks by rebels on military checkpoints in the area over the previous two days. It said 26 people ... |
Spanish journalist abducted in Syria: newspaper Fox News MADRID (AFP) – A special correspondent in Syria for the Spanish newspaper El Periodico has been kidnapped in the war-torn country, the paper announced late Monday in its online edition. "Journalist Marc Marginedas abducted in Syria", the headline said, ... |
Syria's Assad slams Western powers on UN draft resolution: China state TV Reuters Assad, who was interviewed by China's state television CCTV in Damascus, the Syrian capital, said he was not concerned about the draft resolution and that China and Russia would "ensure any excuse for military action against Syria will not stand." An ... |
Syria's Assad criticises US threat of strikes: China TV Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding "excuses for war", China's state television said on Monday. U.S. President Barack ... |