CBS News reports the Pentagon is prepping cruise missiles for a possible attack “on Syrian government forces,” but the launch of the missiles seems to be dependent upon Obama getting a thumbs up from the U.N. Speaking to CNN on August
(Graphic Content Warning) ITN: ITV News has obtained the first independent pictures from the scene of the alleged chemical attack in eastern Damascus. Women and children can be seen lying in the rubble as well as an apparent missile that
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday that all indications show that Syria’s government was behind a “chemical massacre” near Damascus that the opposition claims killed hundreds. Opponents of Bashar al-Assad said the president’s forces killed 1,300 people when
(AP) Syria accuses rebels of using chemical weaponsBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms on Saturday against government troops trying to storm a contested neighborhood of Damascus, claiming a major army offensive in recent
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US President Barack Obama met with his top national security advisors early Saturday to discuss the response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, a White House official said.
CNN interviews President Obama about his “red line” comment from a year ago and recent reports of chemical weapon use in Syria.
The British government declared on Friday that the Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons in Damascus. “I know that some people in the world would like to say that this is some kind of conspiracy brought about by the
Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, skipped an emergency U.N. meeting on the chemical weapons attack in Syria and tweeted her opinion on the matter instead. Fox News reported Power’s tweet, sent at 3:09 p.m. on August
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Despite reports that the US strongly suspected Syria had used chemical weapons in an attack that may have killed as many as 1800 people, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said today the administration was still “nailing down the facts.” Meanwhile,
Thanks to violence in Syria between al-Qaeda supported rebels and Kurdish troops, 20,000 Syrian Kurds have fled to Iraqi Kurdistan. That’s just over the past six days. The tremendous flood of refugees has the United Nations puzzled, with Adrian Edwards,
The alleged use of deadly chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians and opponents on the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s “red line” statement might have marked the collapse of Obama’s foreign policy–if such policy actually existed. In fact,
Iran has rejected claims that the Syrian regime, its chief regional ally, had deployed chemical weapons, saying if such an attack was proven rebels would be responsible, IRNA news agency said Thursday.
France is seeking a reaction with “force” if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday.
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Exactly one year and one day after Barack Obama issued a warning to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad that using chemical weapons would cross a “red line,” opposition forces in Syria have claimed that Assad’s forces launched a nerve gas attack
Reuters reported: Syria’s opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of gassing many hundreds of people – by one report as many as 1,300 – on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world’s worst chemical weapons attack in decades.
Reuters is reporting the number is up to 1300 dead. (AP) Syrian activists: 100 dead in alleged gas attack By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian opposition groups say at least 100 people have been killed during a fierce government offensive near Damascus,
The Egyptian Cabinet has “assigned competent authorities to assess the legal status of Al Jazeera,” accusing it of threatening stability and national security. At the same time, CNN veterans Joie Chen and Soledad O’Brien “will lend star power and journalistic gravitas
The Saudi government has warned the United States and other western countries that it will remember those who did not back the Egyptian military during its current crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s statement read:
While Egypt is burning, Syria is in chaos, and unemployment is rising in more than half of America’s states, the White House is joyfully reporting that Joe Biden will join Barack Obama for a “fun and informative” bus tour on
(AP) Syrian Kurds battle al-Qaida-linked rebel factionBEIRUTKurdish militias fought al-Qaida-linked rebel groups in northeastern Syria on Tuesday in heavy fighting that has helped fuel a mass exodus of civilians from the region into neighboring Iraq, activists said. The clashes between
Reuters: GENEVA – More than 20,000 Syrian refugees have entered northern Iraq since Thursday in one of the largest crossings in the more than two-year-old conflict and the influx is continuing, the United Nations said on Monday. Syrians began pouring
(AP) Israel quietly maintains ties with Egyptian armyBy JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsrael is quietly and carefully watching the turmoil in neighboring Egypt while maintaining close contacts with the Egyptian military amid concerns that the escalating crisis could weaken their common battle
