Tag: Syria

Speaking from Qatar, Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that the U.S. is indeed training Syrian rebels. This means that in addition to the $60 million the Obama admin has already admitted to providing, we are also presumably training the

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) offered a sobering view of the present situation across the Middle East along with a harsh critique of the Administration’s foreign policy. The remarks were offered during this morning’s Foreign Policy Roundtable at AIPAC’s annual policy

(AP) – The United States and Saudi Arabia on Monday presented a united front to Iran and Syria. They warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that they will boost support to rebels fighting to oust him unless he steps down and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Report: Turkey and Israel might be headed for reconciliation Turkey’s Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime’, and retracts it U.S. and Turkey’s objectives in Syria appear to be diverging Euro zone unemployment rises to record

Jihadist fighters of Al-Nusra Front have seized control of a checkpoint on northeast Syria’s border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The rebels overran the post at Yaarubiyeh in oil-rich Hassakeh province on Thursday after

Syrian rebels claim they killed Hezbollah’s Deputy Chief Naim Qassem when they bombed a convoy of high-ranking Syrian government officials near the Lebanon border on Feb. 26. The Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal reported that the Syrian rebels placed mines “on the Beirut-Damascus

(AP) – The Obama administration said Thursday that it will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $60 million in assistance and — in a significant policy shift — will for the first time provide nonlethal aid like food and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com GenerationalDynamics.com unavailable for a couple of days In major reversal, U.S. will provide military aid to Syria opposition GenerationalDynamics.com unavailable for a couple of days Network Solutions has crashed GenerationalDynamics.com again,apparently because they’re unable

The White House is mulling a major shift in policy on war-torn Syria and could supply rebels with “non-lethal” aid such as body armor, armored vehicles and perhaps even military training, according to the Washington Post. Citing unidentified US and

In a brilliant and concise new video from Prager University, Anne Bayefsky, the director of the Touro Human Rights Institute, lays out the case delineating the nefarious treatment of Israel by the United Nations. Bayefsky begins by noting that there

(AP) Kerry opens first official overseas trip in LondonBy MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressLONDONU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has kicked off his first official overseas trip by meeting with British leaders in London on the first leg of a hectic nine-day

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghanistan’s Karzai expels U.S. special forces from province Death of Palestinian prisoner threatens third intifada against Israel West Bank demonstrations are not yet a third intifada Historical analogy: 1936 Spain to Syria today Afghanistan’s

The Obama administration conducted two secret diplomatic missions to North Korea in 2012, according to reports in the South Korean press that were confirmed by the Los Angeles Times. The talks failed to dissuade the regime of Kim Jong Un

America’s top diplomat John Kerry began his first official trip as secretary of state on Sunday, a marathon get-acquainted tour of America’s closest allies in Europe and the Middle East. A plane carrying the news US secretary of state and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria’s opposition pulls out of talks after Scud missiles hit Aleppo Jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra gains in popularity and influence A new influx of heavy weapons reaches the rebels in southern Syria An Egyptian

Defence experts who say many lives could have been saved during Arab uprisings if states used proper crowd control measures sought to tap into a growing market at an Abu Dhabi arms fair. Anti-riot vehicles with sophisticated acoustic repellents have

(AFP) – Thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday with chants, banners and cartoons of President Bashar al-Assad to vent their anger at Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah and the international community. In the Turkish border town of

Russia and China said on Friday they saw eye-to-eye on all the world’s problems including the Syria conflict, as the Chinese foreign minister was in Moscow to prepare a visit by new leader Xi Jinping later this year. Chinese Foreign

(AP) – A car bombing near Syria’s ruling party headquarters in Damascus killed 53 people on Thursday, according to state media, while mortar rounds exploded near the army’s central command in the city. It was the third straight day of

A commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army, issuing a 48-hour ultimatum, has warned his forces will target Lebanon’s Hezbollah unless the militant group stops shelling territory held by the insurgents. The threat was issued Wednesday after the outgunned rebel