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(AP) Clinton broaches Syria, Iran during Israel visitBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressJERUSALEMU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham and Israel’s president spoke Monday about the need to halt Syria’s violence and Iran’s potential production of nuclear weapons, underscoring American support for an

Russia on Monday accused Western powers of using “blackmail” to get its backing for possible UN Security Council sanctions against the Syrian regime for its crackdown on the armed opposition.

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Russia and China have long supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. And even now, as news breaks that a Syrian attack on a village in the Hama region reportedly killed 200 or more opposition members, Russia and China continue to stand

As the news stories mount regarding Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s decision to move his chemical weapons stockpile from storage to areas closer to rebel locations, there is one thing the mainstream media is not commenting on: How Syria acquired

The U.N. has long been viewed as a questionable authority in the world because it issues edicts and condemnations in a whimsical, often baseless fashion. In particular, the U.N. often condemns those it shouldn’t because of ideological differences while turning

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(AP) Syria activists: Regime killed scores in villageBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTAnti-regime activists in Syria said Friday that government gunners rained shells on a poor, farming village before armed thugs moved in, leaving scores of people dead in what rebel backers

(AP) Syria envoy ‘appalled’ over massacre reportBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTInternational envoy Kofi Annan says he is “shocked and appalled” by reports of a mass killing in the Syrian village of Tremseh. Syrian activists have posted videos they say show at

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Syria’s ambassador to Iraq has defected from the regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab diplomat in Baghdad told AFP Wednesday.

Hugo Chavez might be shipping fuel to the murderous Syrian regime. He might be helping the genocidal Iranian regime build a missile base in Venezuela that can target the United States directly. He might have supported Muammar Qaddafi, just as

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kofi Annan asks for Iran’s help in Syria Jordan opens new refugee camps for Syrians Lebanon sends troop reinforcements to the border with Syria Eurozone approves bank bailout for Spain Peregrine Financial Group —

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia says it will suspend ‘new arms shipments’ to Syria European Council deliberately lied about its bailout policy for Spain Germany and France have negative bond yields, while Spain’s surge No relief in sight

When U.S.  troops pulled out of Iraq in Dec. 2011, as Obama had promised, there was no pomp and circumstance, only a seemingly Vietnam War-like end to the war Obama had long ago labeled a “dumb war.”  But with the

It’s public knowledge that the U.N. is currently negotiating an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) ostensibly aimed at preventing guns from crossing borders. It is also known that the Obama administration is taking part in these negotiations and that the treaty

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(AP) Annan says agreement reached with Syria’s AssadBy ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaInternational envoy Kofi Annan tried to breathe new life Monday into his moribund peace efforts in Syria, saying he has reached a new framework with President

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If there was hope for reconciliation between opposition forces in Syria and the Bashar al-Assad regime, it is fading fast. Major General Manaf Tlas, ostensibly the one person who could have bridged the gap, has fled to Turkey, saying the

(AP) WikiLeaks has data from 2.4 million Syrian emailsBy RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated PressLONDONThe secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said Thursday it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails _ many of which it said came from official government

(AP) BAGHDADIraq’s foreign minister says the government has “solid information and intelligence” about al-Qaida militants infiltrating Syria from Iraq to carry out attacks. Hoshyar Zebari told reporters Thursday that authorities are worried about a spillover of violence from Syria to the