Posts Tagged: Syria Chemical Weapons
Israeli Official: Severity of Syrian Regime’s Chemical Attack was Likely an ‘Operational Mistake’
As U.S. President Barack Obama weighs possible responses to a deadly chemical weapons attack said to have been carried out by the Syrian regime last...
Syrian FM Says U.S. Intervention in Country Would Serve Israel
JPost - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem on Tuesday "categorically denied" that the country's military used chemical weapons against its own people last...
U.S. to Release Report Justifying Strike in Syria
CBS News - President Barack Obama called his national security team together Saturday to talk about the next move in Syria. Director of National...
Will Syria Be the Graveyard of Obama’s Presidency?
Rarely has an administration looked as inconsequential as President Barack Obama's did this week. A year after Obama warned the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons...
Israeli Officials Say Chemical Weapons Used in Syria
JNS.org - Israeli officials corroborated the Syrian opposition's claim that President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on civilians in a Wednesday attack in eastern...
IDF Chief Gantz: Flames Creeping Up on Nasrallah
JNS.org - In Lebanon, the "flames have begun to lick [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah's robe," IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Thursday...
Former Mossad Chief: Israel Would Benefit from Fall of Assad
Ynet - Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan offered on Wednesday a strong rebuttal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that Israel must instill fear...
Contrasting Strategies, Same Results
Whereas former President Bush and President Obama are ideologically a world apart, their policies toward Middle Eastern conflicts produced the same damning reaction. Bush's misguided...
Free Syrian Army Accuses Hezbollah of Using Chemical Weapons in Damascus
Al Arabiya - The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) reported that chemical weapons were used on Wednesday in a Damascus town by Hezbollah fighters and...
Mortar Shell from Syria Strikes Israel
Times of Israel - A mortar shell fired from Syria landed on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights early Thursday morning, the latest cross...
Israel, U.S., Jordan Reportedly Coordinating Attack on Syrian Weapons
JNS.org - While the U.S. administration has officially adopted the position that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons and has declared publicly that it...
U.S. and Syria: Strategic Choices
Two years and three months after the start of the Syrian revolution and its subsequent transformation into a full-fledged civil war, the United States stands...
The Troubling Timing of Obama’s Syria Epiphany
Last August, President Obama declared that the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons was a "red line." About four months later, Al jazeera released unconfirmed...
U.S. and Israeli Officials Planning Possible Syria Action
JNS.org- Israeli and American officials are working closely behind the scenes on possible strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's unconventional weapons arsenal, according to...
