Posts Tagged: Syria Rebels
Hagel: US Rethinking Opposition to Arming Syrian Rebels
New York Times - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed Thursday that the Obama administration was rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels in ...
Erdogan: Assad Used Chemical Weapons
Ynet - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Bashar Assad's regime has been using chemical weapons against the rebels, adding...
Turkey: Iran Behind Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons
A source in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development party told Kuwait's Al-Seyassah newspaper that Iran's Revolutionary Guard were overseeing...
Report: Obama Preparing to Arm Syrian Rebels
Ynet - US President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive US...
Israeli Official: We’re Certain Assad Has Used Chemical Weapons
JPost - Israel has clear evidence of Syrian President Bashar Assad's army using chemical weapons against rebels, a senior diplomatic source said Monday. The ...
Report: Syrian Prime Minister Survives Bomb Attack
Reuters - Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack on his convoy in Damascus on Monday, state media and activists said,...
Report: Israeli Aircraft Spotted Over Assad’s Palace
A spokesman for the rebel military in Syria has said that Israeli Air Force jets were spotted flying over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's palace in...
Netanyahu: Israel Prepared to Defend Against Syrian WMDs (VIDEO)
BBC - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the BBC that Israel has a right to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong...
Report: Obama Administration Not Keen On Syrian Rebel Victory Right Now
The Obama administration has modified its approach to the conflict in Syria in recent weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal, which reports "they don't...
Report: 1,200 Hezbollah Fighters Enter Syria to Fight for Assad
Over 1,200 members of the Lebanese Shiite terror group, Hezbollah, have entered Syria in the past few days in order to fight alongside regime...
Report: Israel Set Up Field Hospital to Treat Syria Wounded
Israel set up a field hospital on the Golan Heights last month in order to treat injured Syrians, Agence France Presse reported Thursday. According to the...
Top Israeli General: Assad Planning to Use Chemical Weapons Against Rebels
Israel's military intelligence chief says Syria's embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, is preparing to use chemical weapons. Speaking at a security conference in the coastal town of...
UN Peacekeepers on Golan To Leave Posts Due to Heightened Security Threats
Times of Israel - The UN peacekeeping force on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights said late Wednesday it would drastically cut back...
US Aid to Syria’s Revolution Not Just to the Jihadists
Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal of $60 million in aid to the Syrian Opposition Council was met with skepticism by some backers of the...
