Posts Tagged: syria
Syria Chemical Weapons Watchdog Pleads for Ceasefire
BBC - The head of the body tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says fighting is preventing access to some sites through rebel-held...
How Foreign Policy Magazine Covered Up Syrian Sex Jihad
Foreign Policy magazine recently demonstrated why U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, is a disaster: because the establishment has a hard time...
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Chemical Weapons Watchdog
CNN - The Nobel Peace Prize has turned the global spotlight back on the conflict in Syria. The prize committee in Oslo, Norway, awarded it...
Hamas Leader: We Must Forcibly Liberate Jerusalem
Hamas must forcibly liberate Jerusalem, the terror organization's leader, Khaled Meshaal, said during a phone conference from Turkey on Tuesday, Israeli daily Ma'ariv reports. Telling reporters during...
Analysts: Hamas-Fatah Split ‘Elephant in the Room’ for Israel Peace Talks
As the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority resume, analysts are beginning to look further into the dynamic of Fatah, which rules the...
Syria’s Assad Tells Turkish TV ‘Undecided’ Over Seeking Third, 7-Year Term in 2014
AP / Washington Post - Syrian President Bashar Assad said it's still too early to say whether he'll run for re-election next year, but that...
Defected Syrian General: Assad is Sending Chemical Weapons to Hezbollah to Avoid Detection
Times of Israel - Syrian President Bashar Assad has been sending his chemical weapons to Hezbollah and Iraq in order to avoid giving them...
Turkish Parliament Introduces Motion to Engage Syria Militarily
On the first day of its new legislative year, Turkey's parliament wasted no time introducing a motion to engage Syria militarily, Hurriyet Daily News reported...
Biden at J Street Conference: Regional Unrest Offers Opportunity to Reach Peace Agreement
JTA - Instability in the Middle East presents an incentive to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, Vice President Joe Biden told J Street's annual conference. After...
Obama Calls Denial of Syrian Regime’s Chemical Weapon Use an ‘Insult to Human Reason’
U.S. President Barack Obama criticized members of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday for not taking a greater role in stopping the bloodshed in Syria,...
Jews, Germany, Syria, and Poison Gas
Jewish organizational support for President Obama's temporary determination to enforce international norms and his own red line on Syrian use of chemical weapons brought out the nasty...
Russia’s FM Lavrov Calls for Ghouta Attack to be ‘Impartially, Objectively, Professionally Investigated’ After UN Report
CBS News - Russia all but dismissed Wednesday a report by United Nations weapons inspectors who visited the Damascus suburbs to investigate the facts surrounding...
Netanyahu to Meet U.S. President Obama; Says Iran Tops Agenda
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet U.S. President Barack Obama later this month in Washington D.C. ahead of the Israeli leader's address...
Obama’s Syria Debacle
I am not a war monger; I know the meaning of war, the death toll, the suffering, and the destruction of property along with the...
