Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasted Republicans who have been critical of the Obama administration’s response to the attack on the American facility in Benghazi last year, saying they are exhibiting a “cartoonish” knowledge of the American military. Gates, a Republican who served in both the Bush and Obama administrations, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” [...]
Gates Defends Obama Administration on Benghazi, Calls Republicans ‘Cartoonish’
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
Syria Calls Second Israeli Airstrike ‘Declaration of War’
May 6, 2013 | Posted by
There is tension and anger in Syria today after Israel hit the nation with its second airstrike in three days, this time hitting a military research facility outside Damascus. The attack in the early morning hours Sunday reportedly killed up to 100 Syrian soldiers. Syria deemed the Israeli attack a “declaration of war,” a senior [...]
Americans Don’t Want Obama to Intervene in Israel Peace Process
March 18, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama leaves for the Middle East on Wednesday, and his agenda will be full of intractable crises in the region that impacts Israel but does not have much of a direct influence on America. Still, as the world’s cop, the president of the United States is asked to intercede to in the name of [...]
In Rare Attack, Israel Drops Bombs on Syria, Killing Two
January 31, 2013 | Posted by
Ever the aggressor, Israel inserted itself further into the conflict in Syria by flying fighter jets across the border and dropping bombs on Syrian targets. There is some dispute about whether the bombs hit a convoy of trucks carrying weapons into Lebanon, as Western diplomats and Lebanese security forces claim, or if they hit a [...]
President Assad Warns Palestinians Not to Aid Rebels
December 17, 2012 | Posted by
Up to this point, the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad has refrained from getting Syria’s population of a half million Palestinian involved in the country’s conflict, but that changed today as Syrian tanks moved into the largest Palestinian camp in Damascus and President Assad warned Palestinians not to help the insurgents. Palestinians have long [...]
In Syria, Brother of Parliament Leader Is Murdered
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
In another sign that Syria is on the verge of collapse, the brother of Syria’s parliament speaker was assassinated on Tuesday by gunmen as he drove to work in Damascus. The regime of President Bashar Assad has been hit by a wave of such death and destruction that seven Syrian generals early today defected to [...]
Syria Prime Minister Defects to Jordan, Sneaks Out His Family
August 6, 2012 | Posted by
With order increasingly breaking down in Syria on a daily basis, the world’s attention has turned to the efforts of Syrian officials and soldiers to defect, after Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab successfully fled to Jordan over the weekend with his family. Because it was a priority of President Bashar al-Assad and his forces from [...]
President Obama Signs Secret Order Backing Syrian Rebels
August 2, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama has placed his formal support behind rebel efforts in Syria, having signed a secret order permitting U.S. agencies to support groups looking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Sources within the administration told Reuters that an order approved earlier this year known as an intelligence “finding” was signed by the president, [...]
Suicide Bomb in Syria Kills Defense Minister, 2 Other Leaders
July 18, 2012 | Posted by
A suicide terrorist bombing in Syria killed three high-ranking Syrian officials—Daoud Rajiha, the country’s defense minister, and also the head of the crisis management office and a top general who was married to President Assad’s sister. It was a sign of a nation that is reeling from the onslaught of rebels, who are now trying [...]
