The question of how far the United States will go in its involvement in Syria was on the table this week as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Obama at the White House in order to ensure that the U.S. takes more of an active role in trying to push Syrian President Bashar [...]
Israel Says Russia is Selling Advanced Missile Systems to Syria
May 9, 2013 | Posted by
Even as Russia pledged to work with the U.S. to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, it was in the process of selling advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria that would make U.S. and Israeli intervention far more difficult , according the Wall Street Journal. The news of the imminent sale came from [...]
President Obama Considers Providing Weapons to Syrian Rebels Against Assad
May 1, 2013 | Posted by
While the specter of the Iraq War continues to hang over President Obama like a storm cloud, impinging on his willingness to get involved in the Syrian civil war, the White House is now considering providing weapons to Syrian rebels, according to a story in the Washington Post and other published reports. The tentative confirmation [...]
Obama Cautious to Act on Syria Chemical Weapons Report
April 27, 2013 | Posted by
Although U.S. intelligence has assessed “with varying degrees of confidence” that the Syrian government had used the chemical agent sarin against its citizens, President Obama is proceeding cautiously in committing action against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Obama’s circumspection stems from the lesson learned from the erroneous reports more than a decade ago that indicated that Iraq possessed [...]
Report: Syrian Rebels Trained by U.S. to Fight Against President Assad
March 27, 2013 | Posted by
As a Syrian opposition leader revealed Tuesday that he has asked the United States for military help in fighting President Bashar Assad, a report by the Associated Press said the U.S. has been secretly training Syrian fighters for months in Jordan to take on Assad’s army. At an Arab League summit meeting in Qatar, opposition [...]
Sheik Bouti, Important Syrian Cleric, Among 42 Killed in Suicide Bombing
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
An explosion at a mosque in Damascus, Syria yesterday killed 42 people, including Sheik Mohammad Said Ramada al-Bouti, one of the most important religious leaders in the country and one of President Bashar al-Assad’s few Sunni supporters. It is a devastating blow to Assad because al-Bouti, 84, a Sunni leader in a nation controlled by [...]
Syrian Confict Spills Over into Lebanon
August 24, 2012 | Posted by
Syria’s uprising continues to be staged within the country’s major cities and roadways, enveloping the country’s citizens in warfare. However, as rebels fight to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, a historic conflict has spread the war beyond Syrian borders. Less than a hundred miles from the Syrian capital of Damascus, Lebanese Sunni Muslims [...]
Kofi Annan Resigns as U.N. Envoy to Syria
August 2, 2012 | Posted by
Kofi Annan Resigns – Frustrated by his inability to bring a sense of peace to the conflict in Syria, Kofi Annan submitted his resignation today from his role as the U.N. special envoy to the conflict. United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Annan’s resignation today in a statement that said Annan will not “renew [...]
Syria Troops Battle Rebels in Aleppo as 200,000 Flee
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
Syrian troops continue to march against rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, assaulting fighters in Aleppo. Forces acting under Assad were responsible for at least 120 deaths in Aleppo, the country’s commercial center, and Damascus, the formal capital. Local Coordination Committees, an activist group working within the borders, reported the violence. Rebels have [...]
Syria: 4th Member of President Assad’s Inner Circle Dies from Bombing
July 20, 2012 | Posted by
Syria Update – A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s inner circle has died from wounds suffered during Wednesday’s suicide bombing, a day after President Assad on Thursday finally made an appearance on state TV, his first since the bombing occurred. Gen. Hisham Ikhtiyar, who was Syria’s national security chief, died early Friday morning, [...]
