Tag Archives: Syria

• News

  Brutal beat downs in Syria being featured online

  The rebel forces are not shy about broadcasting the executions of government soldiers.
• News

  U.N. official: There are strong suspicions Syrian rebels used sarin gas

  Syria is believed to be the main conduit for arms from Iran to Hezbollah
• News

  Syrian TV: Israeli rockets target Damascus suburb

  The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on the report
• News

  World seeks answers as Syria civil war evolves

  The world is watching the situation in Syria transform before its eyes — with an uptick in bombings and allegations of chemical weapons use — but deciding what to do about it is no easy feat.
• Politics

  President Obama answers questions, defends actions

  NBA’s Jason Collins gets presidential a high-five
• News

  Kerry makes surprise Iraq visit; presses for Iran-Syria shipments end

  Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday in Baghdad that he pressed Iraq’s leaders to take steps prohibiting Iranian planes from delivering arms to Syria’s besieged government.
• News

  Al-Assad touts plan for resolution, says enemies of Syria ‘will go to hell’

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stood firm Sunday against global calls for him to step down, insisting that his vision should be the foundation of any future solution to the country’s crisis.
• News

  Veteran foreign correspondent Richard Engel of NBC freed from Syria

  NBC says two of the captors were killed in a shootout at a checkpoint operated by Syrian rebels.
• News

  U.S. Patriot missiles and 400 troops head to Turkey to protect Syrian border

  The United States is to deploy 400 troops and two Patriot air-defense missile batteries to Turkey in the coming weeks to defend against potential threats from Syria, defense officials said Friday.
• News

  Clinton spearheads new diplomatic push on Syria

  Clinton held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while in Dublin for an international security conference.
• News

  Reports of renewed fighting unravels temporary Syrian truce

  An early morning attack further eroded an already shaky temporary cease-fire called over the observance of a four-day Muslim holiday.
• News

  Syria agrees to holiday cease-fire — with some caveats

  The Syrian government says it will suspend military operations from Friday morning to Monday.