Ban Ki-moon’s outreach to Iran on the eve of peace talks in Switzerland may just derail the whole event
Syria
Kerry Urges Syrian Opposition Groups to Join Peace Talks
The U.S. Secretary of State made the unexpected televised plea ahead of next week’s Geneva 2 conference
Lebanon May Become ‘Center’ of Arab World’s Sectarian Wars
An international tribunal investigation into the 2005 assassination of a former Prime Minister is overshadowed by the threat of regional sectarian war
U.S. Commits $380M to Syria Civilian Aid
Joins three Gulf states in announcing new help for war-torn country
Syria’s Humanitarian Disaster: How Aid Has Become a Weapon of War
As international donors prepare to write checks for suffering Syrians at an upcoming donor conference in Kuwait, questions surround how that aid is used and by whom
U.N. Feeds a Record 3.8 Million in Syria
But its World Food Program fears many more are still hungry
Syria’s Deadly ‘Barrel Bombs’: Assad Regime Uses Devastating, Makeshift Weapon
The regime is now turning to homemade “barrel bombs” dropped from the sky
Al Qaeda in Syria Hoping to Recruit American Jihadis for Attacks on U.S. Soil
FBI conducting round-the-clock surveillance of Americans returning home after fighting in Syria
Assad Regime Airstrike Hits Damascus Neighborhood, Say Activists
Photos emerged Tuesday of the grim aftermath of what anti-regime activists say was a targeted airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad on the embattled Damascus district of Douma. Activists allege government …
Syrian Rebels Battle With al-Qaeda Fighters as Iraq Implodes Next Door
Messy, factional strife in Syria — taking place as al-Qaeda emerges once more in Iraq — is playing into the hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad
First Shipment of Chemical Weapons Leaves Syria
Dangerous chemicals shipped out as Assad’s government indicate he will run for re-election.
Al-Qaeda Group Executes Media and Relief Workers in Aleppo: Report
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria slays prisoners in their custody, according to activists
Vatican Will Host Summit to Brainstorm Solution in Syria
Former British prime minister Tony Blair and Egyptian Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei among invitees