Whatever is being said elsewhere about U.S. President Barack Obama’s performance in the Syria crisis, the verdict from Israel can be read in the morning papers: “Wise”… “Credible” ….“An American victory.” The …
Syria
Global Leaders Embrace Diplomacy After Obama’s Climbdown Over Syria Strikes
Governments back a new series of negotiations led by the U.S. and Russia aiming to convince Syrian President Bashar Assad to surrender his government’s stockpile of chemical weapons
Former Iraq Weapons Inspector Hails Diplomacy on Syria
The former U.N. weapons inspector who led the inspections team that surveyed Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion has said that recent developments with the Syrian conflict could turn out to be a “win-win situation.” In an …
Obama Agrees to Talks on Proposal To Secure Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Syria says it accepts the Russian proposal to surrender chemical weapons
Rights Watchdog Says It Has Proof Syrian Forces Carried Out Chemical Attack
Human Rights Watch claims that all evidence suggests that forces loyal to Bashar Assad were behind the infamous chemical-weapons attack in Damascus
Russia Asks Syria to Hand Over Chemical Weapons to ‘International Control’
In a bid to avert punitive strikes by the U.S., Russia urged Syria to put its stockpiles of chemical weapons under international control so they could be destroyed. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, reportedly made the request during a discussion with Walid Muallem, his Syrian counterpart. Muallem said Syria welcomed the call …
Malala Joins Effort to Educate Syrian Refugee Children
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager turned education activist, is teaming up with former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on a $500 million initiative to provide education for 300,000 Syrian refugees in …
Et Tu, Paris? France’s Hollande Faces Growing Opposition Against Syrian Intervention
When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed reporters on Saturday in Paris about military action against Syria, he tapped into a deep nerve in this country: the memory of two horrific world wars waged on French soil last …
John Kerry: U.S. Attack on Syria Would Be ‘Unbelievably Small’
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Syria should hand over its chemical weapons to avoid an attack. Speaking in London on Monday, after talks with his British counterpart William Hague, Kerry continued his efforts to garner wider international support for military action against Syria. When asked what would stop the U.S. …
Report Claims Syrian Troops Used Chemical Weapons Without Assad’s Approval
German surveillance suggests chemical attack unauthorized, Assad also tells PBS’s Charlie Rose that he did not gas his own people, as White House continues to press claim
Activists Condemn Both Syria and the U.S. for Use of Cluster Bombs
While the focus at the G-20 and in Washington remains on the Syrian regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons, concerns grow over the continued deployment — both by Syria and the U.S. — of deadly cluster munitions
After the G-20, Should the U.S. Turn to an Alliance of Democracies?
The G-20 summit drew to a close this weekend in St. Petersburg shadowed by the same dark clouds that loomed when it started on Thursday. Deep divisions over whether to punish the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical …
2 Million Syrian Children Are Not Going to School, UN Says
Nearly two million Syrian children — virtually an entire generation of the country’s kids — have dropped out of school over the last year, the UN said Friday, presenting yet another grim marker of the devastation caused by …