Category Archives: War
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Kerry-Lavrov Agreement Unlikely to Affect Syrian War
Neither President Bashar Assad nor the rebels fighting him are interested in diplomacy.
As far as Arab and European countries and the United States are concerned, Russia has been anything but helpful in Syria. Three United Nations Security Council resolutions that would have sanctioned…
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France Seeks Tuareg Inclusion to Malian Government’s Chagrin
Mali’s central government would rather flush the separatists out before July’s election.
A standoff over how to restore government control in Mali's northeast has highlighted discord between the African country and its former colonizer. France, which intervened in Mali earlier this year to help suppress an Islamist insurgency there, seeks a…
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Republican Lawmakers Divided Over Arming Syrian Rebels
Some call for American leadership. Other fear propping up an Islamist insurgency.
Opposition lawmakers in the United States appeared unified on Sunday when chastising President Barack Obama for describing Syrian chemical weapons use as a "red line" only not to follow up although they disagreed what American policy in Syria should be…
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Canada Suggests Might Support Syrian Air Campaign
Foreign minister cautions that radical Islamist are “infesting” Syria’s opposition.
Canada's foreign minister suggested on Sunday that the country might support a Western military intervention in Syria to support its rebels against the regime of President Bashar Assad. When asked on…
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Syria Threatens War After Israel Conducts Airstrikes
Assad needs all his manpower and resources to fight his internal enemies, however.
Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad told CNN on Sunday that overnight Israeli air raids into his country were tantamount to a "declaration of war." Israel likely carried out strikes against army installations north of the Syrian capital Damascus early Sunday morning although its military refused…
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NATO’s Relevance Determined by Circumstance, Geography
American expectations of the alliance’s changing role may be unreasonable.
Former American secretary of state Hillary Clinton warned Western allies on Wednesday that NATO might "slide into military irrelevance" if European member states continue to scale back their defense capabilities. NATO's relevance, however, is dependent more upon…