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European Union Likely to Relax Syrian Weapons Sanctions
European nations are expected to relax the terms of their embargo to put pressure on Syria’s Bashar Assad.
European foreign ministers are likely to agree to relax the conditions of their Syrian arms embargo when they meet in Brussels on Monday to allow France and the United Kingdom to…
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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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Majority Arabs, Turks Opposes Arming Syria’s Rebels
A poll shows most neighboring peoples are skeptical of arming the rebels in Syria.
With lawmakers in the United States pushing President Barack Obama into providing military support to the Syrian opposition and Israel striking targets in the vicinity of the capital Damascus, commentators are predicting that the civil war in Syria may be entering a new stage with greater foreign involvement. Fortunately…
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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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Neighbors, West Accuse Syria of Chemical Weapons Use
Syrian army forces might have repeatedly crossed the United States’ “red line.”
Foreign powers that sympathize with Syria's rebels accused the regime of President Bashar Assad this week of deploying chemical weapons in the country's two year civil war. Israel's top military intelligence analyst said on Tuesday that forces loyal…