… Any serious analysis of Obama’s policies must begin with his pragmatism. That’s how he functioned throughout his political career, and especially over the last four years. Despite his vision of change, he is a realist to the core. He sounds like an idealist but leads pragmatically. [...] Be that as it may, Obama’s visit [...]
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Israel Warplanes Strike Inside Syria [Video]
Watch Israeli Warplanes Strike Weapons Convoy in Syria on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. THE PBS News Hour report with Margaret Warner above will give you the best idea of what happened. There has been analysis, including some quoted at the Council of Foreign Relations, that Assad falling would make things more difficult for [...]
News Desk: Bashar al-Assad War Crimes Mount
“This is another new massacre that has been committed in Syria, adding to the constant massacres that have been occurring, while the world watches silently and the international and Arab community are being hypocrites,” the Syrian Observatory said in statement. [New York Times] ACTIVISTS ARE claiming today that a “massacre” has occurred, adding to the [...]
News Desk: Follow Up to Report on Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
THE REPORT originally came from Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin, who wrote that a “compelling case” included evidence that Bashar al-Assad had deployed chemical weapons in his fight with rebels. FP has obtained the text of the original cable. A snippet from Rogin: “CSO officers spoke with three contacts, including a former Chief of Staff of [...]
News Desk: “Compelling Case” Syria’s Assad has Used Chemical Weapons
THE EXCLUSIVE report is from Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy: A secret State Department cable has concluded that the Syrian military likely used chemical weapons against its own people in a deadly attack last month, The Cable has learned. United States diplomats in Turkey conducted a previously undisclosed, intensive investigation into claims that Syrian President [...]
News Desk: Richard Engel and Crew Released After Capture in Syria
ON MONDAY, a flurry of tweets and posts started popping up after a Turkish news report revealed NBC’s chief foreign correspondent had been captured inside Syria. Gawker led the way with blasting it out, but it was also picked up by Breitbart and a diarist at DailyKos, which eventually deleted the post. Tweets were re-tweeted [...]
News Desk: US Confirms Syria has used Scuds Against Rebels
US confirms Syria has used Scuds against rebels (via AFP) The Syrian regime has fired Scud missiles at rebel forces trying to oust Bashar al-Assad, a US official said, after Arab and Western states recognised the opposition bloc as the sole representative there. “Scuds landed within Syria,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. [...]
News Desk: Fighting in Syria Shuts Down Internet, Mobile Communications
FROM REUTERS: Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, forcing the closure of the main airport road, and the Dubai-based Emirates airline suspended flights to the Syrian capital. Residents also reported Internet connections in the capital were down and mobile and land telephone lines working only sporadically in [...]
News Desk — Report: Car bomb kills 50 in Syria as air strikes pound rebels
Car bomb kills 50 in Syria as air strikes pound rebels (via AFP) Syrian rebels launched a devastating car bomb attack Monday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel positions and the opposition met for talks on an overhaul. The suicide car bomb attack on a military post in [...]
News Desk — Watchdog Group: Syria Rebels Seize Oilfield as Blast Rocks Damascus
Syria rebels seize oilfield as blast rocks Damascus (via AFP) Rebels seized a major oilfield and shot down a warplane in eastern Syria Sunday, a watchdog said, notching up new battlefield successes even as the main opposition met in Qatar under US pressure for a makeover. The rebel advances in the eastern province of Deir [...]
Turkey’s Parliament Authorizes Military Action in Syria
“This is the latest manifestation of a worsening situation,” said Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “This is not the only place it is spilling over. It is spilling over into Jordan, into Lebanon. They’re shelling on a daily basis. The difference today is it’s the first time we have a [...]
News Desk: Turkey Fires on Syria After Shelling Kills 5
FROM CNN INTERNATIONAL, NATO is convening an emergency meeting. Syrian shells landed inside Turkey killing civilians, and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a statement confirming that Turkey has fired on Syrian targets in retaliation. From the BBC: Turkey says it has fired artillery against targets inside Syria after Syrian shells killed five people in a [...]
News Desk: Explosions Rip Through Aleppo
THE REPORTS vary on specifics, but all reveal the continuing carnage in Syria. From Al Jazeeera English: Four blasts ripped through a government-controlled district close to a military officers’ club in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 90, opposition activists said. “A medical source said that [...]
News Desk: Bambuser Streams Live from Syria and the World
THE LITTLE start-up that’s broadcasting the Syrian unraveling is getting big time press today. “Foreign correspondents” gets redefined in the new-media era. Syria’s civil war has made Friday afternoons a busy time at Bambuser, a tiny Swedish IT startup in an old bicycle factory which streams live video from the latest uprisings. The Muslim day [...]
Syrian Slaughter Continues, Syrian Army HQ in Damascus Hit by Rebels
REPORTS COMING out of Syria claim as many as 700,000 people will be displaced by the end of the year. The death toll on Wednesday was reportedly 300. From the Christian Science Monitor today: Yesterday was one of the deadliest days in Syria so far, with a human rights group reporting more than 300 people [...]
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