Assad: Risk of regional war if West strikes Syria
PARIS (AP) — Syria's president warned Monday that the Middle East is a "powder keg" and potential Western military strikes against his country risk triggering a regional war. In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, Bashar Assad also was quoted as saying that Syria has challenged the U.S ...
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Obama tries persuading the skeptical on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, working to persuade skeptical lawmakers to endorse a U.S. military intervention in civil war-wracked Syria, hosted two leading Capitol Hill foreign policy hawks for talks and directed his national security team to testify before Congress in a determined ...
Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin hopes to send a delegation of Russian lawmakers to the United States to discuss the situation in Syria with members of Congress, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. Russian legislators Valentina Matvienko and Sergei Naryshkin proposed that to Putin, ...
Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking a congressional endorsement for U.S. military intervention in civil war-wracked Syria, is inviting two leading Capitol Hill foreign policy hawks to the White House in efforts to sell the idea to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of ...
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Russia doubts US proof of Syria poison gas use
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Evidence of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime presented to Moscow by the U.S. and its allies is "absolutely unconvincing," Russia's foreign minister said Monday, as the Obama administration lobbied Congress to support a punitive military strike against ...
Arab League statement on Syria hasty, politically motivated: Iran
Following an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Monday, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby said the body held the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad responsible for the chemical weapons attack in Damascus last month./ Elaraby said that the United Nations ...
Kerry says Syria used sarin gas in deadly attack
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday Washington has proof the regime used sarin gas in a deadly Damascus attack, as he backed the US administration's call for Congress to approve military strikes. After President Barack Obama asked lawmakers Saturday to vote for punitive military action ...
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Syria dismisses Obama as confused, moves troops
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday derided President Barack Obama's decision to hold off on punitive military strikes, but also took precautions by reportedly moving some troops and military equipment to civilian areas. The Obama administration countered that its case for military action ...
Citing sarin use, US seeks Congress' OK for action
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration geared up for the biggest foreign policy vote since the Iraq war by arguing Sunday that new physical evidence shows the Syrian government used sarin gas in a deadly August attack. The United States must respond with its credibility on the line, the ...
No military solution for Syria: top Iranian lawmaker
A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that the Syrian crisis has no military way out, reiterating Tehran’s position that the crisis should be resolved through dialogue./ Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, made the remarks at a press ...
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Building case for lawmakers, U.S. says sarin gas used in Syria attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday tests showed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly August 21 chemical attack near Damascus as he sought to build the case to convince skeptical lawmakers to authorize a military strike against the Syrian government. He ...
Obama asks Congress to approve military strike against Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stepped back from the brink on Saturday and delayed an imminent military strike against Syria to seek approval from the U.S. Congress in a gamble that will test his ability to project American strength abroad and deploy his own power at home. Before ...
US cannot conclude war on Syria: Iran MP
Demonstrators march in a protest rally against a US military attack on Syria in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC on August 29, 2013./ As the United States gears up for a military offensive against Syria, an Iranian lawmaker warns that Washington's control over the ...
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Arab League stance on Syria deepens crisis: Iran
The Arab League on Sunday called on the international community to take “deterrent" action against the culprits of a chemical attack in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus, last month."/ Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says the Arab League’s latest position on the ...
Iranian MPs meet Assad, denounce possible US strike
Syrian immigrants living in Bulgaria take part in a demonstration against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on August 31, 2013, in Sofia. Iranian MPs held talks Saturday in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad and denounced any possible Western attack on that country over chemical ...
Mixed Reaction in Mideast to US Syria Strategy
Supporters of religious and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr demonstrate against the possibility of a U.S. military strike against the Syrian government, in Baghdad's Sadr City August 30, 2013./ CAIRO - Reaction in the Middle East was mixed to the U.S. decision to take the debate over alleged ...
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Zarif raps attack on Syria, warns of consequences
On Saturday, US President Barack Obama said US should attack Syria but he would still seek a congressional authorization for it./ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has censured a possible attack on Syria, saying that the United States cannot control the repercussions of such a strike ...
