Iran to support Syria to end: commander
TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran will support Syria to the end, a commander of the powerful Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was quoted as saying by local media on Thursday. The commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, Major General Qasem Soleimani, said the United States has resorted to ...
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Iran says nobody to benefit from strike on Syria
TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that a U.S. strike on Syria will be "in nobody's interest" and nobody will benefit from it. "As the Islamic republic has already said, any (military) measure against Syria is in the disadvantage of both the region and ...
Obama grapples for majority on Syria action
President Barack Obama has signed up power brokers in Congress for strikes on Syria but, in an era of insurgent politics haunted by Iraq, there is no guarantee the rank and file will follow. Obama, who is on the road in Sweden, mobilized his big political and military guns Wednesday to convince ...
US building coalition for Syria strikes, Kerry says
US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the House Foreign Affairs Committee on September 4, 2013. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)/ An international coalition for action against Syria is growing, Secretary of State John Kerry told US lawmakers Wednesday, adding Arab nations had even offered to help pay ...
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Obama urges world support for strike on Syria
US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, as Damascus vowed retaliation and resistance even if it means World War III. Amid the pounding of war drums, the UN refugee agency and the four neighbouring states ...
Syria says will never give in 'even if there is WWIII'
Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview on September 4, 2013 in Damascus. Muqdad said Wednesday that the regime would not give in to threats of a US-led military strike against the country, even if a third world war kicked off. (AFP ...
Iran says attack on Syria "in nobody's interest": president
TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Possible U.S. attack on Syria will be "in nobody's interest," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. "As the Islamic republic has already announced, any (military) measure against Syria is in the disadvantage of both the region and the U.S.' friends," ...
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Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Leaders of the U.S. ...
Kerry opens door to 'boots on ground' in Syria, then slams it shut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry briefly opened the door on Tuesday to authorizing U.S. ground troops in Syria, but quickly slammed it shut and told Congress that any resolution approving military force would prohibit "boots on the ground." The exchange during the first ...
Obama launches push for support on Syria, calls for quick action in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that a resolution in Congress on the use of military force in Syria should not remove the option of using U.S. ground troops, although he stressed there was "no intention" of inserting American soldiers into Syria's civil war. ...
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Obama confident Congress will approve Syria action
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's confident Congress will authorize a military strike in Syria, and he won the support of House Speaker John Boehner, who said acting against Syria was something "the United States as a country needs to do." Boehner, Congress' top ...
Obama presses Congress as Syria refugee crisis mounts
President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to approve U.S. strikes on Syria soon as the United Nations said two million Syrians had fled a conflict that posed the greatest threat to world peace since the Vietnam war. Having startled friends and foes alike in the Middle East by delaying a ...
French leader to await US Congress vote on Syria
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that he's waiting for a decision from the U.S. Congress on possible military action in Syria and insists France won't strike against Bashar Assad's regime alone. The French leader and President Barack Obama have been the two most ...
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In Mideast, view of U.S. as hesitant superpower sharpens
The world's most powerful man decides to threaten Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "We will strike with all our might," says U.S. President Barack Obama, depicted in a cartoon in Saudi newspaper Alsharq. Wearing a dreamy smile, Obama replies: "In a day, a week, a month, a year, 10 years - or ...
Obama must address skeptics, lawmakers about Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is holding its first public hearing about U.S. plans for military intervention in Syria as President Barack Obama seeks to convince skeptical Americans and their lawmakers about the need to respond to last month's alleged sarin gas attack outside Damascus. Secretary of ...
UN says Syria refugees top 2 million mark
GENEVA (AP) — The civil war in Syria has forced over 2 million people out of the country and over 4 million others are displaced within its borders, making Syrians the nation with the largest number of people torn from their homes right now, U.N. officials said Tuesday. If the conflict continues ...
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Syria refugees top 2 million, US argues for strike
BEIRUT (AP) — The number of refugees fleeing Syria's violence has surpassed the 2 million mark, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, as top U.S. officials prepared to argue before a key Senate committee for a punitive strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Earlier, the U.S. ...
Syria has necessary military equipment to defend itself: Iran
The Iranian defense minister has said that Syria has the required military equipment to defend itself against a possible military action by the United States over the alleged use of chemical weapons by government forces in a recent attack on rebels fighting against the Syrian government./ “The ...
Obama shifts Syria sales pitches into high gear
President Barack Obama on Tuesday ramped up his parallel sales pitches for striking Syria, warning lawmakers that the standoff amounts to a dress rehearsal for a possible confrontation with Iran while assuring the U.S. public he won’t give them a re-run of Iraq or Afghanistan. “The key point ...
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Pro-Israel groups mix Iran into Syria debate
With the US Congress still deliberating over Barack Obama's request for authorization to take military action against Syria, the powerful Israel lobby here has taken the lead in pressing the president's case. But in addition to echoing the administration's view that Damascus' alleged violations ...
Global opposition to US attack on Syria growing: Iran MP
In today’s developments, there is a positive approach in favor of Syria in the world. Britain, Italy, Germany and Canada have implicitly opposed war, and even the Pope asked all Christians to observe a day of fasting for peace in Syria … which all indicate that the global attitude is not in ...
US attack on Syria will spread insecurity in ME: Iran defense min.
On August 31, US President Barack Obama said he had decided that Washington must take military action against the Syrian government, which would mean a unilateral military strike without a UN mandate."/ Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan has cautioned that a US military strike on Syria will ...
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