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Russia's Syria arms plan wins cautious welcome

Sep 10, 2013 (AFP)

Russia's proposal to stave off threatened US strikes Syria through a handover of chemical weapons received a cautious welcome Tuesday even from backers of milit...

US pursues Syria diplomacy but guards threat of force

Sep 10, 2013 (AFP)

The United States pleaded with President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday to destroy his chemical arms and scheduled top-level talks with Russia on a face-saving way to ...

Iraq war debacle haunts US debate on Syria

Sep 09, 2013 (AFP)

At home and abroad, America's disastrous war in Iraq hangs over the debate on Syria, feeding skepticism that US military action can deliver as promised. "It's t...

Egypt military seizes Gaza-linked weapons in Sinai

Sep 09, 2013 (AFP)

Egypt's military says it has seized caches of weapons in a Sinai operation including a mortar apparently belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in nei...

Assad's air force could be key target of U.S. blitz

Sep 09, 2013 (UPI)

If the Americans finally unleash military strikes against Syria that end up hammering Bashar Assad's forces to help the divided rebels, one of the key targets w...

US could increase scale of Syria strikes: official

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

The scale and purpose of the operation against Syria has not changed in recent weeks, although US forces would adjust as needed, a defense official told AFP. "W...

Iran FM slams Syria strikes as 'illegal'

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's foreign minister slammed potential US-led airstrikes against Syria as "illegal" on a visit to Baghdad Sunday, while his Iraqi counterpart warned they wou...

US believes both sides committed to Mideast peace talks

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

The United States remains confident that Israelis and Palestinians are determined to pursue direct peace talks revived by Washington this summer, despite Palest...

Egypt army defuses rail bomb, steps up Sinai operations

Sep 07, 2013 (AFP)

The Egyptian army defused Saturday a bomb on a railroad linking the canal cities of Ismailiya and Suez, as air strikes hit suspected militants in the Sinai Peni...

Army launches assault on key airport near Damascus

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian armed forces launched a massive operation on Friday to secure a strategic military airport near Damascus ahead of possible US-led military strikes, a mon...

Colombia leader lays out sequence for peace process

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday FARC rebels would keep their weapons until a peace agreement is ratified, but a ceasefire will begin immedia...

Evidence points to Assad using chemical weapons: EU

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Evidence points that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons in an attack near Damascus last month, EU defence ministers have concl...

Russia warns US against targeting Syria chemical arsenal

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Russia on Friday warned the United States against targeting Syria's chemical arsenal as Washington considered the use of force against President Bashar al-Assad...

Pentagon may take charge of arming Syrian rebels: US officials

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Washington is weighing expanding support for Syrian rebels by having the Pentagon take charge of arming the opposition instead of a clandestine effort by the CI...

Outside View: Hesitation on Syrian strike threatens economic recovery

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. President Barack Obama's vacillation on Syria -- first delaying military action and then booting the decision to Congress -- poses grave threats to U.S. pr...

Outside View: A Queen of Heart's advice for Syria

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" offers a relevant insight into how to respond -- or not -- to chemical weapons attacks two weeks ago outside Damascus that...

Mideast peace talks so far 'futile': Palestinians

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Middle East peace talks have so far proved "futile," a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday, calling for greater US participation in talks. "Until now ...

Russia tells US it needs UN approval for Syria strike

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Moscow warned on Wednesday that any US Congress approval for a military strike against Syria without UN approval would represent an "aggression" and that such a...

US aims for psychological effect with strikes on Syria:experts

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Limited military strikes against Syria favored by President Barack Obama may have a psychological effect but little practical impact on the Damascus regime's fi...

Walker's World: Why Cameron was right

Sep 03, 2013 (UPI)

British Prime Minister David Cameron is refusing to follow the media script of personal humiliation and political castration after his defeat in Parliament on t...