G8: World leaders appeal to allies of Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power
World leaders appealed to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power at the close of their two-day summit in Northern Ireland. | The G8 nations papered over differences...
Dowd: Bill schools Barry on Syria
Not only is President Barack Obama leading from behind, now he’s leading from behind Bill Clinton. | After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaughter in Syria, the president was fin...
Battle over Syria at G8 summit
The G8 summit managed to put together a joint declaration on Syria. But as Russia and the West continue to have different interests at stake, the declaration remains short of any discernable progress....
Obama should keep U.S. out of Syrian war
Allow me to state categorically, unequivocally and undeniably that President Obama is committing an egregious mistake by authorizing the sending of weapons to the Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regi...
Cal Thomas: Don’t let U.S. get dragged into war in Syria
Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Obama’s decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. | The Washington Post headline...
Rockets fired from Syria hit Lebanons Bekaa: security
Four rockets fired from across the border inside Syria hit a majority Shiite area of eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, a Lebanese security official told AFP. | “Four rockets fired from Syrian territ...
Syria's annual exodus the largest since Kosovo war
Almost 650,000 refugees fled Syria's civil war in 2012 - the largest exodus of people in a year since the Kosovo war. | And without a resolution to the conflict soon, that number could double by the e...
Over 7 million refugees in 2012: UN
Zee Media Bureau | United Nations: At least 7.6 million people were forced to become refugees in 2012 reportedly highest since 1994. | Syria crisis played an important role in increasing the refugee n...
Syrian Mass Exodus Refugee Crisis
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 4:29 pm | Press Release: Save The Children | Syrian Mass Exodus Refugee Crisis | Children are dying by the roadside as growing numbers of desperate families flee Syria’s blo...
EU, Lebanon discuss Syrian refugee issue
Beirut, June 19: Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton Tuesday held talks with the Lebanese officials over the plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, while calling for "a political sol...
Russia at odds with G-8 on Syria
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlemen...
More folly in Syria
President Barack Obama's decision last week to provide greater U.S. military assistance to Syria's rebels, drawing America even deeper into the civil war there, was an error, made worse by t...
Summit static: The G-8 meets but accomplishes little on Syria
The G-8 summit that ended Tuesday was a useful meeting, but one that produced no new agreement on how to deal with the bloody war in Syria. | The two-day session in Northern Ireland was a tribute to t...
Untie Syrian knot
The crisis in Syria is worsening with every passing day, miring the country in bloodbaths and fueling widespread concern from the international community. But it is even more troubling to see that Wes...
U.S. war games send signal to Assad
ZARQA, Jordan Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form ...
G-8 summit reports progress on Syria
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a unified stance Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement to forge a ...
