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Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has insisted that Israel is ready to deal with repercussions resulting from any US-led strike against Syria. The minister added that if the US...
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NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that the option to carry out a military strike against Syria, or any similar kind of operation, must be kept...
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The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, expressed its full support for U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions on Syria. The committee demanded in a statement, that members of the...
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A senior official in the US Department of Defence has predicted that a strong response to Syria's use of chemical weapons will help to deter North Korea from using...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, on Tuesday, that the use of force was illegal unless it was for self-defence or authorised by the UN Security Council. Analysts said...
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced on Sunday that Paris and Washington do not need a military commitment from every European country to intervene in Syria; but they do...
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that backing off from a military strike against Syria "signals a green light to the Syrian regime to commit more massacres." He pointed...
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Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have said that the Russian initiative to place Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision will not halt the bloodshed in the country....
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A German government report has revealed that Germany sold the Syrian regime chemicals that have a military potential. The government's response on Wednesday followed an official inquiry made by...
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Russia has criticised what it called the "strange" attempts to use the agreement about the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons to obtain a resolution from the UN to use...
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Moscow has accused some NATO countries of trying to repeat the Libyan scenario in Syria. In a statement on the fringe of the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military...
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was still not clear whether Western countries would be able to convince representatives of the Syrian opposition to join...
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The Turkish Parliament has approved the renewal of a mandate that allows the Turkish government and Armed Forces to carry out military operations outside Turkey's borders when necessary. This...
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has revealed that Moscow is not willing to accept a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution placing Syria's chemical weapons under international control. France...
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his American counterpart US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva on Thursday to discuss the details of the Russian proposal to...
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The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Borge Brende, is insisting that his country will not change its policy of banning arms sales to Israel, despite calls to lift the ban from...
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January 28, 2014
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Abdul Sattar Qassem
The fall of the Soviet Union pleased America immensely, but the return of its ghost in Russia as a major player on the international stage is a concern. Post-Cold...
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On the heels of the British parliament's refusal to sanction a military attack on Syria, US President Barack Obama drove the issue of a possible intervention to a dead-end...
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January 24, 2014
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Wadah Khanfar
There's little trust in America's motives, and an airstrike would not stop the brutal slaughter of civilians. Far better to help the rebels directly The Arab world has longed...
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January 24, 2014
Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Debates have taken place around the world about the crimes committed in Syria, the most worrying of which was the death and injury of thousands due to the use...
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January 24, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
US Secretary of State John Kerry is prepared to say anything in order to rally support for Barack Obama's plans for a military attack against Syria, including outright lies....
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January 24, 2014
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Jessica Purkiss
Last week, Congress was due to vote on a resolution which would authorize US President Barak Obama to conduct "limited" military strikes, aimed at "deterring" Syria's leader Bashar Al-Assad...
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January 24, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
The conspiracy against the Syrian Revolution has never been more pronounced than it is now after the deal to rid the country of its chemical weapons. It is clear...
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January 24, 2014
Amr Salahi
Part 1: A green light to Assad Ever since the Syrian regime gassed its own citizens in the Damascus suburbs in a chemical attack on August 21, the issue...
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January 24, 2014
Amr Salahi
Part 2: The destruction of a people On Monday, the residents of Kafr Zeita, a town in north central Syria, were retrieving the corpses of their loved ones from...
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January 24, 2014
Yasmin Khaled
The Revolution Leadership Council in Damascus (RLCD) For a long time, I thought commentary about the international community's 'inaction' and 'impotence' and the rest of it has become clichés...