Priest Francis Van Der Lugt assassinated in Syria, rebels and government blame each other
The Syrian government and rebel groups are blaming one another in the assassination of Dutch Jesuit Priest Francis Van Der Lugt in his garden in Homs. No group has taken responsibility for the April 7 killing, More...
New laws in Saudi Arabia label atheism as a form of terrorism
New laws and regulations in Saudi Arabia link atheism to terrorism, Human Rights Watch reported in an April 2 article. Anti-terrorism regulations issued by the Saudi interior ministry are called “sweeping” More...
Israel responds to Syrian attack on Israel Defense Forces with focused assault, US cuts ties to Assad diplomats
Early Wednesday morning, Israel Defense Forces targeted several Syrian army positions that attacked Israeli soldiers Tuesday. The targets included a Syrian army training facility, military headquarters, and artillery More...
Nuns from Syrian monastery released after three months in al-Nusra captivity
Thirteen nuns and three attendants were released by Syrian insurgents after disappearing from their monastery in Maaloula, reported Lebanese and Syrian officials early Monday. The rebels claim they were protecting More...
US announces ‘non-lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels will resume, peace talks stall as Assad won’t resign
The US is resuming non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition forces, U.S. officials announced Monday. Coordinated by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), aid is being funneled through Turkey and will include equipment such as More...
John Kerry presses for UN actions against Syria after latest report
The US has called for a binding UN resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons next week, as a senior Syrian official said the country’s conflict has reached a stalemate. donkeyhotey [email protected] John More...
Assad promises to have chemical weapons destroyed within one year
Syrian President Bashar Assad said he is committed to the chemical weapons agreement and vowed to hand over the country’s chemical arms to be destroyed. He added that the plan will cost around $1 billion and take More...
President Obama waives federal law preventing arming terrorist so America can aid Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama on Monday announced he would waive the federal law intended to prevent the supply of arms to terrorists groups so the U.S. can provide arms and other military assistance to the Syrian rebels, More...
Bashar al Assad denies use of chemical weapons on his citizens, asks where the evidence is
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected claims that he was behind a purported chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb in August, in an interview with U.S. based CBS News on Sunday. “There has been no evidence More...
Senator Mike Lee opposes military intervention in Syria, so does 98% of his constituents
Utah’s junior Senator said Thursday concerning the potential of military intervention in Syria–“The real threat to U.S. credibility is not what happens if we don’t intervene, but what happens if More...
Senate committee votes to move ahead on Syrian intervention, full Senate vote next week
The Senate foreign relations committee voted to give President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad may be More...
John Kerry refuses to call Syria chemical weapon use as ‘slam dunk’
Secretary of State John Kerry looked particularly uncomfortable when Meet the Press host David Gregory asked if he thought the case for Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons was a “slam dunk.” Sec. of More...
Prominent Republican ‘Hawks’ respond to President Obama’s handling of Syria situation
In the wake of President Obama’s decision Saturday to “seek Congressional approval” before instituting military action against Syria and the Assad regime, several prominent Republicans spoke about More...
President Obama to seek approval by Congress before using force against Syria
A US military attack against Syria was unexpectedly put on hold on Saturday, after president Barack Obama said that while he backed the use of force after what he called “the worst chemical weapons attack More...
John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Syria: ‘Now is the time for decisive actions’
In response to the reports of use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement Sunday: “Recent reports and information More...
Hezbollah leader to join forces with Bashar al-Assad in Syria to battle ‘radical Sunni Muslims’
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said he is ready to fight radical Muslims in Syria, a day after a deadly bombing in a Beirut stronghold of his Shiite pro-Damascus group. Nasrallah also accused Sunni extremists More...
Syrian rebels behead Catholic priest Francois Murad to cheers, photographers and chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’
Syrian Catholic priest Francois Murad was beheaded by jihadi fighters, according to a report by Catholic Online which is linking the video showing the brutal murder. Murad, age 49, was setting up a monastery in More...
Russian PM Vladimir Putin calls out US aid to Syrian rebels asking why America sides with cannibals
“Don’t arm people that eat people” began The Jewish Voice article covering the recent statements by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “I think you will not deny that one does not really More...
Russia sending air defense system to Syria to assist Assad regime
Russia will not cancel plans to deliver an air-defense system to Syria despite Western opposition in order to help deter foreign intervention in the two-year-old conflict, according to the country’s deputy More...
John McCain visits Syria, meets with rebels as Hezbollah terrorists assist Assad regime
Republican Sen. John McCain has quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with Syrian rebels. Rachael Dean, a spokeswoman for the politician, confirmed that the Arizona Republican made the visit. That said, she has More...
