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...
Alleged chemical weapons strike in Syria ‘suspicious’ says experts
New videos posted online show that opposition activists in Syria were attacked and killed by the Assad government using chemical weapons in the countryside outside its capital Damascus. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff More...
Russian experts claim rebels, not Syrian army, used chemical weapons as UN asked to investigate
Samples taken at the site where the chemical weapons were allegedly used actually indicates that the rebels, not the Syrian army, is behind the attack, Russia’s UN envoy Vladimir Churkin has said. Russia has handed More...
White House condemns Syria’s alleged sarin gas use, Putin calls it ‘unconvincing’ and John McCain calls for ‘more decisive actions’
In a statement from the Obama White House yesterday, the administration condemned the alleged Syrian action of chemical weapons use on the opposition saying “that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including More...
Israel claims to have proof Syria used chemical weapons against rebels, Obama talks ‘red line’
Israel has clear evidence of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army using chemical weapons against rebels, a senior diplomatic source said Monday. The official said the information is known to all intelligence More...
US intel says, ‘with varying degrees of confidence’, the Assad regime has used sarin nerve agent on Syrian citizens, President Obama promises a ‘very rigorous investigation’
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told reporters on the last day of his five-nation inaugural trip to the Middle East that the U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian More...
Syrian rebels capture pro-Assad cleric, Sheikh Hassan Seifeddin, behead man and parade body
Syrian rebel forces killed a pro-regime Sunni cleric in the city of Aleppo, beheaded the man, and then dragged his body through the streets, a watchdog group said on Saturday. Michael Thompson from One Love, Earth More...
Senator Lindsey Graham calls for sending American soldiers in Syria
With reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria, war drums are beating loud once again in Washington DC, with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ) sitting behind the drim kit. In a joint statement More...