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Syria calls for U.N. sanctions on Israel over air strikes
Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish state of bombing areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
Syria says Israeli planes hit military sites near Damascus
The Syrian government claimed that Israeli planes attacked military sites near Damascus.
Nazi hunter says Adolf Eichmann’s top aide presumed dead in Syria
One of the world\’s most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday.
Historic Damascus synagogue destroyed
Syrian army forces destroyed a historic synagogue on the outskirts of Damascus, opposition leaders said.
Israel backs Syrian opposition accusations of poison attack
Israel Radio said on Monday that Israel has evidence backing Syrian opposition accusations that forces loyal to President Bashar Assad had used non-lethal chemical weapons in Damascus last month.
Syria’s chemical weapons: decades to build, years to destroy
If Saddam Hussein\’s Iraq is anything to go by, destroying Syria\’s massive chemical weapons arsenal will mean checking dozens of far-flung sites in a war zone while the government employs delaying tactics to hide the banned munitions, an expert involved in past U.N. disarmament missions said.
Syria’s Assad denies chemical weapons use; U.S. presses case for strike
Syrian President Bashar Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people, as the White House on Sunday pressed ahead with the uphill effort of persuading Congress to approve a military strike to punish Assad.
Building case for lawmakers, U.S. says sarin gas used in Syria attack
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday tests showed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly August 21 chemical attack near Damascus as he sought to build the case to convince skeptical lawmakers to authorize a military strike against the Syrian government.
Obama lays out case for ‘tailored’ strike against Syria
President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike against Syria to deter the future use of chemical weapons, but added he had not made a decision yet on whether to take action.