Arab League ministers will pass a resolution blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for last week\’s chemical weapons attack in Damascus when they meet in Cairo next week, League officials said on Wednesday.
Israel’s military and citizens are preparing for the repercussions of a possible military intervention on Syria by the United States and other allies.
Thousands of Israelis are lining up for gas masks or ordering them by phone, spurred on by fears that any Western military response to last week\’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria could ensnare their own country in war.
With his international credibility seen increasingly on the line, President Barack Obama on Thursday faced growing calls at home and abroad for forceful action against the Syrian government over accusations it carried out a massive new deadly chemical weapons attack.
Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria\’s civil war, but opposition leaders were skeptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let President Bashar Assad hang on to power.
Yes, America, we’ve heard: You’re war-weary. It’s at least something our divided country can agree upon: Americans across party lines oppose sending troops, weapons or air support to the rebel fighters in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good options for military retaliation after Israel\’s air strikes over the weekend but the attacks could redouble support from his regional allies Iran and Hezbollah.
Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that its recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion.
Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon\’s Hezbollah.
Israel\’s security cabinet met to discuss the situation in Syria.
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