Syria
Exclusive: Intercepted Calls Prove Syria Army Used Nerve Gas, US Spies Say
Exclusive: Intercepted Calls Prove Syria Army Used Nerve Gas, US Spies Say
US, Allies Prepare to Act as Syria Intelligence Mounts
While some jihadist groups in Syria threaten to avenge the Syrian regime’s recent chemical weapons attacks, online forum members are concerned that jihadists in Syria will be the target of US strikes in the days ahead.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced that it would coordinate with other Syrian rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army, to take revenge for a chemical weapons attack last week in the capital that is said to have killed more than 300 people.
The Arab League issued a statement blaming the Assad regime for the Aug. 21 chemical attack in Damascus and calling for international trials for the perpetrators. In the face of mounting Western condemnation of the regime for the attack, Foreign Minister Mouallem demanded proof of the allegation, and said Syria would strike back if attacked. […]
Pentagon Sees Syrian Military, Not Chemical Sites, as Target
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Blasts in the Night, a Smell, and a Flood of Syrian Victims
Syria’s Alawite Force Turned Tide for Assad
As strike on Syria looms, Israelis scramble for gas masks
The US said it is “very clear” that chemical weapons were used in Damascus on Aug. 21 and that there is “very little doubt” that the regime used them. The Al Nusrah Front reportedly assassinated an Alawite sheikh and mufti who was kidnapped in Latakia on Aug. 5. Unidentified snipers damaged the lead vehicle in […]
A Veteran Saudi Power Player Works To Build Support to Topple Assad
French Journalists Previously Reported Chemical Attacks in Damascus Suburbs
Drums of war in Middle East
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Arab-Israeli’s 72-hours with al-Qaeda linked Syrian rebels
The Assad regime reached an agreement “effective immediately” to allow UN inspectors to investigate the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus. The information minister warned that US military intervention in Syria would “create … a ball of fire that will inflame the Middle East.” Some 400 tons of arms sent by Gulf […]
Syria to give UN inspectors access to alleged chemical attack site — Iranian media
Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al-Sham, and Suqoor al-Shab took control of the Ariha area in Idlib, including a National Defense Fort. State TV claimed that a number of soldiers had suffocated after finding chemical weapon materials in “terrorist” tunnels in Jobar; some of the items allegedly found bore Qatari and Saudi labels. […]
Syrian troops find chemical agents in tunnels used by rebels: state TV
FBI director worried Americans fighting in Syria could bring tactics home
Syria: have the Chemical Weapons gloves come off?
Networks of Spies Aid Syria Gas Probe
Syrian Kurds Find More Than a Refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan
An opposition activist group blamed the regime for bombardments that allegedly flattened three residential buildings in Aleppo and killed 61 people; the group said it was a war crime that should be referred to the International Criminal Court. A senior member of the Syrian National Coalition said the opposition had smuggled tissue samples out of […]
American Tells of Odyssey as Prisoner of Syrian Rebels
Additionally, the jihadist group praises Syria as “the land of jihad and epics, in particular, whose jihad is still continuing against all the forces of falsehood.”
Syria chemical weapons: Sarin and mustard gas