Syria
The White House announced sanctions against three senior Syrian officials on Friday. The Treasury Department will freeze all assets under American jurisdic.
BEIRUT — Thousands of defiant Syrians chanting "We are not afraid!" were met by security forces firing bullets and tear gas Friday in a crackdown on nationwide protests that left 42 people dead – many of them villagers trying to break ...
... many of the key international stakeholders approach Syria as the equivalent of a bank deemed too big to fail. 同じようなこと ... in Western capitals about imposing new sanctions on Syria are almost a pro-forma response to an unconscionable ...
The main land crossing between Syria and Jordan reopened on Thursday. Officials said on Monday (April 25) that Syria had closed all its land border crossings with neighbouring Jordan, following the deployment of Syrian army tanks in ...
AFP reports that troops entered Syria's flashpoint southern town of Daraa on Monday at the request of citizens to hunt "extremist terrorist groups," said a military official, who spoke of clashes and casualties on both sides. Timestamp: ...
Rule number one of a Praetorian State such as Syria is complete unity of the armed forces, which are the regime's main tool of oppression. It is in this light that the unthinkable may be happening for Bashar Assad.
An American diplomat says that the death toll after two months of unrest in Libya may reach into the tens of thousands.
Since sanctions haven't worked on a misbehaving dictator in Libya, maybe more of them will work on Syria's president..
The long-brewing crisis in Syria has entered a critical phase and it is changing the rules of the Middle East. If the people keep marching and the regime keeps shooting, the Obama administration could face its toughest Middle East ...
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Massive protests erupted across Syria on Friday, most significantly in the heart of the capital, Damascus, despite an intensified government crackdown over the past ...
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