General Ali Habib, ex-defence minister is in Tartous
Tartous province: Reliable sources have reported that General Ali Habib, ex-defence minister, is in his house in Tartous.
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Baghdad, Big Oil on alert for retaliation to a Syria strike
(Reuters) - Baghdad and foreign oil companies at work in Iraq's giant oilfields are adopting extra security measures in anticipation of retaliatory attacks if the United States strikes neighboring Syria, industry sources said on Friday.…
France to Wait for U.N. Report on Syria
France's President François Hollande said on Friday that he would wait until the United Nations has released its report into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria before taking any military action against the regime of Syrian…
Russian lawmakers call off U.S. trip after Congress snub
(Reuters) - Russian lawmakers have canceled plans to travel to the United States to discuss the crisis in Syria with their U.S. counterparts after congressional leaders refused to see them, the Russian ambassador to Washington said on…
G20 summit: Cameron passionate but impotent on Syria strikes
David Cameron arrived at the St Petersburg summit as the reluctant non-interventionist – paradoxically the most passionate, and the most impotent advocate for military intervention in Syria.
His very impotence, imposed on him by last…
French Leader Presses G-20 to Denounce Assad
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—French President François Hollande pressed European leaders attending the Group of 20 summit here to support a statement denouncing the Syrian regime, but divisions remained and Russian resistance persisted.
"It's…
Obama joins world leaders for Syria talks at G20 dinner
Presidents Obama and Putin and other world leaders were to discuss Syria at a dinner going on now at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg. Russia and the United States remained at loggerheads, with the American UN envoy saying Moscow is holding…
UK’s Cameron says has new evidence of Syrian chemical weapons use
(Reuters) - Britain has new evidence that chemical weapons were used in an attack on the Syrian capital Damascus, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday.
Cameron said scientists at Britain's Porton Down military research…
Syria opposition could meet within weeks: Spanish foreign minister
(Reuters) - Syrian opposition groups may meet again within four to six weeks, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Thursday.
A divided opposition movement has struggled to topple President Bashar al-Assad and…
The Caucasus Muhajireen battalion declares independence from the ISIS
In a recorded video statement, the fighting battalion that calls itself 'Katibat Muhajireen al-Qawqaz fi al-Sham' declared its total independence from other groups fighting in Syria, mainly the transnational jihad organisations of…