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Britain: EU ends arms embargo on Syrian opposition
The European Union has decided to lift the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition while maintaining all other sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s regime after June 1, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said late Monday. The decision...
Tags: France, National Government, Government, Economic Sanctions, United Kingdom
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Obama: U.S. military action an option if Syria used chemical weapons
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the...Tags: Terrorism, Gun Control, Government, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Personal Weapon Control
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10 years after U.S.-led invasion, bombings in Iraq kill 65
Associated PressInsurgents sent a bloody message on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, carrying out a wave of bombings across the country Tuesday that killed at least 65 people in the deadliest day in Iraq this year. The nearly 20 attacks, most of...Tags: Terrorism, William Hague, Rebellions, Bombings, Religious Conflicts
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Senate panel approves Kerry's nomination as Secretary of State
The Associated PressThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday swiftly and unanimously approved President Barack Obama’s choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. By voice vote, the panel approved the nomination of the...Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Fox News Channel (tv network), Barack Obama, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011)
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Syria defiantly denies killings, U.N. condemns attack
Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country’s uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session...
Tags: Health, William Hague, Human Rights, Activism, Rebellions
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Syrian diplomats around the world are expelled
Associated PressGovernments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of...Tags: France, National Government, Government, International Organizations, United Kingdom
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Why John Kerry wants airstrikes against Syria
Tuesday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry's push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields — and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea — I...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, White House, Iran, Barack Obama, Rwanda
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G-8 leaders support political solution to Syria
BEIRUT — Global economic leaders, including the United States and Russia, reiterated support Tuesday for a political solution to the Syrian civil war, backing a plan for a transitional government hammered out last year in Geneva. The contentious...
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Editorial: The case for arms to Syria
The Syrian rebels battling President Bashar Assad's forces are on the ropes. They've lost one strategic city and may be on the brink of losing a stronghold in Aleppo to government forces, fortified by Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Assad's enabler-in-...Tags: Rebellions, Saudi Arabia, Moscow (Russia), Iran, White House
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Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
As President Barack Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton’s first secretary of defense, Les Aspin. In 1993, the Clinton...Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rebellions, POLITICO LLC, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin
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