NOVANEWS Jihadists who overran Syria’s ancient town of Maalula last week disparaged Christians as “Crusaders” and forced at least one person to convert to Islam at gunpoint, say residents who fled the town. Many of […]
NOVANEWS By Ed O’Keefe, The Senate is formally dropping consideration of a resolution authorizing U.S. military force in Syria and deferring instead to diplomatic attempts to end the crisis. “We’ve agreed on a way forward based […]
Sanjan Salimzadegan, who lost her right leg during the Iran-Iraq war, shows her artificial leg, as she weeps at the grave of her children who were killed during a chemical attack in Zardeh village […]
NOVANEWS Russia’s proposal makes Assad’s ouster less likely, to Israel’s detriment, says Shabtai Shavit; attacks like 9/11 won’t recur, thanks to Western vigilance Times of Israel Russia’s proposal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons has driven […]
NOANEWS By Guy Taylor The Washington Times U.S. intelligence has yet to uncover evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad directly ordered the chemical attacks last month on civilians in a suburb of Damascus, though the consensus inside U.S. agencies […]
NOANEWS What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN nytimes.com Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also […]
NOVANEWS The president of the US is being pushed into a trap that is being played by some certain interests inside the US, who seek their interests in hostility and tension, and also some interests […]
NOVANEWS Russia had evidence that the Syrian opposition possessed and used chemical weapons, alawmaker said on Wednesday. “There are reasons to presume that not only the Syrian government but also the militantspossess chemical weapons,” said Alexei Pushkov, head of the International AffairsCommittee of the State Duma, or lower house of the parliament. “There are suspicions that the militants have used these weapons repeatedly,” he told aDuma plenary session. Pushkov noted that the militants used chemical weapons near Aleppo in March and thatwas acknowledged by Carla Del Ponte, a member of the special independent commission ofthe UN investigating human rights violations in Syria. “Russia has just passed existing proof to the UN Security Council,” the Interfax newsagency quoted him as saying. Russia suggested Monday the Syrian government join the Organization for Prohibition ofChemical Weapons (OPCW) and put its chemical weapons under international control. That proposal was confirmed accepted Tuesday as visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walidal-Moualem said his country made the decision to “stave off an American aggression.”
NOVANEWS By Lawrence Davidson If one is inclined to make a list of worrisome trouble spots plaguing the world, there would be a lot to choose from: Syria, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Bahrain, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Kashmir, Congo, […]