Four Filipino United Nations peacekeepers abducted last week by armed men while patrolling in the demilitarized area between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights have been released, officials said Sunday. NBCNews.com: World news
Read More...Syrian rebels Sunday freed four Filipino United Nations peacekeepers five days after they were seized at an observation post in the Golan Heights, the Philippine military's chief spokesman said. Yahoo! News UK & Ireland – Latest World News & UK News Headlines
Read More...A senior State Department official said Monday there is no indication that rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad have “the ability or the intent” to use chemical weapons. NBCNews.com: World news
Read More...United Nations prosecutor Carla del Ponte has told Swiss news outlets that there’s evidence pointing at the opposition, not the Assad regime. News
Read More...JERUSALEM – Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday that its recent airstrikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion. NBCNews.com: World news
Read More...The tiny Gulf nation of Qatar has been “punching above its weight” diplomatically in the region in recent years. Now, it’s taking a prominent role in Syria, arming rebels there. The U.S. wants to see such aid go to moderates. Qatar has its own approach. News
Read More...ISTANBUL (AP) — The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and expand their backing of the two-year battle to oust President Bashar Assad's regime. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...ISTANBUL (AP) — The United States is providing Syrian rebels with $ 123 million in new nonlethal aid that may include body armor and other types of supplies that haven't been part of the assistance package in the past. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...ISTANBUL — As the U.S. prepares to provide far more nonlethal aid to opposition forces in Syria, the regime of President Bashar Assad faces a new threat from European nations that could determine whether a stronger international intervention might be attempted. The European Union arms embargo may be allowed to expire at the end of [...]
Read More...The leader of the al-Nusra Front, one of the main jihadist groups fighting in Syria, pledges allegiance to the chief of al-Qaeda. BBC News – Home
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