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  • Maaloula survivor describes Islamist anti-Christian terrorism

    By Lee Stranahan | 09/27/13 11:38 AM

    MAALOULA, SYRIA -- A woman who survived an assault by Syrian rebel coalition forces says that her small village of Maaloula was terrorized by anti-Christian Islamic jihadists.

  • Obama in the weed-choked Middle Eastern garden of Eden

    By James Jay Carafano | 09/23/13 08:49 AM

    A world leader and brilliant diplomat. That’s how Anthony Eden saw himself. In 1956, during his second year as Britain's Prime Minister, he gave the green light to an audacious plan to topple the Egyptian government. Joining with the French, he would seize control of the Suez Canal, showing...

  • Obama struggles to pivot to economy ahead of fiscal fights

    By Brian Hughes | 09/17/13 01:19 PM

    President Obama is struggling to recast the nation’s attention on his economic agenda, with his efforts this week overshadowed by a mass shooting, the conflict in Syria and his own drawn out search for a new Federal Reserve chairman. Obama is looking to gain crucial leverage ahead of looming...

  • John Kerry: UN must act 'next week' on Syria

    By Brian Hughes | 09/19/13 04:06 PM

    Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said the United Nations Security Council must act next week to pass a binding resolution calling for the destruction of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad's chemical weapons stockpile.

  • Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack

    By Associated Press | 09/18/13 08:51 PM

    BC-US--Syria-Assad Interview,1st Ld-Writethru/622 Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" sarin nerve gas was used in Syria...

  • Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack

    09/18/13 11:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said a United Nations report finding "clear and convincing evidence" sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an "unrealistic" account, and he denied his government orchestrated the attack. In an interview with Fox News Channel conducted in the...

  • Bob Gates, Leon Panetta criticize Obama handling of Syria

    By Brian Hughes | 09/18/13 12:39 PM

    President Obama’s two former Defense secretaries, Bob Gates and Leon Panetta, on Tuesday criticized his handling of the Syria crisis. The former Pentagon chiefs said they would not have sought congressional approval to strike Syria after leader Bashar Assad used chemical weapons, crossing...

  • UPDATED: Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition

    By Joel Gehrke | 09/17/13 04:28 PM

    President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to "vetted" opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Some elements of the Syrian opposition are associated...

  • Obama approves aid against chemical weapons for Syrian rebels

    By Meghashyam Mali | 09/16/13 05:00 PM

    President Obama on Monday signed an order allowing the U.S. to provide selected Syrian opposition forces and international groups in the country with nonlethal aid to protect against the use of chemical weapons. “The President signed a Presidential Determination exercising his authority to...

  • US-Russia deal lets Bashar Assad keep biological weapons

    By Joel Gehrke | 09/15/13 07:44 PM

    Syrian dictator Bashar Assad must surrender his chemical weapons to avoid a U.S. military strike, but the U.S.-Russia framework on his disarmament makes no mention of Assad handing over his biological weapons. "[T]he United States and the Russian Federation have committed to prepare and submit...


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