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Here Are The Key Points Of The US-Russia Deal That Ended A Whirlwind Week On...
The United States and Russia on Saturday announced the framework of a deal on Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, averting for the time being U.S.-led military action on Syria.The U.S. and Russia will...
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OBAMA: US Still 'Prepared To Act' In Syria If Diplomacy Fails
President Barack Obama said in a statement on Saturday that the framework of a U.S.-Russian deal over Syria's chemical weapons is an "important, concrete step" toward diplomacy, but emphasized that the...
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The Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal Is Nothing More Than A Face-Saving Stalling...
The U.S. and Russia have reached a deal to hand over Assad's chemical weapons stockpiles to the international community for their removal and destruction.This move allows the U.S. to save face, and it...
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A Quick Guide To The Syria Chemical Weapons Plan
How will Syria dispose of its chemical weapons?Syria has formally applied for membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention. This obliges the country to get rid of its 1,000 tons of chemical gases and...
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Syrian Minister Calls Chemical Weapons Deal A Russian-Won 'Victory' Over US
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's Minister for National Reconciliation said on Sunday that the chemical weapons agreement between Russia and the United States was a "victory" for Damascus, won by its Russian...
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Obama Blasts Vladimir Putin's New York Times Op-Ed And Critics Of The Syria...
President Barack Obama fired back at critics of what was a shifting policy toward U.S. involvement in Syria over the past few weeks, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he doesn't care about being...
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Foreign Policy Expert Uses The 'Sopranos' To Describe Syria Perfectly
On Sept. 5, a few days before President Barack Obama's decision to strike Syria became a diplomatic effort, Michael Doran of The Brookings Institution explained the situation in very simple...
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Analyst: Nearly Half Of Syrian Rebel Fighters Are Either Jihadists Or...
Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or extremist Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country's civil war.Opposition forces battling Bashar...
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Putin's Diplomatic Solution In Syria Could Easily End In Armed Invasion
Someone may need to check Russian President Vladimir Putin's math.The world celebrated the brilliance of Putin's political calculus when he jumped on a possible mistake from U.S. Secretary of State...
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The Syria Chemical Weapons Deal Has Re-Legitimized Assad And His Regime
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons bargain with Russia and the United States offers another political and military lifeline to the Syrian president, just two years after he was...
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The Zero-Sum Vision Of Foreign Policy Has Failed
The light on the discussions on Syria in Geneva between the U.S. and Russian foreign ministers is dim and flickering and may well be snuffed out. But at least there's a light.For the light to become...
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John Kerry Just Took The Teeth Out Of The Syria Deal
This afternoon in Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United Nations, not the United States, would be enforcing the terms of the Syria chemical weapons deal agreed to this...
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9 Onion Headlines That Explain Syria Better Than Mainstream Media
The Syrian Civil war seemed to have entered the realm of grotesque parody when offhand comments from Secretary of State John Kerry shifted the entire global strategy with regard to the regime's...
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Now Israel Says It Wants To Whack Syria's Assad
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli ambassador to the United States says Israel has wanted to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad removed from power since before the outbreak of war there - a shift from...
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Russia Still Says Syrian Rebels Carried Out Chemical Weapons Attack As...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it still suspected an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria was carried out by rebel forces, despite a report by U.N. investigators which France said...
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Syrian Rebels Are Using iPads To Fire Off Mortars
It is known that Syrian rebels have had to rely on jerry-rigged weapons, and it appears some fighters have turned to technology to upgrade their gear.Mohamed Abdullah of Reuters took this fascinating...
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Here's How Turkey Shot Down A Syrian Helicopter
More details about the downing of a Syrian helicopter are emerging.Turkish General Staff released a statement and published the radar track history regarding the incident.Here’s how the incident...
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Either The Russians Are Brilliant Diplomats Or America Is Desperate
I confess I have been amazed and impressed with the chutzpah behind Russia’s most recent proposal for a US military strike to be forestalled by Syria’s agreement to place its chemical weapons stockpile...
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Panicked Producers Relocate 'Homeland' Israel Shoots Over Syria Fears
Showtime's "Homeland" planned to shoot the majority of its third season in Israel, but production has been relocated to Morocco over concerns about the political situation in Syria.Over the weekend,...
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Obama's Erratic Behavior On Syria Has Profoundly Undermined His Credibility
The confusion surrounding the American response to the Syrian government gassing its own people has shocked foreign policy wonks. Here is Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations,...
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