Israel’s prime minister says he wants to build a broad governing coalition to face serious security threats to Israel, including Syria’s chemical weapons and Iran’s nuclear program. Benjamin Netanyahu told his outgoing Cabinet Sunday that Israel must be ready for any development in the turbulent region.
US believes Assad used chemical weapons on Syrians
In a leak that could signal a crossing of President Obama’s “red line” on the increasingly deadly conflict in Syria, the State Department has investigated and concluded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his military forces used poison gas in a deadly attack on the city of Homs last month,
Americans see chemical weapon ‘red line’ in Syria, poll
Americans reject an immediate U.S. military intervention in Syria’s raging civil war, but are open to the possibility should President Bashar al-Assad’s struggling regime use or lose control of its massive stockpile of chemical weapons, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Israeli special forces secretly tracking Syria’s WMD stocks
Israeli special forces are operating in Syria as spotters to monitor the stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, local media reported Sunday. The cross-border operation is “part of a secret war” to trail Damascus’ non-conventional armaments and “sabotage their development,” Ynet News website quoted the Sunday Times as saying.
Iran’s Quds force may deploy Syria’s Chemical weapons
Kuwaiti daily Al-Seyassah reported on Thursday that its sources in Iraq say that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s inner circle is engaged in “intensive debate” between those who advocate using chemical weapons as a last resort and those who warn of the dangers of such a step. The debate comes amid
USS Eisenhower at Syria’s coast for possible intervention
The USS Eisenhower, an American aircraft carrier that holds eight fighter bomber squadrons and 8,000 men, arrived at the Syrian coast yesterday in the midst of a heavy storm, indicating US preparation for a potential ground intervention. While the Obama administration has not announced any sort of American-led military intervention in the war-torn country, the […]
U.S., Israel monitoring Syria’s cache of chemical weapons
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Wednesday that Washington is as concerned about Syria’s chemical weapons falling into the hands of Syrian rebels as it is about the possibility that Syrian President Bashar Assad may decide to deploy them. “Our concerns are that an increasingly desperate Assad regime might turn to chemical weapons, or […]
U.S. intel indicates Syria ramping up chemical weapons bases
President Obama gave a sharp warning Monday to Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator who is fighting a rebellion by his own people.
US: Growing fears Syria may use chemical weapons
The US says it fears Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad may resort to using chemical weapons against his people. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the US was concerned that such an action might be taken by “an increasingly beleaguered regime”.
US warns Syria over use of Chemical weapons
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a strong warning Monday to the Syrian government not to use its chemical weapons, but she would not comment on reports that there were indications of recent activity at sites believed to house those weapons, nor would she give any hints as to what action the U.S. might […]