All Posts Tagged With: "syria"

Obama Repeats Call for the Departure of Assad

U.S. President Barack Obama has said he is determined to achieve his goal of a political transition for Syria that includes the departure of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. President Obama’s remarks came after he had talks with Qatar’s Emir who was visiting the White House in Washington and after the issue of the use [...]

Leaders in Middle East to Visit White House

Over the coming weeks, the White House administration will play host to several leaders from the Middle East including Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In part, the leaders are visiting to register concerns about the civil war that is ongoing in Syria and to encourage the White House administration to push the [...]

Kerry Expresses Confidence that Syria Moderates are receiving Arms

Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry, the Secretary of State, said he was confident that more and more weapons are reaching the moderate opposition groups inside Syria. Kerry attended a joint press conference with Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani the Prime Minister of Qatar, at the al-Wajba Palace in Doha. Kerry said that the [...]

Assad Says U.S. and UK back Terrorism

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria criticized harshly the British and U.S. aid given to rebels. He set strong terms for talks with his rebel opponents in an interview with a newspaper that was published Sunday, while fighting continued across the entire country. In the conflict, rebels made substantial headway in northeastern Syria, which has been [...]

Kerry Headed to the Middle East

Next week, John Kerry the U.S. Secretary of State will visit the Middle East. Upon his arrival, he will face a new set of political challenges. The transition in Egypt and the crisis in Syria top the agenda for the Secretary and will be a test for him starting out his term as the new [...]

Netanyahu Says Great Change Coming to Syria

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet members that Israel had been cooperating with the international community as well as the U.S. ahead of what many expect would be the downfall of the current regime in Syria. Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was preparing for the downfall of the Bashar al-Assad [...]

Obama Denies Arming Rebels

The White House Administration denied shipping arms to the outgunned rebels in Syria. It is something they have expressed for months. The Obama administration said that by doing so, it would only escalate the already bloody conflict in the Middle East nation. However, a prominent newspaper on Wednesday reported that the U.S. has helped coordinate [...]

Mark Rubio Speaks About Issues Regarding Syria

Sen. Mark Rubio recently said that the United States should be doing more to create a safe haven for the Syrian opposition but did not go as far as to urge Washington to arm rebels which some believe is a suggestion that they were not yet organized. The vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party [...]