Tag: Syria

Syrian people gather at the site of one of two car bombs that exploded in the pro-government district of Zahra in the central Syrian city of Homs, Syria on April 29. (AP/SANA)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. citizen carried out suicide bombing in Syria

Blake Seitz · May 30, 2014 9:12 pm

Thousands flee Syrian cities ahead of election

Thousands flee Syrian cities ahead of election

Bassem Mroue · May 30, 2014 6:42 pm

President Barack Obama delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, in West Point, N.Y., May 28, 2014. The president defended his foreign policy, declaring that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Obama Doctrine might as well be a Ouija borad

Linda Chavez · May 30, 2014 4:02 pm

FILE -- In this August 26, 2013, file Photo, a U.N. team, that is scheduled to investigate an alleged chemical attack that killed hundreds last week in a Damascus suburb, leaves their hotel in a convoy, in Damascus, Syria. In a statement issued Tuesday, May 27, 2014, by the chemical weapons watchdog that is overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons program, said a convoy of its inspectors has come under attack, but all are safe. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that the inspectors had been traveling to the site of an alleged chlorine gas attack site when they were attacked. (AP Photo, File)

Chemical weapons inspectors attacked in Syria

Albert Aji · May 30, 2014 4:00 am

UN proposal would OK cross-border aid into Syria

UN proposal would OK cross-border aid into Syria

Edith Lederer · May 30, 2014 1:35 am

Syrians who live in Lebanon gather in front of the Syrian embassy to vote in the presidential election in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Bashar Assad flocked to their embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrians in Lebanon vote for president for 2nd day

Barbara Surk · May 29, 2014 10:35 am

Syrian citizens who live in Lebanon shout slogans, background, as one carries a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as they walk towards to the Syrian embassy to ballot their vote for their presidential elections, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 28, 2014. Thousands are flocking to the Syrian embassy in Lebanon as expat voting starts ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Virginia state Sen. Richard Black pens letter praising Syrian president

Associated Press · May 29, 2014 4:00 am

UN: Syria won’t meet deadline to destroy chemicals

UN: Syria won’t meet deadline to destroy chemicals

Edith Lederer · May 29, 2014 12:24 am

A Syrian woman who lives in Iran casts her ballot for her country's presidential election at the Syrian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Assad’s supporters abroad vote in Syrian election

BASSEM MROUEZEINA KARAM · May 28, 2014 7:20 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2013 file photo, soldiers participate in a combined special operations demonstration with commandos from Jordan, Iraq and the U.S. as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers, at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan. The White House soon may sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces, according to Obama administration officials. The move would significantly boost U.S. support for rebels seeking military help to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. President Barack Obama is considering sending a limited number of American troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission that would instruct carefully screened members of the Free Syrian Army on tactics, including counterterrorism operations, the officials said.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

National Security

US eyes training moderate Syrian rebels

MATTHEW LEELOLITA C. BALDOR · May 28, 2014 6:19 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the UN investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria. The chemical weapons watchdog that is overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons program said Tuesday, May 27, 2014 that a convoy of its inspectors has come under attack, but all are safe. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said the inspectors had been traveling to the site of an alleged chlorine gas attack site when they were attacked. (AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen, File)

National Security

Destruction of Syrian chemicals a work in progress

Mike Corder · May 28, 2014 3:10 pm

In this Wednesday, May 7, 2014 photo provided by the anti-government activist group Coordination Committee of Khalidiya Neighborhood in Homs, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters board a bus leaving Homs, Syria. President Barack Obama may soon sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, in an open move that would significantly boost U.S. support to forces who have been asking for three years for military help in their quest to oust President Bashar Assad, administration officials said Tuesday.The step, which could be announced as early as Wednesday, would send a limited number of American troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission that would instruct carefully vetted members of the Free Syrian Army on tactics, including counterterrorism operations, the officials said. They said Obama has not yet given final approval for the initiative, and that there is still internal discussion about its merits and potential risks. (AP Photo/The Coordination Committee of Khalidiya Neighborhood in Homs)

US nears decision on training Syrian rebels

MATTHEW LEELOLITA C. BALDOR · May 28, 2014 2:58 am