Tag: Syria

‘Syria Ships Out Less than 5 Percent of Chemical Arms’

‘Syria Ships Out Less than 5 Percent of Chemical Arms’

Daniel Halper · January 29, 2014 10:43 pm

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, and CIA Dir.ector John Brennan, right, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, prior to testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the US. Also taking their seats on the panel are Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, right, and FBI Director James Comey, left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Clapper says Syrian al-Qaida wants to attack US

Kimberly Dozier · January 29, 2014 8:59 pm

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 picture, Syrian journalists argue with each other at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The bitterness and rancor stirred by Syria's civil war were on full display this week, both inside and outside the sealed room where rival delegations were seeking a way to end the conflict. In the hallways of the U.N.'s European headquarters and on the manicured lawns outside, tempers flared between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Bitterness of Syrian war on display at talks

Zeina Karam · January 29, 2014 8:02 pm

President Obama delivers the State of Union address in the House chamber Tuesday. (AP/Larry Downing)

A chastened and weary Obama reports on State of the Union

Michael Barone · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Morocco, Algeria trade accusations over Syrians

Morocco, Algeria trade accusations over Syrians

Paul Schemm · January 28, 2014 8:37 pm

FILE - This is a Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. file photo of U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi gestures during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, The U.N. mediator trying to broker peace after three years of civil war in Syria says "we haven't achieved much" after two brief face-to-face encounters between the government and the opposition. Brahimi has seen faces like these before, barely able to remain in the same room, much less speak to each other. Lebanese, Afghans, Iraqis, now Syrians. Even, two decades ago, Algerians like himself. For days now, the veteran U.N. mediator has presided over peace talks intended to lead the way out of Syria's civil war. He brought President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition face to face for the first time on Saturday, while still ensuring that they don't have to enter by the same door or address each other directly. He is 80. He is patient.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Brahimi: Syria peace talks slow but ‘still at it’

JOHN HEILPRINZEINA KARAM · January 28, 2014 7:47 pm

Monzer Akbik, center, a Syrian opposition spokesman, briefs journalists at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Akbik said the coalition was still determined to stay for the political talks set to begin Monday despite accusing the government of stalling. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

National Security

Assad future blocks progress in Syria peace talks

Zeina Karam · January 28, 2014 10:29 am

US ship to help destroy Syrian chemical weapons

National Security

US ship to help destroy Syrian chemical weapons

Lolita Baldor · January 28, 2014 3:33 am

Key al-Qaida militant reportedly killed in Syria

National Security

Key al-Qaida militant reportedly killed in Syria

Bassem Mroue · January 27, 2014 7:56 pm

Syria talks yield narrow deal, Assad ‘red line’

LORI HINNANTZEINA KARAM · January 26, 2014 7:41 pm

U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. After three days of escalating rhetoric _ and a day spent assiduously avoiding contact within the United Nations _ the two sides will meet âin the same room,â said the U.N. mediator trying to forge an end to the civil war _ or at least a measure of common ground to stem a civil war that has left 130,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Both sides in Syrian talks to meet in ‘same room’

LORI HINNANTZEINA KARAM · January 24, 2014 9:26 pm

Israel warns of growing jihadi threat from Syria

Aron Heller · January 24, 2014 8:11 pm