Tag: Syria

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. (AP/Emad Matti)

National Security

Critics: Obama did little to prevent al Qaeda resurgence in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

This file image made from video broadcast on Syrian State Television on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 purports to show a chemical weapons expert taking samples at a chemical weapons plant at an unknown location in Syria. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

State Department excuses Syria’s failure to comply with chemical weapons deadline

Joel Gehrke · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of damaged buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. The Britain based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that dozens of children were among scores killed in airstrikes on several opposition areas a day earlier. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

White House deflects growing Syria criticism

Brian Hughes · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Linking the Syrian Conflict to the Iranian Nuclear Agreement

Linking the Syrian Conflict to the Iranian Nuclear Agreement

David Schenker · December 13, 2013 2:15 pm

Seymour Hersh and Assad’s Nun Spin a Story

Lee Smith · December 11, 2013 6:01 pm

President Obama, second from the right, waves as he stands with, from left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, during a group photo opportunity as part of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 18. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Obama abandons friends abroad in hopes of appeasing foes

Michael Barone · December 8, 2013 5:00 am

Poof: Public says America’s world leadership has tumbled to 40-year low

Poof: Public says America’s world leadership has tumbled to 40-year low

Paul Bedard · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fires a weapon towards Syrian government troops loyal to President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria. Syria's government and opposition will hold their first peace talks on Jan. 22 in Geneva, in an attempt to halt the nearly 3-year-old civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people, the United Nations announces. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)

US condemns shelling of Russian embassy in Syria

Meghashyam Mali · November 28, 2013 5:00 am

Kerry Says ‘No Daylight’

Lee Smith · November 25, 2013 7:52 pm

Syria ‘Welcomes’ Nuclear Deal With Iran

Syria ‘Welcomes’ Nuclear Deal With Iran

Daniel Halper · November 24, 2013 4:16 pm

The Great Game

Ken Jensen · November 15, 2013 9:04 pm

National Security

VIDEO: Adam Smith gives update on Syria

Lisa Ruhl · November 14, 2013 5:00 am