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Editorial: The case for arms to Syria
The Syrian rebels battling President Bashar Assad's forces are on the ropes. They've lost one strategic city and may be on the brink of losing a stronghold in Aleppo to government forces, fortified by Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters. Assad's enabler-in-...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Missile Systems, Iran, White House, Barack Obama
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Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
As President Barack Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton’s first secretary of defense, Les Aspin. In 1993, the Clinton...Tags: Doyle McManus, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, International Military Interventions, Barack Obama
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Jordan's king: Tough talk as war rages nearby
AMMAN, Jordan — Amid escalating concern about spillover effects of the war in neighboring Syria, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that his kingdom is able "at any moment" to protect its national interests. Addressing a group of cadets in...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Abdullah II of Jordan, Chen Guangcheng
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This will not end well
WASHINGTON — In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Washington, DC, Iran, Barack Obama
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Mali signs peace deal with Tuareg rebels
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Mali's government reached a peace deal Tuesday with Tuareg fighters who rebelled last year and seized most of the country's north. But the deal does not resolve the West African nation's conflict with separate Islamic...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Africa, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Getting U.S. weapons to Syria rebels will take weeks
WASHINGTON — Delivering weapons and ammunition to beleaguered Syrian rebels will take weeks, White House officials acknowledged Friday as the administration's decision to supply arms set off a debate about how far, and how fast, President Obama's...
Tags: White House, Washington, DC, Government, National Security, Susan Rice
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White House: Arms to Syrian rebels due 'in the weeks to come'
WASHINGTON- -The White House said Friday that it will take weeks to deliver weapons and ammunition to Syrian rebels despite the rising death toll in the civil war and pleas for speedy assistance from anti-government forces. The United States has created...Tags: Al Arabiya (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, White House, Government
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Arming Syria's rebels
Having determined that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against his opponents in the country's bloody two-year civil war, the Obama administration is now reportedly preparing to send lethal military aid to rebel...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Barack Obama, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions
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In the Syrian city of Homs, no reprieve from battle
HOMS, Syria — The grizzled veteran of Syria's civil war was confident of victory, but he didn't underestimate his rebel adversaries dug in just a few hundred yards away in an adjoining corner of the Old City. "They have trained snipers and they're...
Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Highway Transportation, Politics
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As Syria humanitarian crisis grows, donors are in short supply
WASHINGTON — Facing a growing humanitarian crisis, Oxfam, the international relief agency, set a goal in January of raising $53 million to aid victims of Syria's brutal civil war. So far, Americans have contributed $150,000. Oxfam isn't alone....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Politics, United Nations, The Wall Street Journal
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White House confirms use of chemical weapons in Syria
The government in Syria has used chemical weapons in that country’s civil war, killing at least 100 to 150 civilians, the White House said Thursday in an announcement that left unclear what the U.S. response would be. Small-scale attacks using...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, White House, Government, Barack Obama
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U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons, will send arms to rebels
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Thursday that Syria had crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons in that country's civil war, and in response, U.S. officials said, President Obama had authorized sending arms to some rebel groups. The...
Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Lindsey O. Graham, Washington, DC
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