A military strike against Syria is apparently imminent following declarations by the US, British and French governments who blame the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the recent use of chemical weapons against civilians.
Sources says parties seeking conclusive proof that Assad forces used chemical weapons in attack on Damascus suburb; Western experts believe rockets, missiles used to disperse nerve agent.
If confirmed, a large-scale chemical attack like Ghouta is unlikely to change the calculus of Obama or his national security team on how best to approach Syria. The only change might be on a diplomatic front.
More than 358 wounded in explosions outside mosques in northern Lebanese city; explosions in the largely Sunni Muslim city appear to be coordinated; Hezbollah says ''terrorist explosions'' aim to provoke sectarian tensions.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has expressed shock at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments accusing Israel of orchestrating the military coup in Egypt while claiming his “evidence” was provided by an unidentified “Jewish French intellectual.”
Four rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the Western Galilee region in Israel on Thursday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Any sanctions imposed on the Egyptian government by the European Union ‘’would do nothing more than play into the hands of extremist groups that have no interest in political dialogue,’’ Egypt’s ambassador to France, Mohamed Moustafa Kamal, said.
European Union Foreign Ministers on Wednesday agreed to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any equipment ‘’which might be used for internal repression’’ and to reassess export licences of military equipment and to review the security assistance to this country.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Israel for the removal of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi from office and claimed that he had evidence to prove it.
