Russia says ballistic “objects” fired in Mediterranean
Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UN
More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said
More than 2m have fled Syria – UN
France?s Plan of Attack in Syria
?Punishment? against the Damascus government, as French President François Hollande put it, would consist only of aerial strikes on military units that have used chemical weapons, according to a source in the French Cabinet. Chemical ammunition warehouses would be spared in order to avoid uncontrollable explosions. The militaries of potential coalition forces believe they know exactly where these warehouses are.
What Arlington could tell Obama before a Syria attack
As President Obama weighs a strike on Syria, he will meet with military advisers, consult with allies and seek congressional approval.
Why attack Syria now is the question that needs to be answered?
The Syrian civil war has been ongoing for over two years, more than one hundred thousand Syrian have lost their lives, and over two million have become refugees. We do not know the actual numbers as many, if they have the means, have fled to friends and family in the surrounding nations and further afield.
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Commenting on Conservative Home‘s special jury on the events in Syria Open Europe’s Christopher Howarth argues that Anglo-French co-operation on defence and foreign policy has taken a knock from the UK’s decision to pull out of military action in Syria:
David Cameron?s Syrian fiasco will reverberate through many aspects of politics. But how will it affect the UK?s international standing?
Syria in the era of ?à la carte? alliances
Syria: Targets and capabilities
Explore the strength, bases and weapons of the United States’ and Syria’s armed forces.
America must stick to a course on Syria
Washington needs to quickly formulate a strategy that it is prepared to implement and live with, whatever the consequences, writes Richard Haass
French intel blames Syria’s Assad for ‘massive’ chemical attack
Thinking about the Somethings to be done about Syria
With breathtaking paternalism, the Obama Administration has decided ?something must be done? in Syria. The ?something? it has in mind is the dropping of dozens of Raytheon?s BGM-109 bombs (aka the Tomahawk cruise missile) throughout Syria, particularly around its capital, Damascus.
Britain denies selling “nerve gas chemicals” to Syria after civil war began
The Sunday Mail claims that a British company was given an export license to sell chemicals to Syria that could be used to make chemical weapons. The government says the licenses were revoked, the chemicals never made it to Syria, and that they could not be used for that purpose in any case. [BBC]
Syria’s Assad warns ‘regional war’could erupt
President Bashar al-Assad warned Syria would retaliate if France takes part in foreign strikes on his forces
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