Some loyalists might give up on the regime if the strike is serious, and will hold it responsible
Ford believed that such a strike would weaken Assad’s leverage and force him accept negotiations at Geneva II
Today, in light of the Western threats to the Syrian people, the “combatants” on the ground have different attitudes on the matter
We are facing a new Obama whom we did not know during his first term and the first year of his second term
A military strike on Syria might deter the Assad regime from using chemical weapons again, but it is unlikely to be a game changer in the course of the Syrian conflict
The regime will claim the opposition possesses chemical weapons, saying they have been used to bombard regime-held areas
A quick tour of the coverage by the U.S media of the Syrian issue
The National Coordinating Commission refuses any military intervention in Syria
America has waged many wars, but has never been able to achieve its political objectives from any of them: Assad
Hussein said that the west will not intervene militarily because it is not in Israel’s interests
The same “Takfiri” ideology which found its way to your country on 9 September, 2001 has now come to ours
Ironically, the regime’s newest attack falls one year to the day since Obama issued his “red line” threat
The Syrian army believed that what happened in Ghouta was a media war, following an official justification classifying yesterday’s massacres as being mere images carried by channels “that are partners in the bloodshed” affecting the Syrian people
It once seemed like Syrian President al-Assad would quickly fall in Syria’s uprising, but increased Russian and Iranian support, and now the coup in Egypt, have given him a new lease on life
The hackers are computer experts who support embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
The Syrian Jewish population was distributed between Damascus, Aleppo and Qamishli; most left after the regime lifted an emigration ban on all Jews in 1992
Khalid Saleh, the Head of Media Office of the National coalition, held his weekly press conference. Below are the transcript as distributed by the Coalition.
The newspaper reported that the bulk of arms are being directed to extremist groups
Rohani will not be able to change the domestic situation unless he reopens the door before a minimum level of liberties and finds a formula to cooperate with all the movements
Jarba also says while Geneva might happen, he is pessimistic it will achieve a political solution
