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In this April 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in Ain-Assan village during what they said was an operation to occupy it, in southern countryside of Aleppo, June 15, 2013. REUTERS/George Ourfalian
Syria rebels say arms on way to Aleppo
London, Asharq Al-Awsat–Members of Syria’s armed opposition say that rebels in Aleppo have begun to receive more weapons and support from across the Turkish border, as the government of Bashar Al-Assad prepares an offensive to recapture the city. Free Syrian...Caption:
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video during a conference, held in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday May, 9, 2013. (AP Photo)
Opinion: Iran’s emergency plan for post-Assad era in Lebanon
The Syrian regime is acting as if it will survive forever and is seeking to cement ties with its allies for numerous objectives—none of which are positive. Iran and Hezbollah, despite all the evidence that proves they both adhere to the one objective of velayat-e...Caption:
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a placard with a sarcastic caricature on it against Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, during a demonstration in Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday May 31, 2013. Syrian troops on Friday attacked a convoy trying to evacuate the wounded from a central town near the border with Lebanon, killing many people, as rebel reinforcements infiltrated the besieged area to fight government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, activists said. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
Opinion: Nasrallah breaks Hezbollah’s back
Following his invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saddam Hussein attempted to justify himself in his speeches by alluding to the Palestinian struggle, saying that he would pray in Jerusalem once he fought the conspiracy against Iraq. Many thought that Saddam had gone astray,...Caption:
UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, briefs the media after a meeting with the Russian deputy foreign ministers Mikhail Bogdanov, and Gennady Gatilov, and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)